Talk:Disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line

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A fact from Disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 May 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that some of the disused railway stations between Plymouth in Devon and Penzance in Cornwall, England, were closed during the "Beeching Axe" in the 1960s?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/May.

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Resperyn?[edit]

Was the station called Resperyn, or Respryn? Respryn is the normal spelling of the place. DuncanHill 13:18, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that it ever had a name! it was only open for a few days and was described as a "temporary shed" for Bodmin. It is generally referred to as "the station at Respryn" ... typo corrected! Geof Sheppard 16:05, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I thought it was probably a typo, but you know an awful lot more about the subject than I do! DuncanHill 16:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Viaducts at Chacewater[edit]

EDIT: There are two viaducts ~~one either side of the former station~~ both east of the former station. Chacewater viaduct is 297 feet long, 52 feet at its highest, and has five arches each of of 45 feet span. Blackwater viaduct is 396 feet long, 68 feet at its highest, and has seven arches each of 45 feet span. The two viaducts are recorded in detail in Brunel's Cornish Viaducts by John Binding (Atlantic, ISBN 0-906899-56-7) and both viaducts are clearly marked on the current OS Landranger sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth (ISBN 9780319231494). To compare the modern map with a pre-war OS map that shows the station, the viaducts and Blackwater Junction go to http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm (Where's The Path), search for Chacewater, then select the option to display "OS + 1930's OS". Andy F (talk) 00:20, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Error in the diagram[edit]

There is an error in either the diagram on Cornish_Main_Line which has the disused Helston railway joining EAST of Penponds or the diagram on Disused_railway_stations_(Cornish_Main_Line) which has the disused Helston railway joing WEST of Penponds.

I don't know which is correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.69.45.180 (talk) 12:53, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Helston branch junction was immediately to the east of Gwinear Road, therefore a few miles SW of Penponds. --Redrose64 (talk) 16:19, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]