Truro

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Truro

Station code: TRU National Rail
Where: West and South West England, England
Opened on the Cornwall Railway.




Nearby stations
Truro Road
Truro Newham
Perranwell
Chacewater
Probus and Ladock Platform
Mithian Halt
Mount Hawke Halt
Goonhavern Halt
Scorner
Shepherds
Goonbell Halt
Mitchell and Newlyn Halt
St Agnes
Newlyn Downs Halt
Perranporth
Carvedras Viaduct
Higher Town Tunnel
Truro Viaduct
Penwithers Junction
Penwithers Viaduct
Buckshead Tunnel
Sparrick Tunnel
Polperro Tunnel
Wheal Jane
Tregeagle Viaduct
Carnon Old Viaduct
Carnon New Viaduct
Bissoe
Tregurno Viaduct
Tourist/other
River Falmouth
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

  /  /1859Cornwall Railway
Line opened from Cornwall Junction (near Plymouth [Millbay]) to Truro as Broad Gauge. Stations opened at Devonport, Saltash, St Germans, Menheniot, Liskeard, Respryn, Lostwithiel, Par, St Austell, Grampound Road, Truro. Truro to Penwithers Junction (to connect with the West Cornwall Railway) opened as Standard Gauge.
  /  /1863West Cornwall Railway
Truro Newham closed to passengers. (Cornwall Railway opened as Standard Gauge 1859, Penwithers Junction to Truro converted to Mixed Gauge 1863.)
  /  /1863Cornwall Railway
Extended from Penwithers Junction to Falmouth [1st] . Truro to Penwithers Junction converted to Mixed Gauge and extension built as Broad Gauge. Stations opened at Perran, Penryn, Falmouth [1st] .

News items

08/09/2023Signal upgrade set to modernise Cornwall's railway [Network Rail]
19/01/2023Levelling up funding projects announced for Cornwall and Devon [BBC News]