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Location notes
St. Blazey Depot is the only major freight depot south-west of Exeter. It is situated on the Great Western main line at Par. The nearest town(s) are St. Blazey, Par and St. Austell is about 5 miles away and Lostwithiel is about 4 miles away.
Railway type and traffic
The depot is used by DB Schenker and Wessex Trains. In St. Blazey depot you can usually find 4 or 5 DB Schenker class 66s on a good day i.e: a weekend when the locos are not working. In the can be seen the usual 08/09s doing theirs duties in the yard.
The line also carries the Newqay branch traffic.
The line also carries the Newqay branch traffic.
Environment
St. Blazey is a relatively quiet rural area.
Road directions
Travel to St. Blazey either from Bodmin or Lostwithiel or from St. Austell on the A390, this will take you to the main street in St. Blazey. From either end you should come to a set of traffic lights by a church. Opposite the church is a fish and chips shop called T-Lights take this road which is called Station Road, travel along this road and at the end you should see a level crossing, if you take that road you will find Par Station. But if want St. Blazey Depot follow the road to the right and then to the left, a bus depot should be on your right with the railway yard on your left. Keep on this road and you should find two entrances to your left, do not go in the first one this is for the depot, go in the second entrance which will take you into the Roundhouse industrial estate, park now!! DO NOT park in by the turntable because this is NO PARKING ZONE, by all means walk in by the roundhouse and the turntable should be inside the fence.
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St. Blazey Depot map co-ordinates
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St. Blazey Depot map co-ordinates
Parking
For the Station park in the free station car park.
For the depot park in the large area of gravel before the round house.
For the depot park in the large area of gravel before the round house.
Public transport
Amenities
There are toilets at Par Station but they shut at around 4-5 o'clock. There is a pub by the gated level crossing and an INN by the station. There is also a good chip shop Vals Place on the one-way system if you turn left and go over the gated crossing then under the Great Western Mainline and around the corner on your left.
Accommodation
There is an inn at Par Station which has good accommodation.
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St. Blazey Depot
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St. Blazey Depot
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St. Blazey Depot
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St. Blazey Depot general view map
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St. Blazey Depot
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Photographic notes
General views - All photographs © Robert Dingle unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Depot view 1
A view of the depot with the turntable infront of the 37.47306 in the background.
Fig 2 - Depot view 2
37669 + 37670 on the stabling point in the depot area.
Fig 3 - Depot view 3
37670 on the stabling point.
Fig 4 - Looking north east - Photo by Albert Dawson
Fig 5 - Looking north east - Photo by Albert Dawson
Seen from the foot path a train deprts the depot and heads towards the main line.
Fig 6 - Looking south west - Photo by Albert Dawson
Seen from the foot path a train deprts the depot and heads towards the main line.
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
