Penzance railway station
Penzance 
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| Location | |
| Place | Penzance |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Coordinates | 50°07′20″N 5°31′56″W / 50.12226°N 5.53223°WCoordinates: 50°07′20″N 5°31′56″W / 50.12226°N 5.53223°W |
| Grid reference | SW475306 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PNZ |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.579 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.563 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.533 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.550 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.543 million |
| History | |
| Original company | West Cornwall Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Opened | 1852 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Penzance from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Penzance railway station serves the town of Penzance in west Cornwall, England. It is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line from Plymouth, 326 miles 50 chains (525.7 km) down-line from London Paddington via the Great Western Main Line.
It is managed by Great Western Railway who also operate the train services, along with CrossCountry.
The station was opened by the West Cornwall Railway on 11 March 1852 as the terminus of its line from Redruth. A fire in 1876 destroyed the goods shed and the wooden passenger buildings were replaced by the current station in 1879 to a design by William Lancaster Owen. The total cost was around £15,000 which included the roof which cost £5,000, for the iron and 50 tons of glass. The new platforms were used for the first time on 18 November 1879. However, the new station suffered from teething problems, as by 1880 it was reported that some settlement in the masonry and shrinkage of the iron in the roof had caused several sheets of the glazing to break.
Further alterations were made in 1937 and again in 1983 when new a ticket office and buffet were opened.
The blocked-up archway in the wall that retains the hillside behind the platforms was used by the railway as a coal store. Freight traffic, especially the busy fish trade, was handled in the former goods yard, where cars are now parked, adjacent to the bus station. An engine shed was also situated here before being moved to the opposite side of the line near the end of the retaining wall. It has since been replaced by the new Penzance TMD outside the station at Long Rock.
From 1996, South West Trains operated a weekly weekend service from London Waterloo as an extension of its service to Exeter St Davids. This ceased in December 2009.
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