Index
- Truro to Newquay Home
- Truro
- Chacewater
- Mount Hawke Halt
- St Agnes
- Goonbell Halt
- Mithian Halt
- Perranporth Beach Halt
- Perranporth
- Goonhavern Halt
- Treamble
- Gravel Hill
- Shepherds
- Mitchell & Newlyn Halt
- Trewerry & Trerice Halt
- Trevemper
- Newquay
- Newquay Harbour
Shepherds
(1905 - 1917 - 1926 - 1952)
Named after a neighbouring farm, Shepherds which opened in 1849 was a wayside siding on the mineral tramway built by Squire Treffry of Fowey and running from Treloggan near Newquay to Treamble,
serving lead and tin mines there. At this time there were several mines working around the area, most notably East Wheal Rose and the line was upgraded for use by locomotives on June 1 1874.
Shepherds station opened in 1905, when services through to Newquay began. The station was remote with nothing else except the farm
It was a crossing place with two platforms of the same timber construction as that at Perranporth. The station buildings were of the standard GW pattern of the Edwardian era, found all over the system
A branch from Newquay to Treamble had been opened by the Cornwall Minerals Railway on June 1 1874 but the Treamble line closed in 1917 and the rails were lifted and sent to France to help with the war effort but due to an upturn in the mineral market, the line was reopened in 1926. It was again closed on January 1 1952 although there had been no traffic over it since August 8 1949
Shepherds station opened in 1905, when services through to Newquay began. The station was remote with nothing else except the farm
It was a crossing place with two platforms of the same timber construction as that at Perranporth. The station buildings were of the standard GW pattern of the Edwardian era, found all over the system
A branch from Newquay to Treamble had been opened by the Cornwall Minerals Railway on June 1 1874 but the Treamble line closed in 1917 and the rails were lifted and sent to France to help with the war effort but due to an upturn in the mineral market, the line was reopened in 1926. It was again closed on January 1 1952 although there had been no traffic over it since August 8 1949
