Great Western Coffee Shop

OK, point taken. Altho, when I asked the staffer on the gate, his reply was one word..'Outside'. It may well have been true, but it wasn't exactly helpful!

The near side of the road only has bus times to the bus station because that is the only destination. Crossing the road to the timetable on the opposite side would have found you the times for Penzance, St Ives, Camborne (via 2 "back road" routes), Newquay (via Perranporth and St Agnes), and Porthtowan as a minimum and all destinations in between.

Is there a clear notice on the near side of the road that states 'across the road for services to...........'?

I assume that as the station will be owned by GWR any info that does go up would need their permission anyway?

The station operator is required to provide certain information, mostly about the station and train operation, and there's a common national format "information about the area" poster which is usually provided; I'm not sure if that's a franchise requirement on GWR, more general, or something that's generally done because it's sensible.    That latter poster is highly stylised and standardised, and is a nightmare to keep up to date as it lists onward destinations and bus stops and routes.

The local council has - to my knowledge - no obligation to provide a welcome or information at stations, though in my view it's a good idea for them to do so.

Where a poster goes up on Network Rail property that's leased to a train operator as part of a franchise, some form of agreement is necessary.   And the hardware, etc, necessary needs to be vandal proof to avoid it getting chucked on the line, or have any risk of getting blown there in bad weather.   Content needs to be in the interest of the train operator.

Outside what can be quite narrow confines, Network Rail owns the track and surrounds, and an agreement would need to be reached with them for posters / displays on their land.

The boundary from Network Rail to leased-from-Network-Rail to council owned public highway can be an interesting one to research ... once you're off the railway land and onto the council, there's a different story.  Very interesting, away from signs, where the boundary goes across the middle of a series of car parking spaces that you want remarking!

There's a lot of knowledge on Community Rail lines and on Community Rail stations as to whom to ask about what and to help bring partners together.   The map at http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Resources/ACoRP%20summary%20map%20v3.pdf will help you identify your local Community Rail partnership if you have one.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.2637761,-5.0630296,3a,75y,18.64h,100.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNPeYIJ2hEhfO-LDUwkgIXQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Oh, I say: it's not that bad!  :o ::) ;D

Seriously, I think the following link to the scene outside Truro Station (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.2637761,-5.0630296,3a,75y,18.64h,100.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNPeYIJ2hEhfO-LDUwkgIXQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) should work.  ;)

And a fat lot of good to someone who came out of the station entrance and turned RIGHT ...as I did.

I'm sure Truro is not the only location where signage is 'poor'.

It isn't ... Swindon has been identified as one of the place which doesn't exactly direct people who are arriving to the attractions that are there (no funny comments please).    Problem the other way too .. three people that I noticed (each travelling separately) failed to find the 17:05 hidden on platform 2 this evening.

Identification of an issue is the first step to doing something about it ...