St Erth

CRS Code	SER
Collected date	22/05/05

St Erth is the last stop on the Great Western main line before Penzance, and its main purpose is to be the junction for the branch to St Ives. However, we visited on a Sunday evening when branch line trains were not running; the place was deserted.

The station building from the entrance to the car park:

The entrance to the station building, closed when we visited:

To the rear of the station building is the bay platform for the St Ives line. Platform 3 is on the left; to the right is a siding:

The station building's side abuts platform 2, and results in a strange gap in the canopy on that platform:

Platform 2, looking east:

The whole station, looking from the eastern end. The branch platform to the right is slightly lower than the main line platform to the left, and the canopy is unusually slanted:

The two sides of the main line are linked with a footbridge, seen here from platform 1:

The station is very well maintained, and the western end of platform 1 has numerous planters and a bench. The plaque on the bench says it is "provided by the rail industry", which is surely what you'd assume for a station facility!

To the east of the footbridge and shelter on platform 1 is this small building, locked and marked "Private":

Looking at the junction, and St Erth signal box which controls it, from the eastern end of platform 1:

Looking east from the footbridge:

Looking west from the footbridge:

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