Trevarno railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Trevarno Station

| type = Station on heritage railway

| image = Trevarno railway station on the Helston Branch.jpg

| borough = Helston, Cornwall

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|50.1279|-5.2927|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SW647305|25|SW647305}}

| operator = Helston Railway

| platforms = 2

| original = Great Western Railway

| years = 2011

| events = Opened

}}

Trevarno railway station is a small railway station request stop on the Helston Railway, a heritage railway in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.{{cite web|title=Ordnance Survey - Trevarno Railway Station|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/trevarno-railway-station-cornwall|access-date=9 October 2018}}

History

The Helston Railway Preservation Society started work at Trevarno in 2005 with volunteers starting work on re-opening a section of the line. William Bickford-Smith was the first chairman of the original Helston Railway and he lived at Trevarno House.{{cite web|title=Helston Railway|url=https://www.helstonrailway.co.uk/about/history/|access-date=9 October 2018}}

A tin mine once stood near by{{cite web|title=Cornwall LXXVI.NW (includes: Helston; Sithney; Wendron.) Revised: 1906. Published: 1909|url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/101439578 |access-date=9 October 2018}} however this was not the site of a station or halt until the Helston Railway opened a station here in 2011 as the terminus of the line at that time. It also served the Trevarno estate gardens until circa 2011. The grand opening ceremony of Trevarno Station was officially held on 26 July 2010 however the station was not able to operate as it was not permitted to carry passengers on that date.

Description

Trevarno Station has a through and a bay platform with a single long siding. It has a station lamp but it no longer has a station building or car park.{{cite web|title=Geograph - Trevarno Railway Station|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5125313|access-date=9 October 2018}}File:Helston railway map.gif

Services

This is a now request stop and passenger access is by the Black Bridge reached via a public footpath. Trevarno now lies about one third of the way along the existing line and up until 2012 it was the main operational base with passengers starting and ending their journeys here.

{{rail line|previous=Prospidnick Halt|next=Truthall Halt|route=Helston Railway|col=654321}}

References

External links

[https://www.helstonrailway.co.uk/ 2018 Helston Railway official site]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miae9FWB4iw&t=318s Video 2018 Kilmersdon at Helston Railway]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozTK8d9Cqnc Video of Helston Railway - train goes through Trevarno station Cornwall England UK]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XNRKdEaPyI Video of Winter Wonderland train Helston Railway Trevarno Cornwall]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnHU-oZwsQ Video of Helston Railway December 2011 (brake van ride)]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUB5ZmLVxfA Video of driver's view of the Helston Railway]

Category:Heritage railway stations in Cornwall

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2011

Category:Railway stations built for UK heritage railways