St Blazey

Lanndreth
General information
LocationSt Blazey, Cornwall
England
Coordinates50°21′19″N 4°42′37″W / 50.3553°N 4.7102°W / 50.3553; -4.7102
Grid referenceSX073541
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCornwall Minerals Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
20 June 1876 (1876-06-20)Opened as Par (St Blazey)[1]
1 January 1879Renamed St Blazey[1][2]
21 September 1925Closed to public traffic[2]
29 December 1934Closed[2]

A passenger station was opened at Par on 20 June 1876 when the Cornwall Minerals Railway started a passenger service from Fowey to Newquay. It was adjacent to the railway's workshops. Although the station was built to serve Par, the entrance was on the west side of the town and close to the adjacent town of St Blazey.

On 1 January 1879 a loop line was built to the Cornwall Railway station at Par and the Cornwall Minerals Railway station renamed St Blazey (Cornish: Lanndreth) to avoid the confusion of two stations with the same name.

St Blazey station closed to the public on 21 September 1925 but continued to be used by workmen's trains to Fowey until 29 December 1934.[3]

Loading scrap metal in the old goods yard

Goods traffic is still sometimes loaded in the goods yard at St Blazey, which is otherwise used for storing wagons from the adjacent marshalling yard.

References

  1. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 181. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 202
  3. ↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 373. OCLC 931112387.
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