Penzance Railway Station

Penzance railway station
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A Walk Through Penzance Railway Station, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Penzance railway station serves the town of Penzance in west Cornwall, England. It is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line from Plymouth, 327 miles (526 km) from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads.
The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Great Western Railway who also operate the train services, together with CrossCountry.
The station was opened by the West Cornwall Railway on 11 March 1852 as the terminus of its line from Redruth. A fire in 1876 destroyed the goods shed and the wooden passenger buildings were replaced by the current station in 1879 built in rock-faced granite to a design by William Lancaster Owen.
The total cost was around £15,000 (equivalent to £1,540,000 in 2019) which included the roof which cost £5,000, for the iron and 50 tons of glass. The new platforms were used for the first time on 18 November 1879. However, the new station suffered from teething problems, as by 1880 it was reported that some settlement in the masonry and shrinkage of the iron in the roof had caused several sheets of the glazing to break.
Further alterations were made in 1937 and again in 1983 when a new ticket office and buffet were opened.
The blocked-up archway in the wall that retains the hillside behind the platforms was used by the railway as a coal store. Freight traffic, especially the busy fish trade, was handled in the former goods yard, where cars are now parked, adjacent to the bus station. An engine shed was also here before being moved to the opposite side of the line near the end of the retaining wall.
It has since been replaced by the new Penzance TMD outside the station at Long Rock. In November 1882 there were complaints about the paving, rail tracks and the difficulty for traffic to pass on the Albert Pier. The Borough Council requested the Railway Company to replace the paving with granite setts before relaying the rails.
From 1996, South West Trains operated a weekly weekend service from London Waterloo as an extension of its service to Exeter St Davids. This ceased in December 2009.
In 2012-13 the station's roof was completelyrefurbished.
Platforms 1, 2 and 3 are within the main train shed; Platform 4 on the south side is in the open air. A large stone at the end of this platform welcomes people to Penzance in both English and Cornish. This side of the station is built on the sea wall near the harbour; the other side is cut into the hillside.
There is only one bi-directional line into/out of the station as far as the (now defunct) station at Marazion, as the former northbound line has been used to access Penzance TMD at Long Rock since 1977.
Penzance is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line. The current journey time to or from Paddington is between five and six hours.
Two operators serve Penzance. Great Western Railway operate a mixture of local trains to Plymouth and longer distance services to London Paddington. These include the Night Riviera overnight sleeping car service and the Golden Hind which offers an early morning service to London Paddington and an evening return.
Other fast trains are the mid-morning Cornish Riviera and the afternoon Royal Duchy. Services to London Paddington during the day use IET bi-mode multiple units (since 2018), but local services use Castle-class trains or Class 150 and Class 158 DMUs. The Night Riviera uses a Class 57 locomotive hauling Mark 3 carriages.
There are a limited number of CrossCountry trains providing a service to destinations in the West Midlands and north such as Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Leeds, Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow Central. Penzance is the terminus of the longest train service in the United Kingdom, which runs from Aberdeen (leaving at 08:20 each day except Sundays), and boasts a length of 1,162 kilometres (722 mi) and a duration of 13 hrs 23 mins.
Penzance is the second busiest station in Cornwall, Truro being the busiest with more than twice the number of passengers compared with Penzance. Comparing the year from April 2011 to that which started in April 2002, passenger numbers increased by 48%.
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[@julianaylor4351]

I'd love to go to Penzance sometime. Very good potted history. Thanks for the video.🚊

[@michaelsansom6]

This is excellent! I know this station very well, you give a very comprehensive "lecture" which s very enjoyable. Thank you!

[@drdoolittle5724]

Yet again, thank you very much and makes me very green wanting to get back there one day. In my books, Worlds finest train, the HST 125 should be given sole use of the line. Japanese interloper is a really dull non-replacement!

[@one42chrisp]

I love these station videos!

[@barrythedieselelectricstea5217]

excellent shots 👍

[@alexishamer6427]

Penzance is honestly a terminus railway station in Cornwall in the south west England happens to have trains running everyday including public holidays except Christmas Day and Boxing Day with the long distance CrossCountry trains runs to Scotland via Truro, Plymouth, Totnes, Newton Abbot, Exeter St Davids, Tiverton Parkway, Taunton, Bristol Temple Meads, Cheltenham Spa, Birmingham New Street, Derby and Newcastle Upon Tyne. Great Western Railway Penzance to St Ives via St Erth on a certain journey; Penzance to London Paddington via Newbury where certain journeys via Bristol Temple Meads and long distance services to Cardiff Central via Bristol Temple Meads. Penzance has multiple railway tracks because it allows all trains to keep out of each other ways where it is a big town. Penzance is by the seaside. I honestly have visited Penzance in the past. Railway passengers use the trains in Penzance 7 days a week however not Christmas Day and Boxing Day. The sleeper service Great Western Railway runs to London Paddington every Sundays to Fridays in the evenings is called The Night Riviera calling at stations to pick up passengers only are St Erth, Camborne, Redruth, Truro, St Austell, Par on Mondays to Fridays, calling at stations to pick up passengers only are Bodmin Parkway, Liskeard, Plymouth, calling at these stations to pick up and set down passengers are Totnes, Newton Abbot, Exeter St Davids, calling at Taunton on Tuesdays to Saturdays mornings, calling at Reading to set down passengers only and finally terminate in London Paddington at around 0500 in the morning. Penzance is a busy railway station is staffed. Cornwall is a terminus county in the south west England. 😊

[@martinhew981]

Ah used to live down there and spent hours during the 80's and 90's down there. Still visit regularly as work on the trains

[@Ducks-are-cool1]

martin hew wow you work on a train

[@bennickss]

Could you do Wellington Shropshire station next?

[@jcrailwayvideos6588]

Nice video, lots of good info

[@Andrewjg_89]

Beautiful railway station in Cornwall. The best built railway station in Southwest England. Would love to go to Penzance.

[@pig5948]

Pigeon always there

[@Ducks-are-cool1]

Could I also ask can you do Skegness train station please

[@YorksLancsTransportHub]

After Wellington Shropshire station can you do Halifax or Huddersfield.

[@mrvice8079]

Hey can you do history of potters bar in Hertfordshire great video

[@MegaBoilermaker]

Mara "ZION"

[@barttheanorak]

You forgot to mention it’s the southernmost station in Britain.

[@tonyjones9442]

I'm Welsh and I can understand a lot of cornish. (And Breton). Its 50/50. Shame what happened to cornish branch lines. Here in Welsh North Wales Dr beeching did more damage to us than the Norman's! You do get cornish surnames in the telephone book (when there was such a thing) because cornish families came up here to work In our copper mines. Also st David's flag is the inverse of the st Pirans flag. And on some antique maps Cornwall is called west wales. Wales/welsh meaning 'foreigner' - hence dont 'Welch' on your bets.

[@HSMiyamoto]

Are there still pirates in Penzance? If so, how often do they sing?

[@CampbusTheDJboycamp]

😂

[@henryhart7101]

Hi, I’d love to see a video about the rich history of Peterborough station!

[@Unknown-lv3bj]

is butiful. Wait, Cornish is a language? LMFAO

[@pig5948]

🟥 DISCLAIMER: penzance station is full of pigeon 🟥