Trains to Penzance - Station Details and further Information on Penzance Train Services
Penzance train station serves the town of Penzance, Cornwall, UK. The station is the western terminus of the 305 miles Cornish Main Line from London Paddington. The current journey time to or from London is about five hours.
Platforms 1, 2 and 3 are within the main train shed; Platform 4 on the south side is in the open air. A large stone at the end of this platform welcomes people to Penzance in two languages: English and Cornish. This side of the station is built on the sea wall near the harbour, the other side is cut into the hillside.
It is both the southernmost station on the National Rail network and the westernmost station in England, although not Great Britain as some stations in Scotland are further west. The station is operated by First Great Western as is every other station in Cornwall. This is the Cornish terminus of the Night Riviera sleeper train to and from London Paddington station.
Penzance is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line which sees a mixture of local trains to Plymouth and longer distance services to London Paddington station, including the Night Riviera overnight sleeping car service and the Golden Hind which offers an early morning service to London and an evening return. Other fast trains are the mid-morning Cornish Riviera and the afternoon Royal Duchy.
CrossCountry operate three daily services. These leave in the morning to destinations such as Edinburgh, Glasgow Central and Manchester Piccadilly, and return in the evening. One of the arrivals starts at 08:20 from Aberdeen which arrives at 21:50; at 13-and-a-half hours this is the longest direct rail journey in the United Kingdom.
South West Trains operates just one service at weekends. It arrives in Penzance from London Waterloo each Saturday evening, and returns on Sunday afternoon. From December 2009 this service will not operate west of Exeter St Davids.
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