Carbis Bay railway station
- Carbis Bay railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Carbis Bay
locale = Carbis Bay
borough = Penwith, Cornwall
latitude = 50.19730
longitude = -5.46424
manager = First Great Western
code = CBB
platforms = 1
original = Great Western Railway
years = Opened
events = 1877
lowusage0203 = 60,620
lowusage0405 = 66,298
lowusage0506 = 23,737
lowusage0607 = 6,347
Carbis Bay railway station is situated on the St Ives Bay Line in Cornwall, United Kingdom and serves village and beach of Carbis Bay. There is just a single platform; trains towards St Erth run from left to right. Carbis Bay Viaduct is a short distance towards St Ives.
History
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1877 on their new branch line from St Erth to St Ives. The station buildings were not on the platform, rather they were at the top of the shallow cutting in which the station is built.
References
* "The Great Western Railway in West Cornwall" by Alan Bennett, Runpast Publications 1988, ISBN 1-870754-12-3
* "The St Ives Branch" by Stanley C Jenkins, "Great Western Railway Journal", Late Summer issue 1992, Wild Swan Publications
External links
* [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/interests/rail/stnpages/carbisbay.html British Railway Stations - Carbis Bay]
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