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Newquay
(1876 - )
Newquay railway station serves the town and seaside resort of Newquay in Cornwall as the terminus of the Newquay to Truro Line and the station opened on June 20 1876
The original station had just a single platform and a turntable at the end of the platform was used to release locomotives from incoming trains. The station was rebuilt in 1905 with two platforms serving 3 tracks
A new line was opened from Shepherds, on the Treamble branch, to Perranporth on January 2 1905, which allowed a new service to run from Newquay to Truro
The main departure platform was lengthened in 1928 and again in 1935; the second platform was lengthened in 1938. These enlargements were to accommodate the longer trains that were now bringing
holidaymakers from London and elsewhere
The station started to be run down following the closure of the line to Truro on February 4 1963 and the remaining platform was resurfaced in early 2012
and the former station canopies have been replaced
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