Penzance railway station
Railway station in Cornwall, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Penzance railway station (Cornish: Pennsans) serves the town of Penzance in west Cornwall, England. It is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line and the southernmost railway station in Great Britain, situated at milepost 326.5 miles (525.5 km) from London Paddington. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Great Western Railway who also operate train services there, together with CrossCountry.
General information | |||||
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Location | Penzance, Cornwall England | ||||
Coordinates | 50.122°N 5.533°W / 50.122; -5.533 | ||||
Grid reference | SW475306 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | PNZ | ||||
Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | West Cornwall Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
Opened | 1852 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.570 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.574 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.190 million | ||||
Interchange | 1,370 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.516 million | ||||
Interchange | 4,472 | ||||
2022/23 | 0.565 million | ||||
Interchange | 2,604 | ||||
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The first station opened in 1852 and through travel to and from London commenced from 1859 with the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge. The station was rebuilt by the Great Western Railway in 1876 and the current layout was the result of a further rebuilding in the 1930s.