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Falmouth Docks station ((コーンウォール語:Porthklos Aberfala)〔http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=f3fabe0c-206f-4e0c-8889-4ce4a5060e5b&version=-1〕) in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, is the terminus of the Maritime Line to Truro, the services are operated by Great Western Railway. ==History== The original Cornwall Railway Act had provided for a terminus at Falmouth on the waterfront at Greenbank. By the time the line was built the packet ships, which had been the commercial justification for the line, no longer called there. Instead new docks had been constructed near Pendennis Castle to which the railway was diverted. The grand Falmouth Hotel was opened in 1865 just outside the station, with sea views across Gyllyngvase beach. The railway, Falmouth docks and hotel companies shared several directors, the hotel company even leased the refreshment rooms on the station. The station was constructed out of granite was long and wide, the three tracks and two platforms being covered by a train shed. As no other stations were provided in the town at the time it was known just as ''Falmouth'', and was opened on 24 August 1863. A large goods shed and a long engine shed were both provided just outside the station. A siding ran down to the docks from the end of the platform. The need to provide accommodation for all the staff were met by building twenty dwellings, known as Railway Cottages, in four terraces of five dwellings. These are situated just below the station by the entrance to the docks. The Cornwall Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1889. The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s. The station was closed on 7 December 1970 when a new station, also named ''Falmouth'', was opened away and nearer to the town; on 5 May 1975 the latter was renamed ''The Dell'' and the 1863 station was reopened under its original name. On 15 May 1989, both were renamed: ''Falmouth'' became ''Falmouth Docks'', and ''The Dell'' became ''Falmouth Town''.〔 Passengers now have a choice of three stations in the town: Falmouth Docks, , and (opened in 1925). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Falmouth Docks railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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