Penzance train station
You can reach 79 stations directly from Penzance on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is St Austell, with 83 trains a day.
Penzance is the nearest station for postcodes in TR18, TR20, TR17, TR19. Check your own postcode.
- 79 direct destinations
- 730th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 90 parking spaces
- 8 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Penzance
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Austell | 83 | 55 | 54 |
| Truro | 83 | 56 | 54 |
| Bodmin Parkway | 82 | 55 | 54 |
| Liskeard | 82 | 55 | 54 |
| Plymouth | 82 | 55 | 54 |
| Redruth | 82 | 56 | 54 |
| Par | 81 | 55 | 50 |
| Camborne | 79 | 56 | 51 |
| St Erth | 78 | 60 | 56 |
| Saltash | 63 | 40 | 27 |
| Exeter St Davids | 60 | 35 | 40 |
| Newton Abbot | 60 | 35 | 40 |
| Hayle | 59 | 44 | 33 |
| Lostwithiel | 55 | 37 | 30 |
| Totnes | 55 | 34 | 39 |
| St Germans | 49 | 36 | 27 |
| Taunton | 42 | 22 | 26 |
| London Paddington | 39 | 17 | 24 |
| Reading | 39 | 17 | 24 |
| Tiverton Parkway | 32 | 19 | 25 |
| Ivybridge | 25 | 15 | 14 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 24 | 6 | 10 |
| Menheniot | 17 | 14 | 8 |
| Devonport | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| Dawlish | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Teignmouth | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| St Budeaux Ferry Road | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Keyham | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Dockyard | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Swindon | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| Bath Spa | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Chippenham | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Didcot Parkway | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Birmingham New Street | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Parkway | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridgwater | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carbis Bay | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Chesterfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
and 39 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Penzance
Penzance is on the Cornish Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Penzance station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Penzance station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Penzance station is
685,470 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 730th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 4,548 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Penzance and Truro than any other pair: 122,050 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 42 stations instead of 79, a drop of about 47%. Saturday runs to 42.
Nearest other stations
- St Erth 5.1 miles
- Lelant Saltings 5.6 miles
- Carbis Bay 6.0 miles
- Lelant 6.0 miles
- St Ives 6.4 miles
Facilities at Penzance station
Penzance is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:45 to 19:30 · Saturday: 06:15 to 18:10 · Sunday: 08:45 to 17:30
Toilets · Waiting room · WiFi
Parking at Penzance station
- Penzance Car Park 90 spaces
Cycle parking: 32 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 February 2026.
Getting to Penzance station
Penzance station is in Cornwall, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
8 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Bus Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Penzance station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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