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Hayle Station - Then & Now.


Hayle Station, this is the view looking towards Camborne. The Hayle Wharves branch passed to the left of this platform.





Turning around this is the view in the opposite direction towards Penzance. There used to be a point giving access to the branch right where the silver protection grid is now sited.






The old bridge is still in place. This is the view of the now trackless section at the former junction with the main line, immediately adjacent to the previous picture but looking a little further to the right.





Looking the other way this is the trackbed going down the 1 in 30 gradient to the main road. The footpath marks the route of the former branch, with the area between this and the station platform on the right being filled with sidings.





Hayle Signal Box.  (This picture and the next copyright Craig Munday (Winterbourne) )





A general view of Hayle Station from 1967. Warships D869 and D870 head towards London with a train from Penzance. The branch left the main line about where the 4th / 5th coaches are in this picture. You can also see the track bed of the goods loop behind the up platform. This was lifted in the early 1960s.




The same view today. The platforms are quite short and only hold about 4 - 5 coaches.




Looking in the other direction you can see the stop boards still in place showing where trains should stop. In today's modern railway loco-hauled trains are a thing of the past down here, but at one time it was marked from 6 - 12 coaches the exact position where the driver had to stop. The closest board is for 6 coaches and you can just make them out at 1 coach intervals beyond this, with the final 12 car board right up near where the track disappears from view.