Roche railway station ( kw, Tregarrek) serves the village of

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, England. The station is situated on the Atlantic Coast Line, measured from the zero point at (via and ). The station is managed and served by

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local trains.

History

The

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opened its line from

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on 1 June 1874. The trains at first carried only goods traffic and a depot was provided at Holywell. A passenger service was introduced on 20 June 1876 when the depot was renamed "Victoria", which gave its name to the modern hamlet on the site, and then changed to "Roche" on 1 May 1904. The passing loop was extended on 3 July 1936 to accommodate the longer holiday trains then using the line. It was closed on 3 January 1965 when the goods yard was closed. For a while trains used the old westbound platform but on 12 July 1965 this was changed to the eastbound platform and the westbound track was then removed.

Services

Roche is a request stop on the line, so passengers wishing to alight must inform the conductor and passengers wishing to join the train must signal to the driver. The typical service is one train every two hours in each direction between Par and Newquay, with some services extending to

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and one train in the summer extending to

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. On summer Saturdays, there is just one train per day in each direction due to the intercity services running through to Newquay in lieu of the local services. Trains are usually operated by Class 150 ''Sprinters.''

Community rail

The trains between Par and Newquay are designated as a

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service and is supported by marketing provided by the

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. The line is promoted under the " Atlantic Coast Line" name. The Victoria

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at Roche is part of the Atlantic Coast Line

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References

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