St Keyne Wishing Well Halt railway station

St Keyne Wishing Well Halt
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Location
Place	St Keyne
Local authority	Cornwall
Coordinates
Grid reference	SX251610
Operations
Station code	SKN
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	1,150
2004/05	1,053
2005/06	606
2006/07	618
2007/08	614
2008/09	986
2009/10	936
2010/11	1,072
2011/12	1,062
2012/13	980
2013/14	1,362
2014/15	1,986
History
1900	opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Keyne Wishing Well Halt from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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St Keyne Wishing Well Halt railway station (Cornish: Gorta Fenten Geyn) is an intermediate station on the scenic Looe Valley Line in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It serves the village of St Keyne and is adjacent to the "Magnificent Music Machines" museum of fairground organs and similar instruments.

It is one of only two stations in the December 2009 official National Rail Timetable (table 140) to have the suffix "halt" (the other being Coombe Junction on the same line). The term "halt" was removed from British Rail timetables and station signs and other official documents by 1974: the return of the term came in 1978 for the opening of IBM Halt in Scotland and in the renaming of these two stations in 2008.

History

The Liskeard and Looe Railway was opened on 27 December 1860 to carry goods traffic; passenger trains started 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, following which St Keyne station opened in October 1902.

Description

The single platform is on the right of trains arriving from Liskeard.

Services

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153361 passes through on its way to Liskeard

Nearly all trains on the Liskeard to Looe "Looe Valley Line" stop at St Keyne on request – this means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches. There is no Sunday service in the winter.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Coombe Junction Halt or Liskeard		Great Western Railway Looe Valley Line		Causeland

Community rail

The railway between Liskeard and Looe is designated as a community rail and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the "Looe Valley Line" name.