The historical Great Western Railway was one of the major companies operating Cornwall’s railways before nationalisation in 1948. Its network brought together main-line travel, mineral traffic and branches serving towns and coastal resorts.
Around Newquay, the company’s story includes the Cornwall Minerals Railway and the later passenger route through Perranporth. Its name also appears in accounts of tourism, but a building called the Great Western Hotel should not automatically be assumed to have been owned or built by the railway company. The historical company is also distinct from the modern train operator using the GWR name.
Sources
Source 1: https://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/chacewater-to-newquay-branch.html Source 2: https://kresenkernow.org/our-collections/collections-guides/transport/
Connected subjects
- Bodmin main-line branch
- Goonbell Halt
- Goonhavern Halt
- Mitchell & Newlyn Halt
- Mithian Halt
- Perranporth Beach Halt
- Trewerry & Trerice Halt
- Chacewater railway station
- Mount Hawke Halt
- Perranporth railway station
- Shepherds railway station
- Cornwall Minerals Railway
- Cornwall Railway company
- St Agnes railway station
- Great Western Hotel, Newquay
- The Perranporth railway branch