Carbis Bay railway station
Carbis Bay  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Carbis Bay, Cornwall England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°11′49″N 5°27′50″W / 50.197°N 5.464°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SW528387 | ||||
| Manager | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | CBB[1] | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| Opened | 1877 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  0.111 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.230 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.227 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.257 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.277 million | ||||
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Carbis Bay railway station is on the St Ives Bay Line in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom and serves the village and beach of Carbis Bay, a community that only adopted this name after the arrival of the railway in 1877. Carbis Viaduct is situated on the St Ives (west) side of the station. It is the penultimate station on the line, between St Ives and Lelant, and is sited 323 miles 78 chains (521.4 km) from London Paddington, measured via St Erth, Plymouth Millbay and Box.[2]
History
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The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1877 on their new branch line from St Erth to St Ives.[3] The location of the station proved popular with visitors and the small farms around Wheal Providence mine expanded to become the village of Carbis Bay, named after the station.[4] The station buildings were at the top of the shallow cutting in which the station is built.[5] In 1899, the former station master Richard James was sentenced to 14 days in Bodmin prison for begging after he had got into difficulty through drink and being found begging for alms.[6]
Goods traffic was withdrawn in May 1956.[7]
In June 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Network Rail Chairman Peter Hendy unveiled a station sign, made of old railway sleepers, stones and seashells, as the 47th G7 summit took place in Carbis Bay.[8]
Carbis Viaduct
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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.[5][9]
Facilities
[edit]There is a small car park at the station entrance but a larger one is available a short distance away.[10] The station has cycle stands, benches and help points.[11] As the station is unstaffed, and there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.[11]
Passenger volume
[edit]| 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries and exits | 66,298 | 23,737 | 6,347 | 8,208 | 8,454 | 7,980 | 55,334 | 206,738 | 198,734 | 203,782 | 231,800 | 191,408 | 195,124 | 234,668 | 227,854 | 212,354 | 111,158 | 230,256 | 226,768 | 256,874 | 276,938 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
[edit]All trains are operated by Great Western Railway. Most run between St Ives and St Erth half hourly, but some are extended through to Penzance.[13]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Ives Terminus |
Great Western Railway | Lelant towards St Erth | ||
Community rail
[edit]The station, along with the others on the line, is part of the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership.[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ↑ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (2023). Railway Track Diagrams; 3: Western & Wales (7th ed.). Frome: TRACKmaps. p. 11. ISBN 978 1999627164.
- ↑ Quick 2023, p. 119.
- ↑ Bray, Lena; Bray, Donald (1992) [1981]. St Ives Heritage (Second ed.). Devoran: Landfall Publications. ISBN 1-873443-06-4.
- 1 2 Bennett, Alan (1990) [1988]. The Great Western Railway in West Cornwall (2 ed.). Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing. ISBN 1-870754-12-3.
- ↑ "From Station Master to Tramp". Royal Cornwall Gazette. England. 27 July 1899. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Jenkins, Stanley C (1992). "the St Ives Branch". Great Western Railway Journal (Cornish Special Issue). Wild Swan Publications Ltd: 2–34.
- ↑ "Carbis Bay sign re-created". Rail (magazine). No. 934. June–July 2021. p. 9.
- ↑ Jacobs, Gerald (2005). Railway Track Diagrams Book 3: Western. Bradford-on-Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 0-9549866-1-X.
- ↑ "Porthrepta, Carbis Bay, TR26 2NZ - Cornwall Council". www.cornwall.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Carbis Bay train station | Departures, arrivals and tickets | GWR". www.gwr.com. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- ↑ eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 146 (Network Rail)
- ↑ "St Ives Bay Line". Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
Bibliography
[edit]- Quick, Michael (2023). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Carbis Bay railway station from National Rail
| This station offers access to the South West Coast Path | |
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| Distance to path | 50 yards (46 m) |
| Next station anticlockwise | St Ives 1 mile (2 km) |
| Next station clockwise | Lelant 2 miles (3 km) |