The Anonymous Widower

Metro Rail Project ‘Best Service Since Steam Days’

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the BBC.

This is the sub-heading.

A £50m project to improve rail links to Newquay has been hailed as “the best service since the steam days”.

These three introductory paragraphs add detail to the story.

The Mid Cornwall Metro service will run direct hourly trains between Newquay and Par from 17 May after a 400m “passing loop” at Goss Moor and a second platform at Newquay have been installed.

Matt Barnes from Great Western Railway (GWR) said the route had not been developed since the age of steam trains and the improvements would be “a real step change” for Newquay’s residents and visitors.

Direct routes between Newquay and Falmouth are due to begin next year.

Note.

  1. Services start on May 17th.
  2. Click this link for the official web site.

I have great hopes that this rail service will be a big success.

May 8, 2026 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , , , | Leave a comment

Truro Station – 19th November 2019

I took these pictures as I changed trains at Truro station yesterday.

Note.

  1. The station has two footbridges, neither of which are step-free.
  2. There are two through platforms and a bay platform for the Maritime Line service to Falmouth Docks.
  3. The frequency of the main lines is two trains per hour (tph).
  4. As the frequency of the Maritime Line is rge same services should connect.

But I had to wait thirty minutes on both my changes at the station.

In some ways for people like me, the lack of a step-free bridge at Truro station is a pain.

In one of my waits, at the station, I was on a cold platform with the coffee shop on the other.

So I skipped coffee, as I didn’t want to spill it getting back over the footbridge.

This Google Map shows Truro station.

Note the level crossing at the Eastern end.

In Winner Announced In The Network Rail Footbridge Design Ideas Competition, I wrote how the competition was won by this bridge.

So could a factory-built bridge like this be installed at Truro station?

There could be possibilities at the Eastern end, especially, if the level crossing were to be improved.

November 19, 2019 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , , , , , | Leave a comment