St Germans
Location type
StationName and dates
St Germans (1859-)Station code: SGM National Rail
Opened on the Cornwall Railway.
Opened on the Saltash to St Germans Deviation (Great Western Railway).
Description
This is a two platform station. The goods yard was to the east. To the east of the station the original single track course of the Cornwall Railway (which crossed the Boat House Viaduct) was replaced by a new double track line over the St Germans Viaduct and through to Saltash in 1908.
Tags
Station04/07/2023
| Nearby stations Defiance Platform Saltash Menheniot St Budeaux Victoria Road St Budeaux Ferry Road Weston Mill Halt Devonport Admiralty Platform Keyham Ford Halt Dockyard [Devonport] Tamerton Foliot Camel^s Head Halt Ford (Devon) Albert Road Halt Devonport | St Germans Viaduct Boat House Viaduct East Waters Wood Loop Lynher Viaduct [1st] Nottar Viaduct Vivelscombe Tunnel Wivelscombe Loop Wivelscombe Viaduct Forder Viaduct Forder Lake Viaduct Lowhill Quarry Wearde Mail Apparatus Tourist/other Scraesdon Fort Tregantle Fort Antony House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1859 | Cornwall Railway Line opened from Cornwall Junction (near Plymouth [Millbay]) to Truro as Broad Gauge. Stations opened at Devonport, Saltash, St Germans, Menheniot, Liskeard, Respryn, Lostwithiel, Par, St Austell, Grampound Road, Truro. Truro to Penwithers Junction (to connect with the West Cornwall Railway) opened as Standard Gauge. |
| / /1908 | Cornwall Railway Saltash to St Germans Deviation (Great Western Railway) Deviation opened inland of original route between Wearde Junction and St Germans. |
