| Re: OTD - 11th March (1852) - Opening of Penzance Station Posted by Andy at 12:23, 11th March 2022 |      |
I think it's Camborne station (opened 1843) that takes the prize for being the oldest railway station in continuous use in Cornwall, being on the original Hayle-Redruth stretch of the WCR. Bleevit, woody?*
* Believe it, would (th)ee?, Would you believe it?
| Re: OTD - 11th March (1852) - Opening of Penzance Station Posted by bobm at 08:38, 11th March 2022 | |
But today, 170 years later, it won't see a train all day due to engineering work in west Cornwall.
| OTD - 11th March (1852) - Opening of Penzance Station Posted by grahame at 06:55, 11th March 2022 | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penzance_railway_station
[Penzance] station was opened by the West Cornwall Railway on 11 March 1852 as the terminus of its line from Redruth. The station itself consisted of a single platform face, and along with the rest of the West Cornwall Railway was laid as standard gauge
