and the old Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway freight-only line, joining the current route between Roche and St Columb Road at St Dennis Junction. This proposal was later abandoned after a new route for the road was found that avoids the bridge. After St Columb Road, the line passes through the last intermediate station at Quintrell Downs before reaching the terminus at Newquay. Mid Cornwall Metro Government funding of nearly £50,000,000 was announced in January 2023 to create the Mid Cornwall Metro, which will include the Newquay branch. A second platform at Newquay and an additional passing loop on Goss Moor will allow hourly services between Newquay, , , , and . The scheme is calculated to cost £56,800,000, including local contributions, and will also pay for other improvements to Newquay station, such as a larger concourse, ticket machines, platform canopies and a bus interchange. There will also be new signalling at Goonbarrow, Tregoss Moor and Newquay, along with minor changes on the Maritime Line. Passenger volume The busiest station on the line is Newquay, where about seven times more passengers arrive and depart than the other stations added together. Community rail The Atlantic Coast Line is one of the routes covered by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership, an organisation formed in 1991 to promote railway services in the area. The line is publicised in several ways, including regular timetable and scenic line guides as well as leaflets highlighting attractions on the route. The Atlantic Coast Line rail ale trail was launched in 2005 to encourage rail travellers to visit pubs near the line. There are three in Newquay, one at St Columb Road, five in and around Par, and two at Quintrell Downs, one each at Roche, Bugle and Luxulyan. With 10 stamps, people can claim a free tour shirt. The local passenger service on the line was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail service in September 2006. This aims to increase the number of passengers and reduce costs and includes the investigation of how to get a better spread of train times during the day, and how to increase train services in the peak summer season. The line itself is not a community railway (unlike the other Cornish branches) because it also carries intercity trains during the summer and freight trains throughout the year. Focal, a local "friends of the line" group helped