| Nancegollan | |
| Status: | Disused |
| Borough: | Nancegollan, Cornwall |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.1426°N -5.3053°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Original: | Helston Railway |
| Pregroup: | Great Western Railway |
| Postgroup: | Great Western Railway |
| Years: | 9 May 1887 |
| Events: | Opened |
| Years2: | 5 November 1962 |
| Events2: | Closed for passengers |
| Years3: | 5 October 1964 |
| Events3: | Closed for freight |
Nancegollan railway station located in Nancegollan, Cornwall served an important agricultural district and was also the railhead for the fishing port of Porthleven.[1]
The station opened on 9 May 1887 when the Helston Railway opened the line between and on the Great Western Railway mainline to .
The line was operated by the Great Western Railway and absorbed by that company on 2 August 1898.
Originally it had a single passenger platform on the upside and a goods loop without a platform;[2] the connections were operated by a ground frame. In 1937 the facilities were considerably extended, with a full crossing facility for passenger trains and longer platforms on both lines, as well as a loop line behind the up platform and a large goods yard.[3]
In 1941 the station's goods sidings were further modified and extended in connection with airfield construction in the locality, and a new signal box with a lever frame that had been relocated from the Cornish Main Line at St Germans. A second, metal, bridge was also built at this time to carry the road over the new goods yard access lines. A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1958 to 1962.[4]
Due to the line's "uncoloured" classification, heavy locomotives such as GWR Classes 43XX 2-6-0 Tender Engine and 51XX 2-6-2T Tank Engines were allowed as far as Nancegollan only.[5] Although larger locomotives did run past Nancegollan in the branch's dying days the Class 22s ran on the branch even though they were a GWR blue classification, higher than the branch line.
In April 1957, Nancegollan won £10 (£238.65 in today's money[6]) in the British Railways Western Region Station Gardens Competition.[7]
The branch was closed for passengers on 5 November 1962. Goods traffic continued for a further two years, finally ceasing on 5 October 1964; the track was lifted by mid-1965.[8] [9]
The following people are known to have been Station Masters at Nancegollan Station, with approximate dates show.
Today the site of Nancegollan is an industrial estate.[14] There are plans for the Helston Railway to extend the line into Nancegollen at some point.