2009

SW4730 : Penzance railway station photo-survey (11)

taken 14 years ago, near to Penzance, Cornwall, England

Penzance railway station photo-survey (11)
Penzance railway station photo-survey (11)
A general view of the platforms at Penzance railway station looking in the up (London-bound) direction. The train shed covering platforms 1, 2 and 3 is immediately behind the camera. This photo clearly shows the seaside location of the station.

Penzance railway station is the terminus of the former Great Western Railway's West of England mainline from London. It is the westernmost station in England.

The original wooden station was opened by the West Cornwall Railway in 1852. The WCR was taken over by the GWR which constructed the current station which opened in 1879. Substantial improvements were made by the GWR in 1937. The station passed from the GWR to British Railways (Western Region) in 1948 when the railways were nationalised and is now operated by First Great Western. The current ticket office and buffet date from the 1980s.

The station stands beside the sea (partly on reclaimed land) and the main buildings are constructed of local stone. Platforms 1, 2 and 3 terminate inside a 'train shed' with an arched roof; however, platform 4 on the south side of the station is uncovered.

The extensive carpark and bus station southeast of the station were originally storage sidings and a large goods yard. One of the principal outbound traffics was fish from nearby Newlyn.

For earlier photos of Penzance with semaphore signals and locomotive-hauled trains see [Link] , [Link] , [Link] , [Link] and [Link] .

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Category: Railway station
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Penzance Station [192] · Train at Penzance [127] · Penzance Railway Station [103] ·
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SW4730, 940 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andy F   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 17 October, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 21 October, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 476 307 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:7.3843N 5:31.8745W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SW 476 307
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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