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Liskeard

CRS Code LSK
Collected date 24/05/05

Liskeard station sign

Liskeard station is between Bodmin Parkway and Menheniot on the Great Western Main Line, and the junction with the branch line to Looe. The main station building has been renovated recently and houses a café as well as an information and ticket office:

Liskeard front

The canopy in front of the station building:

Liskeard canopy

The rear of the station building has had a modern extension:

Liskeard new rear

A view of the main line platforms from the road bridge, looking east:

Liskeard, looking east

Looking westwards along platform 2. The station building is up a ramp to the right:

Liskeard platform 2

The shelter and suspended signal on platform 2:

Liskeard platform 2 shelter Liskeard platform 2 signal

Platform 1 has a modern shelter:

Liskeard platform 1

At the eastern end of platform 1 is the signal box:

Liskeard signal box

The branch line platform 3 is over the road from the end of the mainline platforms, at right angles:

Liskeard platform 3

The building on platform 3:

Liskeard platform 3 shelter

Underneath the canopy on platform 3, showing the spandrels:

Liskeard platform 3 spandrels

At the end of platform 3 the line curves steeply downwards and doubles back on itself on the way to Coombe Junction. To the right is the connection with the main line:

Liskeard platform 3, looking north