Falmouth Town railway station
- Falmouth Town railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Falmouth Town
manager = First Great Western
locale = Falmouth
borough = Carrick, Cornwall
latitude = 50.14840
longitude = -5.06416
code = FMT
original = British Rail
years = Opened
events = 1970
platforms = 1
lowusage0203 = 80,377
lowusage0405 = 85,859
lowusage0506 = 83,899
lowusage0607 = 89,787
Falmouth Town station is in Falmouth, Cornwall, on the Maritime Line to Truro, the services are operated by First Great Western. Despite only being opened in 1970, the station has already been known by three different names.
There is just one platform reached by a ramp from the car park. Trains towards Truro run from left to right.
The station is well situated for visitors to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall and is the nearest station to the town centre.
History
The station was opened as Falmouth by British Rail on 7 December 1970 when the branch line was cut back to terminate here. It was renamed Falmouth (The Dell) on 5 May 1975 when Falmouth Docks station reopened, subsequently being renamed again, this time to Falmouth Town.
External links
* [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/interests/rail/stnpages/falmouthtown.html British Railway Stations - Falmouth Town]
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