Place Carbis Bay Station code CBB DfT category F2 Opened 1877 | Grid reference SW528387 Managed by Great Western Railway 2011/12 0.207 million Number of platforms 1 Original company Great Western Railway | |
Address Carbis Bay, Saint Ives TR26 2LN, United Kingdom Similar Hayle railway station, St Ives railway station, Lelant Saltings railway st, Penzance railway station, Lelant railway station | ||
Carbis Bay railway station is situated on the St Ives Bay Line in Cornwall, United Kingdom and serves village and beach of Carbis Bay, a community that only adopted this name after the arrival of the railway in 1877.
Contents
The station comprises a single platform. Carbis Viaduct is situated on the St Ives (west) side of the station.
History
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1877 on their new branch line from St Erth to St Ives. The railway needed a viaduct to cross the small valley that carried Carbis Water down to the Baripper Cove. It was decided to build a station on the east side of the valley and call it Carbis Bay. The location proved popular with visitors and the small farms around Wheal Providence mine expanded to become the village of Carbis Bay, named after the station.
The station buildings were not on the platform, rather they were at the top of the shallow cutting in which the station is built. Goods traffic was withdrawn in May 1956.
Description
The station is 3 miles (4.8 km) from St Erth. There is a single platform situated in a shallow cutting north of the road that leads down to the beach. It is on the left of trains arriving from St Erth. There is a small car park at the station entrance but a larger one is available a short distance away by the beach.
Services
All trains are operated by Great Western Railway. Most run between St Ives and St Erth, but some are extended through to Penzance.
Carbis Viaduct
Carbis Viaduct is a short distance beyond the station towards St Ives. It is built of granite from a nearby quarry at Towednack and has three piers supporting four 40 feet (12 m) arches, giving a total length of 78 yards (71 m); it is 78 feet (24 m) high.