2024

SW8144 : Train departing platform 3

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

Train departing platform 3
Train departing platform 3
Truro railway station with the 1250 Penzance to Plymouth (2P15) formed of coaching set GW08 topped with 43198 and tailed by 43186 making its way over the level crossing on the east side of the station.
Truro Station

Truro station serves the city of Truro, Cornwall. It is the situated on the Cornish Main Line and is the junction for the Maritime Line to Falmouth Docks. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who serve the station alongside CrossCountry. The station opened in 1859.

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.


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright DS Pugh and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Railways Primary Subject: Railway Level Crossing
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
SW8144, 214 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
DS Pugh   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 6 September, 2024   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 3 October, 2024
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 8180 4495 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:15.8473N 5:3.7778W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 8178 4494
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image Type (about): geograph 
This page has been viewed about 10 times
You are not logged in | login | register