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Liskeard railway station (Cornish: Lyskerrys) serves the town of Liskeard in Cornwall, England. The station is approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of Plymouth on the Cornish Main Line and 264 miles 71 chains (426.3 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay. [1] It is the junction for the Looe Valley Line. [2] The railway station ...
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Liskeard Signal Box now supervises the entire line, as well as controls the connection to the mainline. As of December 2023, the line has three ground frames which are operated by the train crews: [4] [5] Liskeard (for the connection between the sidings and the branch line) Coombe No. 1 (at the junction between the lines to Liskeard and to Looe)
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The Liskeard and Looe Railway can nowadays be more conveniently thought of as the Looe Branch. It leaves Liskeard station (on the broadly east-west Plymouth to Penzance main line) in a northward direction, turning in a narrow sweep to pass southwards under the main line, continuing to turn to reach Coombe Junction, again facing north.
The Liskeard and Looe Railway was opened on 27 December 1860 to carry goods traffic; passenger trains started (and Looe station opened) on 11 September 1879. The railway in those days connected with the Liskeard and Caradon Railway at Moorswater, the loop line from Coombe Junction to Liskeard railway station not opening until 25 February 1901 (goods) and 15 May 1901 (passenger).
The proposed railway swiftly obtained parliamentary approval, with royal assent being given to the Liskeard and Caradon Railway Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. xliii) on 26 June 1843. The capital of the Liskeard and Caradon Railway company (L&CR) was to be £12,000 in £25 shares, with authority to borrow £4,000.
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