Penmere railway station

Penmere railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Penmere


manager = First Great Western
locale = Falmouth
borough = Carrick, Cornwall
latitude = 50.15040
longitude = -5.08297
code = PNM
platforms = 1
original = Great Western Railway
years = Opened
events = 1925
lowusage0203 = 67,460
lowusage0405 = 71,656
lowusage0506 = 76,571
lowusage0607 = 75,572
The Penmere railway station is on the Maritime Line from Truro to Falmouth Docks, the services are operated by First Great Western. It serves the northern part of Falmouth and is within walking distance of the top of The Moor in the centre of the town.

There is just one platform with level access from the car park. Trains towards Truro run from left to right; trains towards Falmouth Docks run from right to left.

The station is well cared for as it is looked after by the Friends of Penmere Station. The station was shortlisted in the national Best Kept Small Station Award in 2002 and was awarded second prize in the Station Gardens Competition in 2005.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1925.

Sidings were opened into an oil depot on 1 April 1940 and were closed again on 16 November 1967.

References

*"The Great Western Railway in Mid Cornwall", Alan Bennett, Kingfisher Railway Publications, Southampton 1988. ISBN 0-946184-53-4

External links

* [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/interests/rail/stnpages/penmere.html British Railway Stations - Penmere]

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