St Ives train station
You can reach 5 stations directly from St Ives on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Carbis Bay, with 56 trains a day.
St Ives is the nearest station for postcodes in TR26. Check your own postcode.
- 5 direct destinations
- 616th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free throughout
- 200 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from St Ives
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbis Bay | 56 | 52 | 38 |
| St Erth | 56 | 52 | 38 |
| Lelant | 26 | 25 | 10 |
| Lelant Saltings | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Penzance | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Lines serving St Ives
St Ives is on The St Ives Bay Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through St Ives station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside St Ives 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 St Ives station is
850,992 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 616th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between St Ives and St Erth than any other pair: 321,408 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.
Nearest other stations
- Carbis Bay 1.0 miles
- Lelant 2.5 miles
- Lelant Saltings 2.6 miles
- Hayle 3.0 miles
- St Erth 3.0 miles
Facilities at St Ives station
St Ives is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 08:00 to 18:00 · at weekends: 08:00 to 18:00
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Parking at St Ives station
- Council Managed Car Park 200 spaces
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 February 2026.
Getting to St Ives station
St Ives station is in Cornwall, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Harbour Hotel.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
St Ives 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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