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Mid Cornwall Metro
The Mid Cornwall Metro (MCM) is a £56.8million rail redevelopment project in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The project is designed to enhance coast-to-coast connectivity between the stations of and . Of the £56.8M, £50M is from the UK's Levelling Up Fund. It is a joint venture between Network Rail, Cornwall Council and Great Western Railway. Many of the improvements are on the Atlantic Coast Line (Cornwall), Atlantic Coast Line, such as restoring Newquay station' second platform, adding a passing loop at Tregoss Moor, and updating signalling. A total of ten new digital signals have been installed, mostly at the Newquay end of the line or at Tregoss Moor. Other improvements also involve the Maritime Line, including extending one train per hour to terminate in to Par railway station. These changes allow for the Atlantic Coast Line to be doubled to an hourly service, as well as allowing for journeys between Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth and Newquay without a transfer at Truro railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newquay Train Station - Geograph
Newquay ( ; ) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parishes in England, civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of Cornwall, approximately north of Truro and west of Bodmin. The town is bounded to the south by the River Gannel and its associated salt marsh, and to the north-east by the Porth Valley. The western edge of the town meets the Atlantic at Fistral Bay. The town has been expanding inland (south) since the former fishing village of New Quay began to grow in the second half of the nineteenth century. In 2001, the census recorded a permanent population of 19,562, increasing to 20,342 at the 2011 census and 23,600 in 2021. Recent estimates suggest that the total population for the wider Newquay area (Newquay and St Columb Community Network Area) was 27,682 in 2017, projected to rise to 33,463 by 2025. History Prehis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
