Hayle Railway
Hayle Railway was a British railway company based in Cornwall , England .
On June 27, 1834, the company received the concession to build a 19-kilometer railway line from the Tresavean copper mines near Gwennap to the port of Hayle . There were also secondary lines of around eight kilometers in length. In 1837 the routes between Hayle and Tresavean and the junction to Portreath were opened for freight traffic. In 1838 the section between Carn Brea Mines and Redruth followed .
The route sections include four cable cars (Portreath, Angarrack, Penponds and Tresavean). The cable car in Portreath was in operation until the line was closed on April 1, 1938. This was also operated with a stationary winch, while the other cable cars operated on the principle of equilibrium. From the beginning the operation took place with steam locomotives.
Passenger traffic was only started between 1841 and 1843.
On December 3, 1846, the company was taken over by the West Cornwall Railway . The route between Haye and Redruth later became part of the main line between Paddington and Penzance .
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .