2024

SW4931 : Cycle path and Penzance depot

taken 5 months ago, near to Longrock, Cornwall, England

Cycle path and Penzance depot
Cycle path and Penzance depot
A cycle path runs along the sea wall east of Penzance which forms part of National Cycle Network route 3. Alongside is the Cornish Mainline heading towards Penzance Station and the end of the line. Across the mainline is part of Long Rock (Penzance) depot which services and stables the rolling stock used along the line, particularly Hitachi class 800 and 802 trains and the Night Riviera sleeper train.
National Cycle Route 3

Route 3 covers 338 miles from Bristol to Lands End.

Cornish Main Line

The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth, crossing from Cornwall into Devon over the famous Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash.
It directly serves Truro, St Austell, Bodmin (by a Parkway station), and Liskeard, and it forms the backbone for rail services in Cornwall, as well as providing a direct line to London, Birmingham, Leeds and Edinburgh. There are branches off the main line serving St Ives, Falmouth, Newquay, and Looe.
It is the southernmost railway line in the United Kingdom, and the westernmost in England. The line was fully completed in 1867.

Penzance TMD

Penzance TMD, is located in the village of Long Rock east of Penzance, it is the most westerly and southerly rail depot in the country. The depot operator is Great Western Railway. The depot code is PZ. The depot opened in 1914.
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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Long Rock Depot [20] · Trains and the Night Riviera Sleeper Train [5] · Cycle Path [5] ·
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SW4931, 112 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
DS Pugh   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 3 September, 2024   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 4937 3121 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:7.6747N 5:30.4852W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 49436 31207
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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