Newquay to Falmouth direct service

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[chopper1944]

From my schooldays when I used to travel between St. Austell and Truro, I have often thought that a westerly spur at Burngullow from the St Dennis junction line to the main line would do away with the need for trains to go to St. Austell or Par. As I remember it however the present junction at Burngullow climbs away steeply to St Dennis junction and this may a problem as I believe that the main line descends towards what was Grampound Road. Just a thought 

[slippy]

HELLO, if people dont wake up the Newquay Branch will never serve a purpose as a 'local' line apart from to/from the current direct stations ROC^▸ (Rail Operating Centre - a centralised location for railway signalling and train control operations for a specific route or region)/BGL etc, the linespeeds are far to low mainly due to pointless crossings and pointless speed restrictions on unused Xings, NR^» (Network Rail - home page) should tackle this and several minutes could be saved, NQY^▸ (Newquay (Station)) to FAL. But train is a stupidly long time, probably beaten by push bike. Also the NQY to TRU bus service is fairly quick. The only real way to make the NQY line viable is to push for the St.Austell via St.Dennis option, not much stopping it now that IMERYS operations are so low...

[Andy]

For those interested in a bit of nostalgia, a super series of three films has been posted on youtube on the 'original' Truro-Newquay service (via Chacewater). The purpose seems not only to commemorate the old line but to inform about FoCal, the group trying hard to promote the Atlantic coast line.

Here's the link to the first part.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXjZl-oGfV4


The same person has posted a "Par-Newquay in three minutes" video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZhg5y5gbXg&feature=related

[devon_metro]

Interesting video, must be quite old though, as far as I know the connection to Ponts Mill was removed after a derailment. Not to mention the class 37 at Goonbarrow!! Oh, and two platforms and signalbox at Newquay plus various random branches.

[vacman]

I'm suprised there has never been a preservation attempt on the Perranport part of the line, would make a lovely run to Goonhavern along the valley, although you'd struggle to get through Goonhavern now thanks to an in-filled cutting with houses built on it.