Penryn railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Penryn


caption = Looking towards Falmouth
manager = First Great Western
locale = Penryn
borough = Carrick, Cornwall
latitude = 50.1708
longitude = -5.11155
code = PYN
platforms = 1
original = Cornwall Railway
pregroup = Great Western Railway
postgroup = Great Western Railway
years = opened
events = 1863
lowusage0203 = 51,934
lowusage0405 = 53,069
lowusage0506 = 58,759
lowusage0607 = 67,472

Penryn station is on the Maritime Line from Truro to Falmouth Docks, and serves the town of Penryn, Cornwall. The services are operated by First Great Western.

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

Work is now underway to reinstate a passing loop here. Funding has been agreed with £4.67million coming from European Union funds, £2.5million from Cornwall County Council, and £600,000 from Network Rail. Work will start after the 2008 summer season, with the new two-train timetable starting in May 2009. [cite journal| title = Green light for Penryn loop| journal = Modern Railways| volume = 65| issue = 718| pages = 9| publisher = Ian Allan Publishing| date = 2008| id = ISSN 0026-8356]

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

External links

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

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