From May 2025, Par will have hourly trains to/from Newquay.

From 2026 there will be three trains an hour between St Austell and Truro, and an increased frequency between Par, St Austell and Truro.

The Maritime Line (Truro-Falmouth) will retain two trains an hour throughout. From 2026 one of these each hour will be to/from Newquay and St Austell.

Walking and cycling links will be improved between Penryn and Falmouth, including to Penryn station and the University campuses.

Par station will benefit from a new accessible footbridge, lift and interchange.

Newquay station will receive a new second platform, improved waiting environment, improvements to local bus stops, improved station car park and outside landscaping.

Par station will benefit from a new accessible footbridge, lift and interchange.

Walking and cycling access will be improved to Penryn, Newquay, Roche and Bugle stations.

There will be tap-in, tap-out facilities to allow Pay As You Go local travel between all Cornish stations and to/from Plymouth with a GWR smartcard. This is an expansion of the recently launched scheme covering West Cornwall stations.

Walking and cycling links will be improved between Penryn and Falmouth, including to Penryn station and the University campuses.

There will also be improved walking and cycling links to Newquay station and in Roche and Bugle.

These improvements will be complemented by the 80 e-bike hire bays and around 200 e-bikes already available in Newquay, St Austell, Truro, Penryn and Falmouth, including at/near each train station.

Yes - at our upcoming events you can find out more about Mid Cornwall Metro and take a free virtual reality ‘balloon flight’ over the Mid Cornwall Metro route, using gamer headsets to get a bird’s eye view of the planned improvements:

NEWQUAY
Fri 9 Feb | 10am-7pm
& Sat 10 Feb | 10am-4pm
@ Victoria Hotel, East Street, TR7 1DB

PENRYN
Fri 1 March | 10am-5pm @ The Stannary, Tremough Campus, TR10 9EZ
Sat 2 March | 10am-4pm @ Temperance Hall, Lower Market Street, TR10 8BH

Contact: info@midcornwallmetro.com

Mid Cornwall Metro is being made possible thanks to almost £50 million from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund.

The project is a partnership between the UK Government, Cornwall Council, Network Rail, Great Western Railway and the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership.