Par railway station
Par 
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| Location | |
| Place | Par |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Coordinates | 50°21′18″N 4°42′17″W / 50.355°N 4.70465°WCoordinates: 50°21′18″N 4°42′17″W / 50.355°N 4.70465°W |
| Grid reference | SX077541 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PAR |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.186 million |
| – Interchange |
92,486 |
| 2012/13 |
0.194 million |
| – Interchange |
 82,910 |
| 2013/14 |
0.191 million |
| – Interchange |
77,390 |
| 2014/15 |
0.198 million |
| – Interchange |
76,986 |
| 2015/16 |
0.190 million |
| – Interchange |
73,634 |
| History | |
| Original company | Cornwall Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1859 | Opened |
| 1879 | Line to Newquay opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Par from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Par railway station serves the villages of Par, Tywardreath and St Blazey, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the junction for the Atlantic Coast Line to Newquay. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who operate the train service along with CrossCountry.
The station opened with the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859. A newspaper reported at the time that it "is situated on the western side of Par bay, about a mile from the pier head, close to the road to Fowey and Tywardreath, the traffic of which places as well as St Blazey and the neighbourhoods intended to receive here. The departure and arrival stations are spacious edifices, both having verandahs projecting over the platforms, with convenient waiting rooms, ticket office, porter and lamp rooms, and other necessary conveniences. A goods station has not yet been erected, but considering the amount of business likely to be transacted here it is more than probable that a goods shed will be required before long."
The goods shed was approved by the directors on 10 February 1860 and was built of stone.
The station was too small to warrant a station master, but the "booking constable" was paid an additional 22 pounds each year by the Post Office to also act as a post master. Two cottages were built just outside the station to house railway staff.
A connection from Par to the Cornwall Minerals Railway line to Newquay was opened on 1 January 1879. This was standard gauge and so traffic between this and the broad gauge Cornwall Railway had to be transferred between trains at Par until the broad gauge was converted over the weekend of 21 May 1892. New station buildings were erected in 1884.
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