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| HER Number: | MCO55044 |
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| Name: | FALMOUTH - Post Medieval railway station |
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Summary
The Cornwall Railway station at Falmouth.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Falmouth Station was opened on 24th August 1863 as part of the Cornwall Railway. The station had an overall wooden roof in typical Brunel style, similar to those at Plymouth Millbay and Exeter St Thomas. The main station building was on the up side, and there were extensive facilities for goods traffic and a large goods shed. A signal box was added later on the up side, and there was a small locomotive depot on the Truro side of Bar Road Bridge, which closed in 1925. In the early 1950s the overall roof was removed, and the goods yard closed in 1965. The signal box closed in 1966, and in the late 1960s all of the buildings were demolished and the track lifted except for a single line serving the truncated down platform. The remainder of the site has now been redeveloped for car parking and new build. No original structures survive other than a platform canopy which probably dates from the 1930s.
Oakley, M, 2009, Cornwall Railway Stations, 40-1 (Bibliographic reference). SCO21068.
<1> Woodfin, RJ, 1972, The Cornwall Railway (Bibliographic reference). SCO5068.
Sources / Further Reading
| --- | SCO21068 - Bibliographic reference: Oakley, M. 2009. Cornwall Railway Stations. 40-1. |
| [1] | SCO5068 - Bibliographic reference: Woodfin, RJ. 1972. The Cornwall Railway. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 165670 | Part of: CORNWALL RAILWAY - Post Medieval railway (Monument) |
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