Perranwell railway station

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Perranwell
Location
Place	Perranwell
Local authority	Carrick
Operations
Managed by	First Great Western
Platforms in use	1
Annual entry/exit 02/03	11,000 *
History
24 August 1863 19 February 1864	Opened as Perran Renamed Perranwell
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Penrranwell station is on the Maritime Line from Truro to Falmouth Docks, the services are operated by First Great Western.

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.

[edit] History

The station was opened with the Cornwall Railway Falmouth extension on 24 August 1863. It was called Perran until it was renamed Perranwell on 19 February 1864 to avoid confusion with nearby Penryn.

The Cornwall Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1889. The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in privatised in the 1990s.

The goods shed still stands in the forecourt despite goods traffic ceasing on 4 January 1965. A dry drinking fountain can be seen on the platform, a reminder of more important days. The signal box here was very distinctive, being sited on girders above the track alongside the goods shed.

[edit] References

The records of the Cornwall Railway can be consulted at The National Archives at Kew.
The Great Western Railway in Mid Cornwall, Alan Bennett, Kingfisher Railway Publications, Southampton 1988. ISBN 0-946184-53-4