Get Trainz Plus DLC - Cornish Mainline & Branches for PC

Trainz Plus DLC - Cornish Mainline & Branches adds a route for Trainz A New Era running from Truro to Penzance, with branch lines to Falmouth (the Maritime Route), Helston, Hayle Wharves and St Ives. The route recreates Cornwall’s railway landscape, including the Redruth sector, using Google Earth as a reference.

The Cornish railway

The Cornish Main Line began as two separate railways: the West Cornwall Railway between Truro and Penzance, opened in 1852, and the Cornwall Railway between Plymouth and a separate station in Truro, opened in 1859. The West Cornwall Railway was sold to the Associated Companies, dominated by the Great Western Railway, and converted to broad gauge. Through goods trains began running in 1866 and passenger trains in 1867. After the Associated Companies merged into the Great Western Railway, the company converted its broad gauge track to standard gauge in 1892.

The Great Western Railway carried holidaymakers to Cornwall’s resorts, served by numerous branch lines. The steeply graded main line created difficulties during busy periods, particularly for goods trains. It also carried Cornish vegetables, including broccoli and cauliflower, as well as cut flowers from the Scilly Isles. Many branches closed in the second half of the twentieth century, while the Looe, Newquay, Falmouth and St Ives branches remain in operation, serving local passengers in winter and more holidaymakers in summer.

Come Fly with Me

This session takes you on an early-morning flight over the route aboard a De Havilland DH 86 Dragon Rapide. Departing from Penzance Aerodrome, the one-hour-and-fifteen-minute flight ends at Truro Aerodrome. Your pilot, Alf, points out scenery along the way in fine weather.