Helston Cornwall Train Station

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Helston cornwall train station. The helston railway is a heritage railway in cornwall which aims to rebuild and preserve as much as possible of the former gwr helston railway between nancegollen and water ma trout on the outskirts of helston. The nearest railway station is redruth on the cornish main line although the helston branch line railway served the town until closure in the early 1960s. The line served local travellers tourists and businesses including manufacturing farming fishing mining and the rnas culdrose airbase. It has been rebuilt from nothing with the hard work and dedication of our volunteers.
Helston railway station was the terminus of the helston railway in cornwall united kingdom which opened on the 9 may 1887. The branch left the ex gwr main line at gwinear road station near hayle and ran 8 5 miles 13 7 km south to terminate at helston railway station. Helston railway is a reconstruction of the original gwr branch line that serviced helston and the lizard peninsula for over 100 years through to when it closed in the 1960s. The line was operated by the great western railway and absorbed by that company in 1898.
Visit the railway we are based in the rural village of prospidnick three miles to the north of the town of helston at trevarno farm tr13 0ry. Note the goods crane with the loading bank on the right. The locomotive has come off the train and is commencing the run round. Helston railway preservation company ltd.
Helston station from the bridge at the throat of the station. This short episode sees us depart helston cornwall uk railway station and drive a freight train though a scenic cornish countryside to its first stop nancegollan. It is operated by the helston railway preservation company using members of the helston railway preservation society. 5711815 dear reader whether you are a volunteer member friend or someone with an interest in preserving cornwall s heritage we find ourselves together in an unprecedented situation brought about by the coronavirus pandemic and it is affecting every aspect of our daily lives.
British rail workmen cutting up the track into short lengths for disposal. The engine shed to the right whilst to the left lay the surpentine siding served by a shute. It closed to passengers on the 5 november 1962 and to freight on the 5 october 1964. Plan of helston railway station helston main station building looking towards the goods shed looking towards the coach shed at the far end of the line.
Station building looking up the line.