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Penzance railway station serves the town of Penzance, Cornwall, England. The station is the western terminus of the Cornish Main Line from London Paddington station. ==History== The station was opened by the West Cornwall Railway on 11 March 1852 as the terminus of its line from Redruth. A fire in 1876 destroyed the goods shed and the wooden passenger buildings were replaced by the current station in 1879. These were designed by William Lancaster Owen. The new platforms were used for the first time on 18 November 1879. However, the new station suffered from teething problems, as by 1880 it was reported that some settlement in the masonry and shrinkage of the iron in the roof had caused several sheets of the glazing to break. Further alterations were made in 1937 and again in 1983 when new a ticket office and buffet were opened. The blocked-up archway in the wall that retains the hillside behind the platforms was used by the railway as a coal store. Freight traffic, especially the busy fish trade, was handled in the former goods yard, where cars are now parked, adjacent to the bus station. An engine shed was also situated here before being moved to the opposite side of the line near the end of the retaining wall. It has since been replaced by the new Penzance TMD outside the station at Long Rock. From 1996, South West Trains operated a weekly weekend service from as an extension of its service to . This ceased in December 2009. In 2012/13 the station's roof was refurbished. 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「Penzance railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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