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Tamar Valley Line

Plymouth - Gunnislake

Explore the riverside village of Calstock. Great pubs & walks.

Looe Valley Line

Liskeard - Looe

Enjoy great estuary views and Looe’s harbour and beach.

St Ives Bay Line

St Erth (P&R) - St Ives

One of Britain's most scenic railways. Amazing views.

Maritime Line

Truro - Falmouth Docks

Visit Falmouth’s harbour, beaches, castles and shops.

Atlantic Coast Line

Par - Newquay

Arrive in the heart of Newquay ready to hit the beach.

Dartmoor Line

Exeter - Okehampton

Dartmoor adventures right from Okehampton station.

Exeter - Barnstaple

Take in the countryside views and explore North Devon.

Riviera Line

Exeter - Paignton

Travel the famous Devon coast to the English Riviera.

Avocet Line

Exeter St Davids - Exmouth

Journey along the Exe Estuary to Topsham and Exmouth.

East Devon Line

Exeter St Davids - Axminster

Visit Honiton and Axminster with countryside views.

• Tamar Valley Line Plymouth – Gunnislake
• Looe Valley Line Looe – Liskeard
• St Ives Bay Line St Erth – St Ives
• Maritime Line Truro – Falmouth
• Atlantic Coast Line Par – Newquay
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• Tarka Line Exeter – Barnstaple
• Riviera Line Exeter – Paignton
• Avocet Line Exeter – Exmouth
• East Devon Line Exeter – Axminster
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St Erth to St Ives

Truro to Falmouth

Liskeard to Looe

Par to Newquay

Ride through the beautiful wooded Luxulyan Valley, and on across Goss Moor with distant views of the white lunar landscape of the Cornish China Clay industry. Then enjoy the coastal resort of Newquay, acknowledged as one of the finest stretches of coastline in Europe. Read more .

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Cornwall from UK locations

Great Western Railway (GWR) trains from Paddington call at all principal stations throughout Cornwall including Saltash, St Germans, Liskeard, Lostwithiel, Bodmin Parkway, Par, St Austell, Truro, Redruth, Camborne, Hayle, St Erth and Penzance. For the Tamar Valley Line to Calstock and Gunnislake change at Plymouth, Devon For the Looe Valley Line to Looe calling at Coombe, St Keyne, Causeland and Sandplace please change at Liskeard For the Atlantic Coast Line to Newquay calling at Luxulyan, Bugle, Roche, St Columb Road, Quintrell Downs please change at Par For the Maritime Line to Falmouth calling at Perranwell, Penryn, Penmere, Falmouth Town and Falmouth Docks please change at Truro For the St Ives Bay Line to St Ives calling at Lelant Saltings, Lelant, Carbis Bay please change at St Erth

From London: From Paddington station take First Great Western to Cornwall which stops at all the principal stations throughout Cornwall including: Liskeard, St. Austell, Truro, Redruth, Penzance.

From London Heathrow Airport From Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 (Rail Station only). The Heathrow Express runs directly to Paddington where you board a Great Western Railway (GWR) train calling at all principal stations to Penzance. Tickets can be booked online for the entire journey by clicking on the Trainline banner below.

From London Gatwick Airport (Non-rail legs on some routes) Great Western Railway (GWR) runs trains from Gatwick Airport to Reading where you connect with Great Western Railway (GWR) services to Cornwall. Trains from Reading call at all principal stations to Penzance.

From London Stansted Airport (Non-rail legs on some routes). Greater Anglia run trains to Liverpool Street Station. Then take the Tube to London Paddington, where you connect with Great Western Railway (GWR) services to Cornwall. Trains from London Paddington call at all principal stations to Penzance.

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Proud of its identity, Cornwall boasts some of Britain's finest gardens, plus scenic branch lines revealing sandy beaches, rocky coves and smugglers' havens, plus a striking cathedral city in Truro.

Experience the unique character of the Isles of Scilly on our exciting new tour. Journey along the English Riviera, enjoy time in the port town of Penzance, and travel by ferry to the Isles of Scilly admiring the iconic Cornish coastline. Enjoy commanding views of the archipelago, immerse yourself into island life, and marvel at the natural beauty of these isles plus partake in a vineyard tour and tasting, and sample some of the best seafood caught on the hotel's very own fishing boat.

A joyful Cornish holiday that takes advantage of the mild spring climate to visit some of the most enchanting gardens in Cornwall. From great grandeur and scale to secret gardens of romantic planting, we explore at a gentle pace with an included steam train journey.

Experience a delightful Cornish rail holiday as we meander along scenic branch lines, capturing the cream of the coastal and countryside views, to visit charming ports and seaside resorts, an award-winning vineyard, and the world-renowned Eden Project.

Experience the character and charm of the Isles of Scilly on our exciting new tour. Journey along the English Riviera, discover Cornwall's cathedral city of Truro, admire the iconic Cornish coastline, and stay in the beautiful Star Castle Hotel. Enjoy commanding views of the archipelago, immerse yourself into island life, and marvel at the natural beauty of these isles plus partake in a vineyard tour and tasting, and sample some of the best seafood caught on the hotel's very own fishing boat.

Travel coast to coast from Land's End to John O'Groats, including many of Britain's great scenic rail journeys along the way. Explore England, Scotland & Wales on a one off, once in a lifetime, grand rail tour of mainland Britain!

Experience a joyful Cornish holiday visiting some of the most enchanting gardens in Cornwall from great grandeur to hidden sanctuaries. Discover the Lost Gardens of Heligan, relax in the tranquillity of Pinetum Gardens, learn the history and secrets of Pencarrow House, and visit the world-renowned Eden Project plus enjoy a nostalgic steam journey.

Experience a delightful Cornish rail holiday as we meander along scenic branch lines, capturing the cream of the coastal and countryside views, visiting charming ports, seaside resorts, an award-winning vineyard, and the world-renowned Eden Project plus time to explore Padstow, Looe, Penzance & St. Ives.

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Cornwall attractions to visit by rail

Let the train take the strain and explore Cornwall on some of Britain's most scenic train journeys. With a variety of train lines to take, which Cornish attraction will you visit first? Here are a few to get you started.

Eden Project - Main line - near St Austell Stop off in St Austell and visit the famous Eden Project. Dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World by some, the extraordinary Eden Project houses some of the biggest greenhouses in the world and has become a place to discover a wealth of plants and natural wonders. As you wander between the mesmerising biomes you will step into a tropical rainforest and experience a Mediterranean oasis. You will find buses to the Eden Project at St Austell train station, which is just a few miles away.

Bodmin Railway - Main line - Bodmin When travelling the main line stop off at Bodmin Parkway and discover the excitement and nostalgia of steam travel with a journey back in time on the Bodmin Railway - Cornwall's only full size railway still operated by steam locomotives. When you sit back and relax in style and enjoy a leisurely 13 mile round trip through beautiful countryside, taking in the sights, sounds and smells of a bygone age, as the era of a Cornish branch line in the 1950s reveals itself during the course of your journey.

Newquay Zoo - Atlantic Coast line - Newquay Take the Atlantic Coast line and enjoy the coastal resort of Newquay, acknowledged as one of the finest stretches of coastline in Europe, with its wonderful sandy beaches, shops, cafes and high Atlantic waves. Walking distance from the station is Newquay Zoo, where you can meet loads of amazing species including beautiful songbirds, slithery snakes, scaly skinks, marvelous meerkats and tropical toucans – to name a few. Newquay Zoo is just a 10 minute walk from Newquay's train station.

Pendennis Castle - Maritime line - Falmouth Take the Maritime line from Truro to Falmouth and you will be spoilt for choice on things to see and do. Pendennis Castle is a great family day out and one of the finest of the mighty fortresses built by Henry VIII to defend the Fal River and country against invasion. Throughout the year, a packed events programme provides great family fun including Fighting Knights, Grand Medieval Jousts and Pirates Attack. Jump off the train at Falmouth Docks and walk along Castle Drive for 10 minutes, you will reach Pendennis Castle situated on Castle Close.

National Maritime Museum Cornwall - Maritime line - Falmouth Whilst in Falmouth, visit Cornwall’s famous National Maritime Museum, situated in front of the picturesque deep water harbour, the third largest in the world. Celebrating the sea, boats and Cornwall, this multi-award winning museum not only has 15 stunning galleries beautifully illustrating the past, present and future of this island nation but also offers a number of exciting exhibitions. Alight at Falmouth Town Station (The Dell) and the museum is just a 2 minute walk away.

Royal Cornwall Museum - Main line - Truro Cornwall's major city and mainline railway station, Truro is a fascinating place to explore. It boasts specialist shops in winding narrow streets, splendid Georgian architecture in Lemon Street and of course The Royal Cornwall Museum. Here you can explore Cornwall’s culture from the ancient past to the present day as well an Egyptian mummy, explorers’ medicine chest and a wide range of Cornish and British art. The Royal Cornwall Museum is situated just 0.5 miles from Truro's train station, heading straight down River Street.

Tate St Ives – St Ives Bay line - St Ives Quite possibly the most scenic branch line in Britain, this is truly the best way to arrive in St. Ives and to visit the Tate Gallery. Situated on Porthmeor Beach, Tate St Ives celebrates the modernist legacy of the town’s international artists’ colony. The gallery offers a lively programme that embraces the best of international modern and contemporary art, presenting temporary exhibitions, special commissions and works by iconic 20th century artists who lived and worked in the town, including Alfred Wallis, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth.

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Getting to Cornwall: The quickest and best ways to travel by train, road, rail and air

Our travel guide to Cornwall means you could be hanging out in paradise in just a few hours

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Everyone wants to come to Cornwall . The Duchy has everything anyone would want on offer from glorious beaches, and the UK's top surfing spots and stunning coastline, a beautiful countryside, interesting towns and city, and plenty of heritage and history, and cultural events to keep you interested.

Cornwall is of course home to some of the best food and drinks producers in the world. From gastro pubs to fine dining restaurants , Cornwall has it all.

But how do you get here?

You can take the train, drive down or take a coach down and even jet in from many UK and European cities.

So here are the details of how you can come down to Cornwall at any time of the year.

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There are daily train services that will take you and your family down to pretty much anywhere in Cornwall.

From Aberdeen or London, you can can travel by train all way down to the last train station in the land at Penzance.

High speed train services run frequently from London Paddington station including the Night Riviera Sleeper Service to Penzance.

There are also direct trains daily from Bath and Bristol to Cornwall and its branch lines, check out nationalrail.co.uk for more information on journey details.

The First Group co-ordinate rail and bus services from stations. For bus link details telephone 08457 484950. Park-and-ride schemes run from Easter to October at Liskeard (for Looe) and Lelant Saltings (for St Ives).

Train journey times:

London to Bodmin : 5h 10min to 6h 04min

London to Truro : 5h 37min to 5h 52min

London to Penzance : 5h 42 min to 6h 34 min

Bristol to Bodmin : 3h 34min to 4h 07min

Bristol to Truro : 3h 26min to 4h 15min

Bristol to Penzance : 4h 06min to 4h 55min

Birmingham to Bodmin : 5h 02min to 5h 20min

Birmingham to Truro : 4h 53min to 6h 20min

Birmingham to Penzance : 5h 33min to 7h 05min

Aberdeen to Bodmin : 12h 50min

Aberdeen to Truro : 13h 20min

Aberdeen to Penzance : 14h 03min

For more information on train times and fares, contact Great Western Railway on 0345 700 0125 (7am – 10pm every day).

It takes less than five hours to get from London to the heart of Cornwall by either train or car.

Drive along the M4 motorway from London or down the A303, or M6 from Manchester, and then the M5 to Exeter and finally either the A30, that is mostly dual carriageway, or the A38 through Plymouth and Saltash into South East Cornwall.

Alternatively if you enter Cornwall from North Devon, there is the scenic Atlantic Highway A39 through Bude which you can join from Junction 27 on the M5.

Due to the high volume of traffic on Cornwall's roads during the summer months the main A30 route before Bodmin can become congested especially at weekends. Travelling overnight or outside peak rush hours is recommended to avoid long delays.

Road journey times:

London to Bodmin : 4 h 28 min (259.2 miles) via M4 and M5 or 4 h 29 min (237.3 mi) via A303 and A30

London to Truro : 4 h 51 min (284.0 mi) via M4, M5 and A30 or 4 h 52 min (262.1 mi) via A303 and A30

London to Penzance : 5 h 19 min (306.3 mi) via M4, M5 and A30 or 5 h 21 min (284.4 mi) via A303 and A30

Bristol to Bodmin : 2 h 30 min (152.4 mi) via M5 and A30

Bristol to Truro : 2 h 56 min (177.2 mi) via M5 and A30

Bristol to Penzance : 3 h 23 min (199.4 mi) via M5 and A30

Birmingham to Bodmin : 3 h 42 min (224.0 mi) via M5 and A30

Birmingham to Truro : 4 h 8 min (248.8 mi) via M5 and A30

Birmingham to Penzance : 4 h 36 min (271.0 mi) via M5 and A30

Aberdeen to Bodmin : 10 h 45 min (640.5 mi) via M6 and M5 and A30

Aberdeen to Truro : 11 h 9 min (665.3 mi) via M6, M5 and A30

Aberdeen to Penzance : 11 h 36 min (687.5 mi) via M6 and M5 and A30

Cornwall Services is the only Motorway-style service station in Cornwall.

It is located at the midway point of the A30 between Exeter and Penzance, at the Victoria Interchange Junction, eight miles west of Bodmin.

It has all the amenities you would expect from a major service station - including petrol filling station, toilets, cash point, and food and drink providers - as well as some surprises, such as Cornwall's only Clip n Climb centre and a huge soft play.

To plan your journey use either the AA Route Planner or the RAC Route Planner and for information on possible delays or roadwork's throughout the UK or in Cornwall visit Cornwall Live .

Public transport information on travel within the UK to Cornwall can be obtained from Traveline by calling 0871 200 2233 or visit www.travelinesw.com

Coach travel times from London or Birmingham to Bodmin will take between 6h35min to 7h05min and will cost between £22.80 to £38.30 for a single ticket.

London to Truro coach journeys will take up to 7h (283.8 mi) via M4, M5 and A30 and can cost between £20 and £35 for single tickets.

London to Penzance by coach will take more than 8h min (305.9 mi) via the A30, M5 and M4.

You can fly to Cornwall from airports around the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain and Portugal.

Cornwall Airport Newquay currently has year round daily flights from London Gatwick (Flybe) and Manchester with additional seasonal routes (between March and October) from Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Doncaster-Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Stansted, and Newcastle ( Flybe ); Dublin ( Aer Lingus ); Alicante, Seville and Frankfurt-Hahn ( Ryanair ); and Dusseldorf ( Eurowings ), Faro in Portugal (Ryanair).

The Airport also offers year-round onward connectivity to the Isles of Scilly with Skybus . You can also fly to the US with Aer Lingus via Dublin in Ireland. Dubai is one of the new destination you can fly to from Newquay via London or Manchester ( Emirates ).

Newquay Cornwall Airport has two Coffee Republics, one in the main terminal (near check-in) and the other in the departure lounge (after security).

There is free wi-fi throughout the airport, cash machines and a selection of shops where you can purchase some last minute Cornish goodies before you fly out. Products include Cornish wine and spirits as well as other local food and souvenir products.

There is an executive lounge that offers comfortable seating and a quiet and relaxed environment, just off the main departure lounge.

Hot and cold soft and alcoholic drinks are available as well as light refreshments. Entry is £15 and entry can be purchased from the Information Desk in the check-in hall. Priority Pass and Airport Angels lounge users can also access the lounge - please present your proof of membership at the information desk prior to passing through security.

However children under the age of 12 are not permitted to use the lounge. Entrants are limited to spending a maximum of three hours in the lounge in any one visit.

While the only direct ferry to Cornwall is from the Isles of Scilly to Penzance on board the Scillonian (which is operated by the Isles of Scilly Travel company), there are many ferry companies which operate daily services to the UK and these terminals are within easy reach of the major motorways leading you down to Cornwall.

- Stena Line operates daily ferry crossings from Ireland and Holland to Britain. You can travel from Belfast, Larne, Dublin Port, Dun Laoghaire, Rosslare and the Hook of Holland

- Irish Ferries also run services from Ireland (and France) to the UK

- P&O Ferries have several services from Ireland, France, Spain, Holland and Belgium to UK destinations

- DFDS Seaways operate between Holland and Newcastle and from Denmark to Harwich

AFerry is a price comparison website with access to all ferry services in and out of the UK, including ferries to the Isles of Scilly.

Travelling across the Channel from France to the UK can take as little time as 35 minutes on the Eurotunnel from Calais to Folkestone and just 1 hour and 20 minutes on the ferry service between Calais and Dover.

Plymouth is the closest port to Cornwall being just across the River Tamar. Brittany Ferries offer services from Roscoff and Santander into Plymouth as well as further services from France and Spain into Portsmouth and Poole.

From the Channel Islands and France you can travel by fast ferry to the Southern UK ports of Weymouth, Poole and Dorset with Condor Ferries . Services are available from Jersey, Guernsey, St. Malo and Cherbourg.

Travel to the Isles of Scilly

Isles of Scilly Travel is the link between the Isles of Scilly and the mainland. The company provides day trip visitors and holidaymakers from across the UK and beyond with a taste of Island life, whilst supplying island residents with an easy and frequent service to the mainland.

The Scillonian III passenger ferry sails between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly on a daily basis, taking two hours and 40 minutes from March to November and Sunday sailings operate from July to September for the summer season. To travel by sea visit the Scillonian III time table page for departure and arrival times.

Alternatively fly to the Isles of Scilly on Skybus, the Islands’ own airline from Exeter, Newquay and Land’s End airports, six days a week. Skybus flies all year round and flight times can be found on the Skybus Timetable page.

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How to take the rail journey from London to Cornwall

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There are two options available for taking the train from London to Cornwall (Penzance is the final station call on the Cornish Main Line): 1: Taking the scenic journey by day, 2. Travelling overnight on one of Europe's smartest night trains.

Routes you can take to go from London to Penzance (in Cornwall)

When travelling between most cities by train there is only one logical option, though on other journeys there is a choice between different trains or alternative routes. If different options are available you can use the info to decide which is best for you.

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Looking for connections, route information, option 1: travelling by day, station guides.

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5hr 4min - 5hr 19min

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Final Destination: Penzance

All trains also call at: Liskeard (connect for Looe); Bodmin Parkway ; Par (connect for Newquay * ); St Austell ; Truro and St Erth (connect for St Ives )

*On Mondays to Saturdays in the summer there are daily direct trains from London to Newquay.

The first trains of the day are scheduled to arrive in Penzance after 11:30 and they begin to travel through Cornwall from around 10:00. If you need or want to arrive in the county earlier, then on Monday to Saturday evenings an overnight train is available.

The 'Pullman' dining service:

The trains which are usually scheduled to depart from London on Mondays to Fridays at 12:04 and 18:04 (year round) and at 13:04 (summer only) are the only regularly timetabled British trains to convey conventional restaurant cars.

First Class passengers can reserve prior to boarding and ShowMeTheJourney recommends booking your travel tickets and dining reservations together by calling 0345 7000 125. Standard Class passengers can ask the train conductor if any spare places are available after boarding and reserve a place with the conductor.

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As is evident from the description of the journey by train from London to Cornwall, most of the highlights of this train ride can be seen from the left-hand side of the train when travelling westwards.

So to increase your chances of making the most of the stunning journey aim to be at Paddington station, ready for boarding, 30 minutes before departure. Then if you discover when entering the coach in which your assigned seat(s) is located, that it is on the right, you can check to see if any unreserved window seats are available on the left-hand side

If there are any free, you can occupy them for the journey, as you don’t have to sit in the seat(s) you have been assigned, for your ticket to be valid.

Journey description:

The route of the Cornish Riviera express is arguably the most delightful journey that can be taken when heading off from London by train. The routes up to Scotland by the East Coast and West Coast main lines may have more dramatic moments, but when travelling by either of those routes, the initial 2hr 30mins of those train rides aren’t particularly special.

In contrast the charms of this route to the West Country begin to kick in around 50 mins after departure from London and they don’t let up until journey’s end.

This train journey from Paddington station to the end of the line at Penzance is a journey of six distinct phases.

(1) For 50 minutes from London until Newbury, the train reaches its highest speeds of the journey as it uses electric power to travel at up to 200 km/h.

(2) Between Newbury and Exeter the railway follows a route through a pastoral landscape of rolling green fields and woodlands.

Soon after departing Newbury the train will travel parallel to the charming Kennet & Avon canal, which can be mainly seen from the left-hand side of the train when heading west.

(3) A highlight of this journey is the 20ish minutes that the train spends travelling between Exeter and Newton Abbot; it’s probably the most fantastic 20 mins that can be enjoyed when looking out of the window on a British express train.

For on this part of the journey the railway is on shore line of the South Devon coast, so when heading west, the sea views are on the left-hand side of the train.

Whenever a train travelling by the sea is shown on British television the footage will show a train travelling through Dawlish and Teignmouth, two stations that are right beside the beach.

Though when looking out of the train windows, the views over the river estuaries which can be seen between Exeter and Dawlish, and then between Teignmouth and Newton Abbot are possibly even more magical.

(4) The railway turns inland between Newton Abbot and Plymouth, but this area of South Devon is very hilly, so the necessary twists and turns slow the train down, but the views of the countryside are rather lovely.

(5) After departure from Plymouth the journey takes on a different character, as from both sides of the train there are sweeping views over the city.

Then around 7 minutes after leaving Plymouth station come the most spectacular views that can be seen when travelling to Cornwall by train, the vistas that can be enjoyed from the Royal Albert Bridge which conveys the train over the River Tamar and into England’s most westerly county.

The best of the views are again on the left-hand side.

(6) The first five minutes of the journey through Cornwall are the loveliest, if you’re sitting on the left-hand side of the train. Between Saltash and St Germains there are some utterly charming views down over the Lynher River Estuary.

Cornwall’s primary lure for travellers is its dramatic coastline, but despite travelling for most of the county’s length, the railway through it avoids the coast. There are some distant sea views on the right near Hayle, but the train won’t travel right beside the shore again until it approaches journey’s end near Penzance station.

After departure from St Erth, look out for view over on the left of St Michael’s Mount.

Boarding at Paddington station:

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Online Bookings Open: Usually 12 weeks ahead, but this period can be longer if Great Western Railway is running a promotion

If you want to travel at the cheapest possible price, book an 'Advance' ticket - though be aware that this type of ticket can't be refunded if you subsequently change your travel plans.

If the booking period has been extended beyond 12 weeks, it seems as though 'Advance' tickets will be the only type of ticket available if you book more than 12 weeks ahead.

Also worth knowing is that on this route, Advance tickets will only be available until 18:00 (6pm) on the day before travel.

Though partially due to the frequency of the train service, you shouldn't have to book months in advance to obtain the cheapest possible price for a London to Bath train journey, particularly if you won't be travelling at business hours.

If you would like the flexibility to be able to obtain a refund if you subsequently change your travel plans, it's best to book 'Off-Peak' tickets, though this type of ticket lives up to its name, and may not be available on departures at peak business hours.

'Advance Tickets' are specific to the departure selected when making a booking, but they can be transferred to an alternative departure, though you will incur an 'admin fee' if you have booked an 'Advance' ticket.

Travelling on Saturday-Sunday

Maintenance work on the railway is periodically undertaken at weekends and if it is scheduled on your travel date, it can affect when tickets will be released for sale.

If you're looking up a journey less than around 10 - 12 weeks ahead and the cheaper 'Advance' tickets aren't available, it can be a good indication that works will be impacting on your travel date. It can be worth checking this on the National Rail website - select 'Great Western Railway' as the operator.

Making an end-to-end journey will still be possible, though you MAY ultimately have to take a substitution bus service for part of the trip. It's the confirmation of these alternative travel arrangements which can hold up the release of the tickets for sale.

Choosing a departure

There can be significant differences in prices between departures on your travel date, it's often possible to save more than £20 by taking an earlier or later train; the trains which depart London in the middle of the day tend to be cheaper.

Reservations:

When you book an Advance ticket for a London to Bath train journey online, you will automatically be assigned a seat(s) - because a guaranteed seat reservation is a benefit of using a website to purchase the ticket(s). If you book an Anytime or Off-Peak ticket ahead of your travel date, you can request a reservation.

However, if you buy an Anytime or Off-Peak ticket at the station just prior to boarding, a seat reservation WON'T be automatically included with your booking. That's because reservations at stations need to be booked by the end of the previous day for morning departures and 3 - 4 hours ahead for afternoon/evening departures; so keep that in mind if you will be using a rail pass, including a Britrail or Eurail pass.

On this route ShowMeTheJourney particularly recommends making reservations when travelling at these times (1) Any journey on Fridays (2) On trains departing London before 14:00 on Saturdays (3) On trains departing London after 14:00 on Sundays

Receiving Your Ticket(s) booked with GWR

The four options for receiving and using your ticket(s) you book on the Great Western Railway (GWR) website are:

(1) Using e-tickets: You can opt to have an e-ticket attached to your confirmation email, which you can then download to your mobile device. Then when boarding you can access your ticket(s) on your phone and use it to open the ticket gates. Though if you opt to use this service, GWR will prompt you to make a test download prior to completing your booking, so that you can be sure that your mobile device is compatible with using this service.

(2) Opt to 'self-print', you will need then need to print off the ticket attached to your confirmation email.

(3) Collecting from the 'Fast-Track' ticket machines at the station. You will receive a booking reference number on your order confirmation email and you can use this reference number to collect ticket(s) from a 'Fast-Track' ticket machine. You will need to enter your reference number into the machine, so make sure you'll have easy access to it when you are using the machine.

You will also need to insert the specific credit or debit card you used when making the booking, so have that with you too. Showing the email you will have received to staff at the ticket gates won't get you on to the train, nor will this be valid if you can only show the email to the conductor when you are on the train.

Take your time and take care that you have picked up all your ticket(s) and seat reservations.

(4) Opt to pay an additional charge to have your tickets posted to you (not an option if you book tickets from outside the UK).

The potential to save by splitting tickets on Trainline

It can be worth looking up this journey on Trainline .

It can be possible to save money by using split ticketing, with the booking process being no more complicated than booking conventional tickets - find out more .

Option 2: travelling overnight

8hr 5 min - 8hr 59min

Not Every Day

1 x train per night except on Sundays

The Monday departure has the slower journey time.

The train also calls at: Liskeard (connect for Looe); Bodmin Parkway ; Par (connect for Newquay * ); St Austell ; Truro and St Erth (connect for St Ives )

When departing from Paddington, you can board the Night Riviera train more than an hour before departure, so if you have opted to travel in a sleeping cabin, you can be settled in for the night before the train has left London.

Though you don’t have to travel in a sleeping cabin when making the overnight train journey from London to Cornwall, some of the coaches convey seats

This train is usually scheduled to arrive in Penzance at 08:49 on Tuesday mornings and at 07:50 on Wednesday to Sundays mornings, while the first of the daytime trains isn't due to arrive there until after 11:30. (There isn’t a departure on Sundays).

So if you need or want to be in Cornwall before in late morning then you need to make the journey on this newly refurbished train and forsake the scenic highlights, which are available on the daytime journey.

The booking info on the GWR website .

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A fresh start is coming for local travel.

Mid Cornwall Metro is a £56.8m project to transform local journeys - connecting people with work, study and leisure.

The project will support a cleaner, greener, fairer and more inclusive Cornwall - creating opportunities and attracting investment.

Hourly trains Newquay-Par

STARTING MAY 2025

extending to St Austell, Truro, Penryn & Falmouth in 2026

From May 2025, the service between Newquay and Par (which currently has trains every two hours) will double to hourly.

This will mean an additional 700,000 seats both ways, per year.

A new rail passing loop at Tregoss Moor will allow trains to pass each other. This will enable local and long-distance services to operate concurrently - meaning local services can run all year round.

From 2026, Newquay-Par services will extend to St Austell, Truro, Penryn and Falmouth.

From 2026 there will be three trains an hour between St Austell and Truro, and an increased frequency between Par, St Austell and Truro.

From 2026, there will be direct trains between St Austell, Penryn and Falmouth.

The Maritime Line (Truro-Falmouth) will retain two trains an hour throughout. From 2026 one of these each hour will be to/from Newquay and St Austell.

The improved services across the Mid Cornwall Metro area will run 7 days a week, all year round.

The all-year-round service will be made possible by a new rail passing loop at Tregoss Moor allowing trains to pass each other. This will enable local and long-distance services to operate concurrently.

The Mid Cornwall Metro area covers the Newquay-Par line (including intermediate stations Quintrell Downs, St Columb Road, Roche, Bugle and Luxulyan), then follows the main line through St Austell to Truro, and then the branch to Falmouth Town and Falmouth Docks (including intermediate stations Perranwell, Penryn and Penmere).

SEATS EACH WAY, EVERY YEAR BETWEEN NEWQUAY & PAR FROM MAY 2025

Station improvements

including a new accessible footbridge with lifts at Par

Newquay station will receive a new second platform, improved waiting environment, improvements to local bus stops, improved station car park and outside landscaping.

There will be tap-in, tap-out facilities to allow Pay As You Go local travel across Cornwall and to/from Plymouth with a GWR smartcard.

The project will also improve walking and cycling access to the station.

Visit Just Talk Cornwall for detailed plans and opportunities to have your say.

Cycling and walking access to both stations will be improved.

Par station will benefit from a new accessible footbridge, lift and interchange.

Cycling and walking access to Penryn station will be improved.

The station’s existing tap-in, tap-out Pay As You Go facilities for use with a GWR smartcard will be able to be used for a wider range of journeys, extending across Cornwall and to/from Plymouth.

TAP IN TAP OUT

The Pay As You Go scheme recently launched for local rail journeys in West Cornwall will be extended to cover the whole of Cornwall, plus Plymouth and the Tamar Valley Line.

The longer term aim is to also link with bus ticketing as part of Transport for Cornwall .

Improved walking & cycling access

for five towns and villages

Walking and cycling links will be improved between Penryn and Falmouth, including to Penryn station and the University campuses.

There will be improved walking and cycling links to Newquay station (see detailed plans ) and in Roche and Bugle.

The improvements will be complemented by the 80 e-bike hire bays and around 200 e-bikes already available in Newquay, St Austell, Truro, Penryn and Falmouth, including at/near each railway station.

INVESTING IN CORNWALL

Mid Cornwall Metro is being made possible thanks to almost £50 million from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund.

It is the latest chapter in a decades-long story of investment in Cornwall’s railway, which has seen passenger numbers more than double over the past 20 years.

Previous milestones

Mid Cornwall Metro will:

Mid Cornwall Metro will link major ongoing investments in Mid Cornwall including:

• Langarth Garden Village and Pydar redevelopment in Truro
• the 4,000-home mixed-used sustainable development at Nansledan
• the £16m investment in new higher education facilities in St Austell.

The project will deliver improved access to education with university campuses in Falmouth and Newquay, and higher education colleges in St Austell and Truro, all within a 15-minute walk of a Mid Cornwall Metro station.

A further benefit will be improved access to local services, including hospital and community health facilities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mid Cornwall Metro is a £56.8m project that will deliver an hourly coast-to-coast rail service between Newquay, Par, St Austell, Truro, Penryn and Falmouth.

A new passing loop will be built at Tregoss Moor as well as an additional platform at Newquay to enable the improved service.

The project will include station improvements and better walking and cycling access.

Tap in, tap out Pay As You Go ticketing with a GWR smartcard will also be extended to the whole of Cornwall, plus Plymouth and the Tamar Valley Line, as part of the project.

Work will start in 2024 and take two years to complete.

The train service between Newquay and Par will double (from every-two-hours to hourly) from May 2025.

Direct trains serving the full Mid Cornwall Metro route between Newquay and Falmouth will start in 2026.

Check this website for the latest updates from the project, including on station improvements, enhanced cycling and walking access and more.

180,000 people live within 4km of a Mid Cornwall Metro station. The project will connect people with employment, education and amenities to support levelling up and a cleaner, greener, fairer and more inclusive Cornwall.

Read more about how the project will enhance the business case for wider economic developments (PDF).

The project will deliver improved cycling and walking access to Roche and Bugle stations.

All stations will be equipped for tap in, tap out Pay As You Go travel using a GWR smartcard.

From May 2025, Par will have hourly trains to/from Newquay.

Walking and cycling access will be improved to Penryn, Newquay, Roche and Bugle stations.

There will be tap-in, tap-out facilities to allow Pay As You Go local travel between all Cornish stations and to/from Plymouth with a GWR smartcard. This is an expansion of the recently launched scheme covering West Cornwall stations.

There will also be improved walking and cycling links to Newquay station and in Roche and Bugle.

These improvements will be complemented by the 80 e-bike hire bays and around 200 e-bikes already available in Newquay, St Austell, Truro, Penryn and Falmouth, including at/near each train station.

Yes - at our upcoming events you can find out more about Mid Cornwall Metro and take a free virtual reality ‘balloon flight’ over the Mid Cornwall Metro route, using gamer headsets to get a bird’s eye view of the planned improvements:

NEWQUAY Fri 9 Feb | 10am-7pm & Sat 10 Feb | 10am-4pm @ Victoria Hotel, East Street, TR7 1DB

PENRYN Fri 1 March | 10am-5pm @ The Stannary, Tremough Campus, TR10 9EZ Sat 2 March | 10am-4pm @ Temperance Hall, Lower Market Street, TR10 8BH

Contact: info@midcornwallmetro.com

The project is a partnership between the UK Government, Cornwall Council, Network Rail, Great Western Railway and the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership.

Media and public contacts

For all enquiries relating to Mid Cornwall Metro, please email

info@midcornwallmetro.com

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Cornwall’s very own Camino: walking the St Michael’s Way

You don’t need to do a multi-day hike to benefit from the healing powers of pilgrimage – this 14-mile route in Cornwall proves just as magical

I t’s dawn when we step off the train at Lelant, a village tucked into a bay near St Ives. The early morning light is still intensifying as the distinctive, repetitive shrill of a song thrush wakes this sleepy corner of west Cornwall.

I’m in Cornwall with a friend to walk a pilgrim path – the St Michael’s Way from Lelant to St Michael’s Mount – that I first trod a few years ago. Back then, I was alone, fresh out of a toxic relationship, and trying to piece together my life against a backdrop of resurfacing trauma. Yet I hadn’t arrived feeling melancholic, because I had discovered, some time ago, the power of these ancient trails. And I say that as someone who is not in any way religious.

Say pilgrimage and people usually think of extended weeks-long walks. But a pilgrim path can be as long or as short as you like (as I discovered while researching my new book on Britain’s ancient paths). There are many examples of meaningful meanders found among recorded pilgrim paths that can be completed in a single day, or truncated sections of longer routes that can be just as rewarding as multiday quests. The main criteria is that they are a “walk with a purpose”. I believe they can help us all find meaning, whatever our beliefs.

Over the years I’ve walked many of these “micro-pilgrimages”, including the last five miles of the St Birinus Way in the Thames Valley, the 3½-mile St Thomas Way in Llancarfan (one of 13 identically named daylong circular pilgrimages between Swansea and Hereford), and one of the two 15-mile loops of the  Porlock Pilgrim’s Trail in Exmoor. And each time, I’ve been truly amazed at the clarity I gain from these trails, no matter the length.

With a soundless nod – the sort that communicates a great deal between two old friends – we begin our St Michael’s Way walk beside the purple rosettes of towering viper’s bugloss. We pass a sign emblazoned with a scallop shell, marking the route as an official section of the Camino de Santiago (as of 2016), one of almost 300 paths encompassing more than 50,000 miles through 29 countries that people can walk to reach the ultimate destination.

Beside it is the church of St Uny, named after a Celtic missionary who converted the Cornish pagans to Christianity in the sixth century. He was not the only one to cross seas to get here. Though it was only designated a pilgrim footpath in 2014, old shipping records show that, rather than risk the perilous seas around Land’s End, those souls headed to England from Wales and Ireland would be dropped off at Lelant and then walk south to St Michael’s Mount, with some even continuing onwards to Spain.

As we have nearly 14 hours to cover just under 14 miles, our pace is relaxed. We grab and stamp our “pilgrim passports” (available in the church) and spend time looking for the holy well above the cliffs of Carbis Bay before abandoning the hunt in favour of grabbing coffee by the waterside. Heading inland we climb Worvas Hill, and during the ascent share recent life events: work projects, life changes and our love of being outside, temporarily away from it all.

We pass the huge landmark granite stone of Bowl Rock, said to have been discarded by two giants playing bowls, and stop for a packed lunch on top of Trencrom Hill to admire the tracing of an old neolithic enclosure reused in the iron age as a hillfort. Up here we get our “Monte do Gozo” – or Hill of Joy on the Camino de Santiago – moment: we can see our destination, the tidal island off Marazion , whose Cornish name, (Karrek Loos yn Koos (“hoar rock in woodland”) indicates it was once forested and free from water.

On my last visit, I learned that the giant Trecobben would throw stones at his coastal neighbour, the lazy Cormoran, but struck and killed his wife accidentally. These legends form such a key thread in the fabric of history here that her grave is even marked on the Ordnance Survey map.

Our walk from the Celtic Sea to the English Channel sees us weaving together more tales: from my own past – losing my mum as a teen, overcoming an eating disorder – and concerning the natural history at Rospeith, where the last wolf in Britain was said to have been killed. And local lore is once more brought to life by a pirate’s grave, replete with skull and cross bones, at Gulval church.

Our feet ache as we reach the promenade on the outskirts of Penzance and head east to Marazion. We reinvigorate ourselves with a taste of wild-growing brassica nigra, but arrive too late to catch the last boat to the Mount, and the tide is too far in to cross the causeway.

We begrudgingly make our way to the All Saints church instead, feeling a little deflated, our supposed destination denied. We are not here to pray, but a meditative state seems to befall us both as we ease on to pews and reflect on our journey.

We have learned about saints and sinners, confessed secrets to one another and shared much laughter. We’ve stood on the hilltops of giants, trailed the last wolf and followed in the footsteps of our ancestors. And connected it all together on a single walking trail while allowing ourselves space to reconnect the dots in our own lives – something I’ve found happens on many a micro-pilgrimage.

Before we leave, we locate the passport-stamping station and find not one but two – including our missing final stamp from St Michael’s Mount – left here for those souls who have come so close but missed the boat to the island. We thought we had failed to reach our destination – yet here we were, given a second chance to complete our mission.

A Catholic might call it providence – but I call it the magic of a pilgrimage.

Phoebe S mith’s new book Wayfarer: Love, Loss and Life on Britain’s Ancient Paths (HarperNorth) is out now . To buy a copy for £14.95 go to guardianbookshop.com

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