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Class 122 DMBS 55000 on the 0838 Penzance - St Ives
Passing 50032 Courageous at Ponsandane.
Through workings from Penzance to St Ives have always been scarce; through workings in the opposite direction were almost unknown until signal SE 55 was commissioned sometime around the end of September 1987 allowing passenger trains to cross from the Up to the Down line at the west end of St Erth station. BR and their successors have taken precious little advantage of this opportunity for through services. In the summer of 2021 there is only one train direct from St Ives to Penzance - it leaves at 2235.
Class 122 DMBS 55000 on the 0838 Penzance - St Ives
Passing 50032 Courageous at Ponsandane.
Through workings from Penzance to St Ives have always been scarce; through workings in the opposite direction were almost unknown until signal SE 55 was commissioned sometime around the end of September 1987 allowing passenger trains to cross from the Up to the Down line at the west end of St Erth station. BR and their successors have taken precious little advantage of this opportunity for through services. In the summer of 2021 there is only one train direct from St Ives to Penzance - it leaves at 2235.