Camborne railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Camborne


manager = First Great Western
locale = Camborne
borough = Kerrier, Cornwall
latitude = 50.20970
longitude = -5.29844
code = CBN
platforms = 2
original = Hayle Railway
pregroup = Great Western Railway
postgroup = Great Western Railway
years = Opened
events = 1843
lowusage0203 = 109,628
lowusage0405 = 146,595
lowusage0506 = 157,026
lowusage0607 = 181,671

Camborne railway station serves the town of Camborne, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has been in use since 1843 and is currently operated by First Great Western. Services are provided by First Great Western, CrossCountry and South West Trains.

History

The Hayle Railway opened on 23 December 1837. It was designed to move goods to and from local mines and the harbours at Hayle and Portreath but a passenger service started on 26 May 1843. The West Cornwall Railway took over the Hayle company on 3 November 1846. It extended the line westwards to Penzance railway station and opened a new, more convenient, Redruth railway station on 11 March 1852. Later that year the line was continued eastwards to a temporary station at Truro Highertown, and was completed to a station at Newham Wharf in 1855.cite book| last = Jenkins| first = SC| coauthors = Langley, RC| title = The West Cornwall Railway| publisher = Oakwood Press| date = 2002| location = Usk| id = ISBN 0-85361-589-6 ]

The station buildings have been replaced by some in the style used by the Great Western Railway circa 1900. The railway was originally just a single track with a passing loop in the station. In 1895 a second line was laid to the east, and in 1900 to the west. Goods sidings were originally laid on both sides of the station, with a goods shed behind the westbound platform. The sidings on the north side of the station were removed in 1937 which allowed the eastbound platform to be lengthened. The sidings on the south side, along with the goods shed, were taken out of use in 1965 and this platform was also extended in 1980. [cite book| last = Cooke| first = R A| title = Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR: Section 10, West Cornwall| publisher = R A Cooke| date = 1977| location = Harwell]

The station buildings and approaches have recently (2007) been improved, with additions of automatic doors, improved booking hall better disabled access, and a buffet.Fact|date=August 2008

ignalling

Signals in the area are controlled by a signal box at Roskear Junction to the east of the town, where the signalman can oversee an adjacent level crossing. This was opened circa 1895 and contained 29 levers. The lever frame has been removed and it now contains an IFS control panel. Its signals are identified by the code letter 'R'.

A signal box at Camborne station had been built on the eastbound platform next to the level crossing in 1895 and but closed on 8 June 1970, since when the signalman at Roskear Junction has monitored the level crossing at Camborne by cctv. The reason for retaining this signal box was that it also controlled the goods branch line to North Roskear, but this closed in July 1983. [cite book| last = Pryer| first = GA| title = Signal Box Diagrams of the Great Western & Southern Railways, Volume 16: GWR Lines in West Cornwall| publisher = GA Pryer| location = Weymouth| id = ISBN 0-953246-05-1]

Description

A level crossing passes over the line at the east end of the two platforms. The main station buildings are situated on platform 2, which is the one nearest the town centre and served by eastbound trains to Truro and London. [cite book| last = Jacobs| first = Gerald| title = Railway Track Diagrams Book 3: Western| publisher = Trackmaps| date = 2005| location = Bradford-on-Avon| id = ISBN 0-954986-61-X]

Platform 1 is for westbound trains to Hayle, St Erth and Penzance. There is parking alongside this platform and at the end the car park is an old railway goods shed, although it is no longer used for its original purpose.

ervices

Camborne is served by all First Great Western trains on the trains on the Cornish Main Line between Penzance and Plymouth. Some trains run through to or from London Paddington station, including the Night Riviera overnight sleeping car service and the mid-morning Cornish Riviera. [cite web |title = National Rail Timetable 135 (Summer 2008)|publisher= Network Rail|url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/May08/timetables/Table135.pdf|format=PDF]

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