St Austell Railway Station

St Austell Station is a Grade II listed station which serves the town of St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The station is operated by Great Western Railway, as is every other station in Cornwall. The station is situated on the hillside just above the town. The main buildings were rebuilt in 2000 and face the town's bus station. A dedicated bus service, the Eden Branchline, runs from here to The Eden Project. The station is served by both local and long-distance trains, including the Night Riviera sleeper service. HistorySt Austell opened with the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859. A report when the station opened stated that the departure station is an ornamental wooden structure, having projecting verandahs at each side, waiting room, ticket office, & c. , similar to the corresponding building at Lostwithiel. Nearly opposite is the arrival station, which is built of stone, with projecting verandah over the platform and having convenient waiting, porters', and lamp rooms. To the south of this is the goods shed, a stone building of the same dimensions as the goods shed at Lostwithiel, and the provision has been made here, for the accommodation of the heavy goods traffic that is anticipated from the district. Amongst other arrangements adopted, with the view of preventing collisions and inconvenience, it has been determined that the passenger traffic shall pass to the station through a street in front of the post office, and the goods traffic by Menacuddle Hill, in front of the Town Hall.

St Austell Station is a Grade II listed station which serves the town of St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The station is operated by Great Western Railway, as is every other station in Cornwall. The station is situated on the hillside just above the town. The main buildings were rebuilt in 2000 and face the town's bus station. A dedicated bus service, the Eden Branchline, runs from here to The Eden Project. The station is served by both local and long-distance trains, including the Night Riviera sleeper service. HistorySt Austell opened with the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859. A report when the station opened stated that the departure station is an ornamental wooden structure, having projecting verandahs at each side, waiting room, ticket office, & c. , similar to the corresponding building at Lostwithiel. Nearly opposite is the arrival station, which is built of stone, with projecting verandah over the platform and having convenient waiting, porters', and lamp rooms. To the south of this is the goods shed, a stone building of the same dimensions as the goods shed at Lostwithiel, and the provision has been made here, for the accommodation of the heavy goods traffic that is anticipated from the district. Amongst other arrangements adopted, with the view of preventing collisions and inconvenience, it has been determined that the passenger traffic shall pass to the station through a street in front of the post office, and the goods traffic by Menacuddle Hill, in front of the Town Hall.