Truro railway station
Truro 
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| Location | |
| Place | Truro |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Coordinates | 50°15′50″N 5°03′52″W / 50.26400°N 5.06432°WCoordinates: 50°15′50″N 5°03′52″W / 50.26400°N 5.06432°W |
| Grid reference | SW817449 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TRU |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| 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 |
 1.278 million |
| – Interchange | 0.193 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.265 million |
| – Interchange |
0.202 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.239 million |
| – Interchange |
0.201 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.257 million |
| – Interchange |
0.214 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.201 million |
| – Interchange |
0.216 million |
| History | |
| Original company |
Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Opened | 1859 |
| Line to Falmouth | 1863 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Truro from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Truro railway station serves the city of Truro, Cornwall, UK. It is the situated on the Cornish Main Line and is the junction for the Maritime Line to Falmouth Docks. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who serve the station alongside CrossCountry.
The station opened with the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859 when it was very different from today. A train shed roofed over the space between the two platforms and the level crossing was much busier and at the other end of the building, where the branch platform is today. A contemporary report tells us that "the passenger station here is a handsome stone building, one hundred and thirty feet long, with large projecting roof; and containing in the centre of the building a spacious booking office, having separate entrances for first, second and third class passengers. On each side of this are comfortable first and second class waiting rooms, parcels' room, superintendent's office, and the other conveniences of a first class station. Inside the station is the passenger platform, one hundred and sixty-one feet long by fourteen feet wide, and beyond this three lines of broad gauge rails. Then the arrival platform, which is of the same length of that on the opposite side, and twenty feet wide. The whole of the space occupied by these rails and platforms are covered by a double roof, of the respective spans of fifty-seven and forty-one feet, with iron tie and suspension rods on a novel principle. The light, airy and forceful appearance of these roofs has excited the admiration of every person who has viewed them."
A stone goods shed was built in front of the station and an engine shed beyond the passenger platforms: "one hundred feet long, and forty-five feet wide, with double line of rails, and accommodation for six engines. Outside of the latter building are a smithery and workmens' shops, in which any casual repairs that may be required, can be executed. This building being erected on 'made ground' is constructed of timber, as being lighter than stone."
The West Cornwall Railway shared the station, which was managed by joint committee of the two railways. This line came from Penzance through the tunnel but was only standard gauge until 1 March 1867 when it had a third rail laid to allow both broad gauge and standard gauge trains (the rail had actually been laid the previous year but was only used for goods trains for a while). In the meantime the Cornwall Railway had extended its rails to Falmouth. The West Cornwall Railway kept its station at Newham Quay to handle goods traffic to the town (Truro did not become a city until 1877) and waterfront, the branch crossing the Falmouth line on the level just beyond Highertown Tunnel at Penwithers Junction.
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