Carbis Bay railway station
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Carbis Bay railway station is situated on the St Ives Bay Line
in Cornwall
, United Kingdom and serves village and beach of Carbis Bay
, a community that only adopted this name after the arrival of the railway in 1877.
The station comprises a single platform
. Carbis Viaduct is situated on the St Ives (west) side of the station.
on 1 June 1877 on their new branch line from to . The railway needed a viaduct to cross the small valley that carried Carbis Water down to the Baripper Cove. It was decided to build a station on the east side of the valley and call it Carbis Bay. The location proved popular with visitors and the small farms around Wheal Providence mine expanded to become the village of Carbis Bay, named after the station.
The station buildings were not on the platform, rather they were at the top of the shallow cutting in which the station is built. Goods traffic was withdrawn in May 1956.
. Most run between and , but some are extended through to
Carbis Viaduct
is a short distance beyond the station towards St Ives. It is built of granite
from a nearby quarry at Towednack
and has three piers supporting four 40 feet (12.2 m) arches, giving a total length of 78 yards (71.3 m); it is 78 feet (23.8 m) high.
St Ives Bay Line
The St Ives Bay Line is a railway line from to in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was opened in 1877, the last new broad gauge passenger railway to be constructed in the country...
in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, United Kingdom and serves village and beach of Carbis Bay
Carbis Bay
Carbis Bay is a village and seaside resort in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It lies one mile SE of St Ives on the west side of St Ives Bay on the Atlantic coast....
, a community that only adopted this name after the arrival of the railway in 1877.
The station comprises a single platform
Railway platform
A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms, with larger stations having multiple platforms...
. Carbis Viaduct is situated on the St Ives (west) side of the station.
History
The station was opened by the Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
on 1 June 1877 on their new branch line from to . The railway needed a viaduct to cross the small valley that carried Carbis Water down to the Baripper Cove. It was decided to build a station on the east side of the valley and call it Carbis Bay. The location proved popular with visitors and the small farms around Wheal Providence mine expanded to become the village of Carbis Bay, named after the station.
The station buildings were not on the platform, rather they were at the top of the shallow cutting in which the station is built. Goods traffic was withdrawn in May 1956.
Description
The station is 3 miles (4.8 km) from St Erth. There is a single platform situated in a shallow cutting north of the road that leads down to the beach. It is on the left of trains arriving from St Erth. There is a small car park at the station entrance but a larger one is available a short distance away by the beach.Services
All trains are operated by First Great WesternFirst Great Western
First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that serves Greater London, the South East, South West and West Midlands regions of England, and South Wales....
. Most run between and , but some are extended through to
Carbis Viaduct
Viaduct
A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans. The term viaduct is derived from the Latin via for road and ducere to lead something. However, the Ancient Romans did not use that term per se; it is a modern derivation from an analogy with aqueduct. Like the Roman aqueducts, many early...
is a short distance beyond the station towards St Ives. It is built of granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
from a nearby quarry at Towednack
Towednack
Towednack is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish is bounded by those of Zennor in the west, Gulval in the south, Ludgvan in the east and St Ives in the north...
and has three piers supporting four 40 feet (12.2 m) arches, giving a total length of 78 yards (71.3 m); it is 78 feet (23.8 m) high.