The Hayle Railway opened in 1837 in west Cornwall, England to carry copper and tin ore from mines around Redruth and Camborne to the port of Hayle, later adding coal, machinery, timber and general merchandise and, from 1843, passenger service. The West Cornwall Railway purchased the line on November 3, 1846, and closed it briefly in 1852 for improvements before reopening it that March as part of a new main line between Penzance and Redruth; much of its original alignment remains part of the main line railway to the present day.
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The railway was built as a mineral line, and the terminals were simply siding groups at the mines, with an extensive siding layout at Hayle serving wharves there, and Harvey's foundry and engineering works, and wharf sidings at Portreath.
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The Hayle Railway was an early railway in West Cornwall, constructed to convey copper and tin ore from the Redruth and Camborne areas to sea ports at Hayle and Portreath.
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