Par railway station

Par

Porth
National Rail
General information
LocationPar, Cornwall
England
Coordinates50°21′18″N 4°42′18″W / 50.355°N 4.705°W / 50.355; -4.705
Grid referenceSX077541
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms3
Other information
Station codePAR
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Original companyCornwall Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1859Opened
1879Line to Newquay opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.195 million
 Interchange Decrease 80,750
2019/20Increase 0.200 million
 Interchange Decrease 76,984
2020/21Decrease 68,660
 Interchange Decrease 26,626
2021/22Increase 0.183 million
 Interchange Increase 85,334
2022/23Increase 0.195 million
 Interchange Increase 106,235
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Par railway station (Cornish: Porth) serves the villages of Par, Tywardreath and St Blazey, Cornwall, England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains (281.82 mi; 453.6 km) down the line from London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.[1] It is the junction for the Atlantic Coast Line to Newquay.

The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which operates services along with CrossCountry.

  1. ^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 10B. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.