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Atlantic Coast Line, Cornwall - Definition and Overview

The Atlantic Coast Line is a railway line from Par, near St. Austell, to Newquay in Cornwall. The branch line travels from the English Channel at Par, to the Atlantic Ocean at Newquay.

The stations on the route are listed below.

  • Par
  • Luxulyan
  • Bugle
  • Roche
  • St Columb Road
  • Quintrel Downs
  • Newquay

Local passenger services are operated year-round by Wessex Trains. These are supplemented by summer-only holiday trains operated by First Great Western and Virgin Trains, which do not stop at intermediate stations.

The eastern section of the line also sees a large amount of china clay freight traffic operated by EWS and Freightliner. EWS owns a depot to service locomotives, which is situated at St Blazey, north of Par.

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Major railway lines in the United Kingdom:
'Modern' high speed main lines:

Channel Tunnel Rail Link | Channel Tunnel

'Classic' main lines:

East Coast | Great Eastern | Great Western | Midland | West Coast

Other main lines:

Brighton | Chiltern | Glasgow South Western | Highland | North Wales
Portsmouth Direct | Settle-Carlisle | South Wales | South Western
Welsh Marches | Wessex | West Highland | West of England

Secondary lines:

Aire Valley | Argyle | Atlantic Coast | Avocet | Ayrshire Coast
Birmingham Cross-City | Bittern | Cambrian | Chase | Cotswold
Cumbrian | Conwy Valley | East Coastway | East Suffolk | Esk Valley
Far North | Golden Valley | Heart of Wales | Heart of Wessex | Hope Valley
Kyle of Lochalsh | Looe Valley | Lymington | Maritime | Marsh Link
North Clyde | Oxted | Riviera | St Ives Bay | Sudbury Branch
Tamar Valley | Tarka | Tyne Valley | West Coastway | Wherry


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