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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)
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.
A connection in the goods yard allowed goods trains and empty carriages to be exchanged between the main line and the branch. A separate Liskeard Branch signal box was opened with the loop line to control trains going to Coombe Junction. It was closed on 15 March 1964, since when the connection to the main line is operated from a ground frame.
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 0.3-mile (0.48 km) Bromley Branch left the main line a little above the stop lock, and opened in 1841, although it was not authorised by the enabling act. The canal was a success, [ 3 ] with good amounts of iron ore and limestone being carried to blast furnaces, and finished iron and coal being exported to the wider region.
Milepost 264.5, at the east end of Liskeard station. Since 25 February 1901 the Looe branch line has passed beneath this viaduct. [38] A Class A viaduct 150 feet (46 m) high and 720 feet (220 m) long on 11 piers.
Liskeard and Looe Union Canal. The Liskeard and Looe Union Canal was a broad canal between Liskeard and Looe in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was almost 6 miles (9.7 km) long and had 24 locks, and it opened progressively from 1827. The engineer was Robert Coad.
Moorswater is an industrial suburb of Liskeard in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately half-a-mile (0.8 km) west of Liskeard town centre. [1] Moorswater has a long industrial history and lies south of the former mining area around Kit Hill and Caradon Hill at the southeast edge of Bodmin Moor.