page_title: The Cornishman (train)
section_title: Move to the Midlands
hierarchical_section_title: The Cornishman (train) / Move to the Midlands
caption_attribution_description: English: Up 'Cornishman' near Ivybridge with a 'Warship' Diesel-hydraulic. View westward, towards Plymouth and Penzance; ex-GWR West of England main line. By 1964, the Diesel-hydraulics were in sole possession of the lines at least west of Exeter. This is Swindon-built (6/60) B-B type No. D822 'Hercules' on the 10.45 Penzance to Sheffield, the 'Cornishman' having been not long diverted from its earlier GWR route to Wolverhampton. (Ivybridge station - west of this location, was closed in 1965 but rebuilt near this spot in 1994).
context_page_description: The Cornishman was a British express passenger train to Penzance in Cornwall. From its inception in the 19th century until before World War II it originated at London Paddington. Under British Railways it became a quite different service, starting variously from Wolverhampton, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds or Bradford.
context_section_description: In the 1952 timetable, the name The Cornishman was applied by Western Region of British Railways to a train from Wolverhampton Low Level (09:15) and Birmingham Snow Hill (09:50) to Plymouth and Penzance (17:55), travelling via Stratford-upon-Avon, Cheltenham Malvern Road and Bristol. The return working left Penzance at 10:30, reaching Birmingham at 18:36 and Wolverhampton at 19:28. Catering was available throughout the journey and the train conveyed a portion for Torquay and Kingswear.
  During the 1960s the northern part of The Cornishman's route underwent extensive changes. Closure of the GWR route from Honeybourne to Cheltenham meant using the ex Midland Railway route from Birmingham to Gloucester via the Lickey Incline. With the impending closure of the Wolverhampton Low Level station the opportunity was also taken to extend The Cornishman over the former Midland line to Derby and Sheffield, and later on to Bradford Forster Square. By May 1967 departure was from Bradford Exchange at 07:06, then reversing at Leeds with a departure time of 07:36. This gave arrival times at Plymouth of 15:08 and Penzance at 17:55. In the reverse direction The Cornishman left Penzance at 11:00 and Plymouth at 13:30, arriving at Bradford at 22:07. 
  Further changes in the early 1970s saw The Cornishman start from Leeds on weekdays and Bradford on Saturdays. There were also changes to the route between Leeds and Sheffield, reverting to the former Midland lines rather than using a section of ex-Great Northern track. The additional stop at Wakefield Westgate which this had enabled was, however, retained.
caption: Diesel-hauled Cornishman at Ivybridge in 1964
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