| | Branch Railway from St Erth to St Ives |
 | | The route chosen ran from St Ives Road (re-named St Erth) station on the West Cornwall Railway, along the western side of Hayle Estuary to Lelant, and thence across the sand dunes and around the cliffs to Carbis Valley and on to St Ives - a short but wonderfully varied and beautiful line. |
 | | The St Ives branch was the last railway ever built to Brunel's celebrated broad gauge of 7 feet 0-1/4 inches, though a third rail, permitting mixed gauge working, ran from St Erth to Lelant Quays. |
 | | Prior to the great decline of the fishing industry between the wars, a heavy fish traffic was carried while the number of passengers carried during the summer weekends rose to such levels during the middle years of the 20th century as to tax its limited capacity to the utmost. |
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