Lelant railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Lelant


manager = First Great Western
locale = Lelant
borough = Penwith, Cornwall
latitude = 50.18380
longitude = -5.43650
code = LEL
original = Great Western Railway
years = Opened
events = 1877
platforms = 1
lowusage0203 = 6,913
lowusage0405 = 8,697
lowusage0506 = 1,653
lowusage0607 = 250

Picturesque Lelant railway station is on the waterfront of the Hayle estuary below the village of Lelant in Cornwall, United Kingdom.The station is on the St Ives Bay Line convert|1|mi|km north of St Erth.

There is just a single platform; trains towards St Ives run from right to left when standing on it. Limited car parking is available, adjacent to the platform. The village is at the top of the road that climbs the hill opposite the station entrance.

Lelant is a request stop for all trains.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1877 on their new branch line from St Erth to St Ives. The original wooden station building is now a private dwelling and has been extended in a sympathetic style.

A level crossing at the St Erth end of the platform gave access to a slipway A short branch line was laid out onto the wharf beyond the station. The crossing gates were hung on granite pillars in the local style. Three of these still stand by the line.

References

* "The Great Western Railway in West Cornwall" by Alan Bennett, Runpast Publications 1988, ISBN 1-870754-12-3
* "The St Ives Branch" by Stanley C Jenkins, "Great Western Railway Journal", Late Summer issue 1992, Wild Swan Publications

External link

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

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topath=convert|0.25|mi|km
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