Cornish Main Line

Cornish Main Line
Cornish Main Line
	The Royal Albert Bridge crossing the River Tamar
Overview
Native name	Penn-hyns-horn Kernow
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Cornwall, United Kingdom
Termini	Plymouth; Penzance;
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Great Western Railway; CrossCountry; (Freight: DB Schenker and Freightliner)
History
Opened	1867
Technical
Line length	79.5 miles (128 km)
Number of tracks	Double with three single track sections
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Old gauge	7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge
Operating speed	75 mph (121 km/h) maximum
Route map
Route map
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The Cornish Main Line (Cornish: Penn-hyns-horn Kernow) is a railway line in Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth, crossing from Cornwall into Devon over the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash.

It directly serves Truro, St Austell, Bodmin (by a Parkway station) and Liskeard. It forms the backbone for rail services in Cornwall and there are branches off it which serve St Ives, Falmouth, Newquay and Looe. The main line also carries direct trains to and from London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Newcastle and Edinburgh.

It is the southernmost railway line in the United Kingdom and the westernmost in England.

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