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    Apr 16, 2018 3 minutes

    NEW HELSTON STATION

    A NEW station has been built at Truthall Halt on the Helston Railway in Cornwall, and is therefore claimed to be Britain’s most southerly station. The halt is a reproduction of the original GWR pagoda and platform, and was officially opened by the Duke of Gloucester on April 5.

    The Helston branch ran from the Cornish main line at Gwinear Road, opening in 1887 but closed to passengers in 1962 and all traffic

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