Trains to St Erth - Station Details and further Information on St Erth Train Services
St Erth train station is situated at Rose-an-Grouse in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It serves the nearby village of St Erth, which is about 0.75 miles away, and is the junction for the St Ives Bay Line to St Ives.
The station buildings are constructed of granite in an 'L' shape west and north of the St Ives bay platform. The main offices are in the west-facing section which faces the station car park. The northern range incorporates refreshment facilities which appeared in a list of the ten best station cafes published in The Guardian in 2009. It is also hoped to place a dining car in the sidings here, operated by Sterling Rail who are promoting the return of steam to the St Ives branch.
Alongside this is a short siding with a loading platform, and the terminal track of the St Ives branch line; the platform for this is number 3 and is long enough for a five-coach train. The opposite side of this is platform 2. Mainly used by trains towards Plymouth and beyond, it is also used by through trains for Penzance moving on or off the St Ives branch. Because the main line is on a falling gradient towards Hayle, at the buffer stop end a few steps are needed to connect platforms 2 and 3 but at the east end they are nearly level. Standing at this end of the station the line to St Ives curves away to the left over Western Growers Crossing towards the covered way beneath the A30 road. The Cornish Main Line towards Hayle drops gently to the right with the signal box situated between the two. The Down Sidings on the right of the main line are level and so are higher than the main line at the far end.
Platforms 2 and 3 have a long canopy above them to protect passengers waiting for their train. At the west end of this is a covered footbridge which links with the main westbound platform for trains to Penzance, and a large wooden shelter is provided here. A small granite building further up the platform is for staff use. As with several other stations in Cornwall, small palm trees grow on the main platforms, both of which can accommodate eight-coach trains.
St Erth is served by most First Great Western trains on the Cornish Main Line between Penzance and Plymouth. Some trains run through to or from 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. There are a limited number of CrossCountry trains providing a service to Scotland in the morning and returning in the evening. One of the local services to Penzance each weekend runs from and to London Waterloo station and is operated by South West Trains.
On the St Ives Bay Line all services are operated by First Great Western. One or two branch line trains are extended from or to Penzance each day to facilitate crew changes. |
