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HER Number:174333
Name:SALTASH - Post Medieval railway station

Summary

Saltash station was built for the Cornwall Railway of 1859, and is the first station in Cornwall.

Grid Reference:SX 4312 5870
Parish:Saltash, Caradon, Cornwall
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Protected Status

  • Conservation Area: LOWER FORE STREET, SALTASH

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): COR RLY
  • Heritage at Risk (Local): David Moore Senior Conservation Officer, Cornwall Council
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 174333

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Saltash Station was opened on 4th May 1859 as the first station in Cornwall on the Cornwall Railway, which later became the GWR main line from Plymouth to Penzance. The station was rebuilt in 1880 and all of the original CR structures were removed. Further extensions to the platforms and buildings took place in 1906. During the first half of the C20 Saltash had an intensive service of suburban trains, and was for many years the busiest station in Cornwall. This traffic dwindled with the opening of the Tamar road bridge in 1961, and the station was unstaffed by 1971. Goods traffic ceased in 1963. The signal box was closed in 1973 and subsequently demolished, and only the 1880/1906 main building survives on the up side.


Oakley, M, 2009, Cornwall Railway Stations, 121-3 (Bibliographic reference). SCO21068.

<1> Stengelhofen, J, 1988, Cornwall's Railway Heritage, 45 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4486.

Sources / Further Reading

---SCO21068 - Bibliographic reference: Oakley, M. 2009. Cornwall Railway Stations. 121-3.
[1]SCO4486 - Bibliographic reference: Stengelhofen, J. 1988. Cornwall's Railway Heritage. 45.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

MCO58146Parent of: SALTASH - Post Medieval railway station building (Building)
165670Part of: CORNWALL RAILWAY - Post Medieval railway (Monument)

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