page_title: Truro and Newquay Railway
section_title: Topography
hierarchical_section_title: Truro and Newquay Railway / Topography
caption_attribution_description: English: Wheal Liberty viaduct
context_page_description: The Truro and Newquay Railway was a Great Western Railway line in Cornwall, United Kingdom designed to keep the rival London and South Western Railway out of the west of the county. The line was completed in 1905 and closed in 1963.
context_section_description: Passenger trains generally ran from Truro or Chacewater to Perranporth or Newquay, but a summer service ran from Newquay towards Redruth until 1916, using the west curve at Blackwater Junction.
  Chacewater station (50.2638°N 5.1698°W) had opened on 1 November 1853 on the West Cornwall Railway from Truro to Penzance. A loop platform line was added behind the platform used by trains towards Truro in 1912, from which time many branch trains terminated and started there.
  Blackwater Junction (50.2648°N 5.1825°W) was a triangular junction made up of Blackwater North, East and West junctions. The west curve, for trains towards Newquay from the Redruth direction, closed on 5 May 1919. On 9 November 1924 the branch was extended back to Chacewater station, parallel to the main line, enabling Blackwater (East) Junction signalbox to be abolished. The junction was closed and the branch line extended the short distance to Chacewater station on a new third track laid along the north side of the existing main line. The loop platform then served branch trains in both directions.
  Mount Hawke Halt (50.2795°N 5.1891°W) opened on 14 August 1905. It had a single platform with a pagoda shelter, located in a cutting on the right hand side of trains going towards Newquay. The cutting containing the station site was filled in at the beginning of the 1990s.
  St Agnes station (50.2985°N 5.2008°W) opened with the line on 6 July 1903. Originally it had a single platform on the left of trains towards Newquay, and a small goods yard. Local dissatisfaction was expressed that the halt was some distance from the community served, the ground formation at Trevellas Coombe having prevented a closer approach. The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939. A passing loop was opened on 4 July 1937, with a longer island platform. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1956, two coaches from 1957 to 1961 and three in 1962. The station building at St. Agnes survives and is one of the few remaining substantial relics on this line.
  Goonbell Halt (50.3030°N 5.1919°W) was opened on 14 August 1905. Its single platform had a pagoda shelter. The halt was in a shallow cutting on the left side of trains towards Newquay. Today the cutting has been filled in but the wrought iron entrance gates survive.
  The 140-yard (130 m), five-arch Goonbell Viaduct (50° 18′ 20.5″ N 5° 10′ 38.8″ W) is ³⁄₄ mile (1.2 km) beyond the station towards Newquay, still intact and resplendent.
  Mithian Halt (50.3142°N 5.1626°W) was opened on 14 August 1905. It was on the left of trains going towards Newquay. The cutting and station area have long been long filled in and the station site is now barely traceable.
  Perranporth Beach Halt (50.3422°N 5.1543°W) was opened on 20 July 1931; it was the last station added to the line. It had a single platform on the right of trains heading towards Newquay. The Halt was staffed in the summer months, and in some records is referred to as Perranporth Beach Platform. After closure, the sectional concrete platform was removed and installed The Dell, subsequently renamed Falmouth Town railway station on the Maritime Line. Today only one abutment of the adjacent road overbridge remains and four houses now stand on the site of the halt.
  Perranporth station (50.3424°N 5.1473°W) was the terminus of the line from 6 July 1903 until completion to Newquay on 2 January 1905; it was the only passing place between Chacewater and Shepherds until St Agnes station was extended in 1937. The platform was situated between the two running lines, and the accommodation was considerable in expectation of holiday traffic. A small goods yard with a goods shed was situated on the south (right) side of the line. ³⁄₄ mile (1.2 km) beyond the station towards Newquay is the 89-yard (81 m) Cox or Cocks Viaduct; (50° 19′ 57.3″ N 5° 7′ 51.2″ W) it is still intact. Nothing remains of the station; an industrial estate was developed on the site during the 1970s.
  Goonhavern Halt (50.3416°N 5.1072°W) was opened on 14 August 1905, on the right of trains tra
caption: Goonbell viaduct, viewing north, with the St Agnes Beacon in the distance.
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