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St Ives Branch (West Cornwall Railway)

Dates

/ /1877	St Ives Branch (West Cornwall Railway) West Cornwall Railway Opened from St Erth to St Ives. Stations opened at Lelant, Carbis Bay, St Ives. St Ives Road (the junction station on the West Cornwall Railway) renamed St Erth.
/ /1878	St Ives Branch (West Cornwall Railway) Great Western Railway St Ives Branch (West Cornwall Railway) part of Great Western Railway.
/ /1888	St Ives Branch (West Cornwall Railway) Converted from Broad Gauge to Mixed Gauge.
/ /1892	St Ives Branch (West Cornwall Railway) Becomes Standard Gauge only.
/ /1979	St Ives Branch (West Cornwall Railway) Lelant Saltings opened.

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St Erth

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West Cornwall Railway

A Paddington to Penzance HST with power car 43131 leading, arrives at St Erth in October 2015. ...
John McIntyre 16/10/2015

A St Ives branch train departs from the bay platform at the east end of St Erth in October 2015. The GW mainline is on the right. ...
John McIntyre 16/10/2015

A Penzance to Plymouth stopping service arrives at St Erth on 16 October 2015. ...
John McIntyre 16/10/2015

A FGW Class 150 arrives at St Erth whilst working from Penzance to Plymouth on 16 October 2015. ...
John McIntyre 16/10/2015

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Lelant Saltings

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A 2-car DMU photographed near Lelant Saltings on the St Ives branch in June 1995. The single platform 'park and ride' station was opened here in May ...
Ian Dinmore 12/06/1995

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Lelant

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A DMU approaching Lelant on the St Ives branch in May 1995. ...
Ian Dinmore /05/1995

Scene on the St Ives branch in the summer of 1999 with a train standing alongside Lelant station and tea rooms. ...
Ian Dinmore 21/06/1999

Laburnum at Lelant, April 1995. ...
Ian Dinmore 13/04/1995

The village station at Lelant viewed from the foot crossing looking towards St Ives with the Hayle estuary just off to the right. ...
Mark Bartlett 18/09/2008

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Carbis Bay

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The dreaded sea mist ruined the day here on what should have been an excellent picture (See image 35825). Loco hauled to St. Ives is rare but we ...
Roger Geach 17/05/1997

A DMU skirting Carbis Bay on the St Ives branch in 1991. ...
Ian Dinmore //1991

The Cornish coast around Carbis Bay, photographed in the summer of 1999, with a DMU passing along the St Ives branch bound for St Erth and the ...
Ian Dinmore 21/06/1999

DMU near Carbis Bay on the St Ives branch in the summer of 1999. ...
Ian Dinmore /06/1999

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Carbis Bay Viaduct

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St Ives Viaduct

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St Ives [Cornwall]

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The driver of the St Erth to St Ives shuttle service changes ends at St Ives to prepare for the return on 16 October 2015. In the sky above the unit a ...
John McIntyre 16/10/2015

FGW 150120 arrives at St Ives with the shuttle service from St Erth on 16 October 2015. After a few minutes the train was off again back to the ...
John McIntyre 16/10/2015

GWR notice at the entrance to St Ives station on 13th July 2018, showing that some trains will terminate at the Lelant Saltings Park & Ride facility ...
John Yellowlees 13/07/2018

The tracks of the original station at St Ives ran along the curved wall but the line was cut back to this new platform and shortened stub. Timings are ...
Mark Bartlett 18/09/2008

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St Ives [Cornwall] [1st]

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St Ives Branch (West Cornwall Railway)

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St Erth

Lelant Saltings

Lelant

Carbis Bay

Carbis Bay Viaduct

St Ives Viaduct

St Ives [Cornwall]

St Ives [Cornwall] [1st]

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