The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. It purchased the existing Hayle Railway, and improved its
Hayle Viaduct in modern times
Redruth station serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom; it is situated on the Cornish Main Line between Truro and Camborne. The station is 309 miles 68 chains down the line from the zero
West Cornwall Railway
…Scorrier Gate; opened 1896, closed 1964 Redruth; opened 1852 Pool; renamed Carn Brea in 1875; closed to passengers in 1961; it was also the location of the railway's workshops…
2018 at Redruth station from the west
A train pulls away from the station and over the viaduct in the early 1900s
Looking westwards from above the tunnel
A Great Western Railway Class 150 at Redruth, with a train to Penzance