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|} The Helston Railway is a heritage railway in Cornwall which aims to rebuild and preserve as much as possible of the former 8¾ GWR Helston Railway between Nancegollen and Water-Ma-Trout on the outskirts of Helston. It is operated by the Helston Railway Preservation Company using members of the Helston Railway Preservation Society. The Railway was a (standard gauge) railway branch line in Cornwall and is the southernmost branch line in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, opened in 1887 and absorbed by the Great Western Railway in 1898, continuing in existence as the Helston branch, it closed to passengers in 1962 and to goods in 1964.〔History of the Great Western Railway, vol II, MacDermot, E T, published by the Great Western Railway, London, 1932〕 It was built to open up the agricultural district of south-west Cornwall, joining Helston to the main line railway network at Gwinear Road, between Penzance and Truro. It was long. Its predominant business was agricultural, but in summer it carried holidaymakers, and its terminus at Helston was the railhead for a pioneering road connection service to the Lizard. During the Second World War there was considerable goods traffic at Nancegollan, sponsored by the Admiralty. ==Original Railway== The line ran from Helston, in south-west Cornwall, to a junction with the main line of the Great Western Railway at Gwinear Road The connection there faced Penzance. The line was 8 miles 67 chains in length. As a purely local line running through difficult terrain, it was heavily curved and graded. Although Helston is an important town, most of the intermediate area was dedicated to agriculture, with little population, and the terminus at Helston was some distance from the seaside. The main line at Gwinear Road gave direct access to London and the rest of England, on the route that is now known as the Cornish Main Line. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helston Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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