St Erth railway station
St Erth 
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| Location | |
| Place | St Erth |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Coordinates | 50°10′17″N 5°26′37″W / 50.17140°N 5.44374°WCoordinates: 50°10′17″N 5°26′37″W / 50.17140°N 5.44374°W |
| Grid reference | SW541357 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SER |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.202 million |
| – Interchange | 0.180 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.206 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.175 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.200 million |
| – Interchange |
0.176 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.205 million |
| – Interchange |
0.181 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.258 million |
| – Interchange |
0.177 million |
| History | |
| Original company | West Cornwall Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1852 | Station opened |
| 1877 | St Ives branch opened |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | St Erth Station |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed |
| Entry number | 1143618 |
| Added to list | 14 January 1988 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Erth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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St Erth railway station is a Grade II listed station situated at Rose-an-Grouse in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It serves the nearby village of St Erth, which is about 0.75 miles (1.2 km) away, and is the junction for the St Ives Bay Line to St Ives. On an average weekday St Erth sees up to 69 trains, 26 trains to St Ives, 22 towards Penzance and 21 towards Plymouth. This makes it the busiest station in Cornwall in terms of services and one of, if not the busiest rural stations in the UK.
The station was opened by the West Cornwall Railway on 11 March 1852. At this time it was known as St Ives Road and was the railhead for that town, which lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) to the north. This was an important harbour with a busy fishing trade and tin and copper mines; the new railway brought it artists and then tourists. The station was a simple single platform situated on the north side of the line
On 1 June 1877 a branch line was opened from here to St Ives, which was when the station was renamed 'St Erth'; a few years later the station building was reconstructed in granite A second track was laid on the north side of the platform for the opening of the branch, but the main line still had only the one track. This was partly rectified in about 1894 when a loop line with its own platform was opened, but the line was only doubled eastwards to Hayle on 10 September 1899, and westwards to Marazion on 16 June 1929. Beyond the St Ives branch platform was the station goods yard and sidings which served a china clay dry for a few years. It then served milk trains from the Primrose Dairy creamery, later operated by United Dairies, although these were taken out of use in 1982.
The station buildings are constructed of granite in an 'L' shape west and north of the St Ives bay platform. The booking office is staffed for part of the day and is located in the west-facing section which faces the station car park. The northern range incorporates staff accommodation as well as refreshment facilities which appeared in a list of the ten best station cafes published in The Guardian in 2009.
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