The Cornish Main Line
The Cornish Main Line runs for 78.9 miles between Plymouth and Penzance, serving 20 stations, with a top line speed of 75 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 78.9 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 156 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 20 |
| Top line speed | 75 mph |
| Passengers a year | 7.9 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Plymouth2.7 million a year
- Devonport49,756 a year
- Dockyard15,102 a year
- Keyham16,126 a year
- St Budeaux Ferry Road4,484 a year
- St Budeaux Victoria Road11,864 a year
- Saltash162,224 a year
- St Germans75,942 a year
- Menheniot6,232 a year
- Liskeard353,556 a year
- Lostwithiel94,184 a year
- Bodmin Parkway305,298 a year
- Par222,704 a year
- St Austell525,828 a year
- Truro1.3 million a year
- Redruth415,576 a year
- Camborne372,746 a year
- Hayle154,548 a year
- St Erth444,754 a year
- Penzance685,470 a year
The busiest station on the line is Plymouth, 2.7 million entries and exits a year and 209th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Looe Valley Line, South Devon Main Line, Tamar Valley Line, The Atlantic Coast Line, The St Ives Bay Line.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.