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The Maritime Line is a railway line that runs in the valley of the River Fal from Truro, the county town, to Falmouth on the south coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. ==History== The Maritime Line was built by the Cornwall Railway, a broad gauge railway from Plymouth to Falmouth. The purpose of the scheme was to link London with Falmouth, a port where packet ships sailed to destinations in Europe, Africa, and America. The section from Plymouth to Truro opened on 4 May 1859, and the inhabitants of Falmouth soon put pressure on the company to extend the line to their town as originally intended. The extension opened on 24 August 1863, by which time the packet ships had been diverted elsewhere. After the West Cornwall Railway was converted to broad gauge in 1867, the Truro to Falmouth line tended to be operated as a branch, with the trains from London Paddington operating to Penzance instead. The original stations on the line were at , (known as Perran until 19 February 1864), , and Falmouth (Now Falmouth Docks). was added on 1 July 1925, and (originally known as The Dell) opened on 7 December 1970. The line terminated at the Dell for five years before reopening to the original terminus. 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「Maritime Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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