Editing Newquay (section)

==== History ====
The goods line which would be acquired later by the [[Cornwall Minerals Railway]] was opened in 1846 from inland mines to the harbour, and was worked by horses. Parts of the old line from the present station to the harbour are still in existence: the most obvious section is a broad footpath from opposite the station in Cliff Road to East Street, known locally as the "tram track", and complete with a very railway-style overbridge. From East Street, the line continued towards the harbour along the present-day Manor Road.

The last trains ran through to Newquay Harbour in about 1924, but general goods traffic continued to reach [[Newquay railway station]] until 1964. The passenger station and its approaches were enlarged more than once, with additional carriage sidings being built at Newquay in the 1930s. The originally wooden viaduct just outside the station, which crosses the Trenance Valley, was rebuilt in 1874 to allow [[locomotive]]s to run over the structure and then again just before [[World War II]] to carry double track, which extended until 1964 for approximately {{convert|1500|m|mi|abbr=on}} to Tolcarn Junction. The line is now single again, but the width of the viaduct is still obvious.

Tolcarn Junction was the point where a second passenger route left the Par line between 1906 and 1963. This branch ran to [[Chacewater]], west of Truro, via [[Perranporth]] and [[St Agnes, Cornwall|St Agnes]], and provided through trains to Truro and [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]].

Two of the three former platforms were taken out of use in 1987, but [[Network Rail]] had planned<ref>{{Cite web |title=Network Rail |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/BusinessPlan2007/PDF/Route%2012%20Reading%20to%20Penzance.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911063232/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/BusinessPlan2007/PDF/Route%2012%20Reading%20to%20Penzance.pdf |archive-date=11 September 2008 |access-date=16 August 2013 |publisher=Networkrail.co.uk}}]</ref> to restore one of the disused platforms to improve capacity.
[[File:Newquay 43138.jpg|thumb|First Great Western 43138 stands at Newquay railway station]]