St Columb Road railway station

St Columb Road railway station (Cornish: Fordh Sen Kolom) serves the village of St Columb Road in Cornwall, England. The station is situated on the Atlantic Coast Line, 296 miles 11 chains (296.14 miles, 476.59 km) measured from the zero point at London Paddington (via Box and Plymouth Millbay).^[1] All services are operated by Great Western Railway, which also manages the station.

St Columb Road Fordh Sen Kolom
General information
Location	St Columb Road, Cornwall England
Coordinates	50.3982°N 4.9407°W / 50.3982; -4.9407
Grid reference	SW910595
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	SCR
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Cornwall Minerals Ry
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
20 June 1876	'Halloon' opened
1 November 1878	Renamed 'St Columb Road'
Passengers
2019/20	1,840
2020/21	1,200
2021/22	2,662
2022/23	2,794
2023/24	3,396
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The first railway here was a horse-worked line from Newquay Harbour to Hendra Crazey. It was built by Joseph Treffry and completed in 1849.

The Cornwall Minerals Railway opened its line from Fowey to St Dennis Junction on 1 June 1874, where it connected with Treffry's Newquay Railway. The trains continued to carry only goods traffic but a passenger service was introduced on 20 June 1876. The station was originally known as Halloon but was renamed "St Columb Road" on 1 November 1878.^[2]

The passing loop was extended in 1933 to accommodate the long holiday trains that were then handled on the branch, but it was taken out of use on 3 January 1965 when the goods yard was closed.

Services

St Columb Road is a request stop on the line, so passengers wishing to alight must inform the conductor and passengers wishing to join the train must signal to the driver. The typical service is one train every two hours in each direction between Par and Newquay, with some services extending to Plymouth and one train in the summer extending to Penzance. On summer Saturdays, there is just one train per day in each direction due to the intercity services running through to Newquay in lieu of the local services. Trains are usually operated by Class 150 Sprinters.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Roche		Great Western Railway Atlantic Coast Line		Quintrell Downs

Community rail

The trains between Par and Newquay are designated as a community rail service and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the "Atlantic Coast Line" name.

References

1. Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 10C. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
2. Fairclough, Anthony (1970). The story of Cornwall's railways. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 31.

Bibliography

• Bennett, Alan (1988). The Great Western Railway in Mid Cornwall. Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Publications. ISBN 0-946184-53-4.
• Cooke, RA (1977). Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR, Section 11: East Cornwall. Harwell: RA Cooke.
• Vaughan, John (1991). The Newquay Branch and its Branches. Sparkford: Haynes/Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-470-5.

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