St Germans railway station

St Germans

Lannaled
National Rail
General information
LocationSt Germans, Cornwall
England
Coordinates50°23′38″N 4°18′32″W / 50.394°N 4.309°W / 50.394; -4.309
Grid referenceSX360574
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSGM
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyCornwall Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
Opened1859
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 56,698
2019/20Increase 58,254
2020/21Decrease 17,770
2021/22Increase 54,130
2022/23Increase 64,782
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

St Germans railway station (Cornish: Lannaled) serves the village of St Germans in Cornwall, England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway and is situated on the Cornish Main Line 10 miles 33 chains (16.8 km) from the line's northern terminus of Plymouth[1] and 256 miles 28 chains (412.6 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay.[2] To the east of the station, the thirteen arch stone viaduct of 1908 (which replaced the original timber one built in 1859) takes the railway over the River Tiddy.[3]

  1. ^ "Western Route Sectional Appendix Module WR1" (PDF). Network Rail. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016. Plymouth 245 [miles] 75 [chains] St Germans 256 [miles] 28 [chains]
  2. ^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 10A. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
  3. ^ Beacham, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). The Buildings of England. Cornwall. Yale University Press. p. 550. ISBN 9780300126686.