St Blazey railway station

Disused railway station in Cornwall, England

50°21′19″N 4°42′37″W / 50.3553°N 4.7102°W / 50.3553; -4.7102Grid referenceSX073541Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyCornwall Minerals RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates20 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

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  1. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 181. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. ^ a b c 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.