were employed at Penzance station by the 1930s. In 1937 the GWR were granted permission to reclaim land from the sea, permitting a significant enlargement of the station with the capacity being doubled with two platforms providing four platform faces, three of which were under the main roof. The blocked-up archway in the wall that retains the hillside behind the platforms was used by the railway as a coal store. The last train of the steam era to Penzance was a railtour hauled by West Country class 34002 Salisbury on 3 May 1964. The WCR station had a disc-and-crossbar signal on the end of the single platform, this being common on the GWR and associated companies. This was replaced by the familiar semaphore signals, and these were replaced in turn by colour light signals in 1982. Further alterations were made in 1983 when a new ticket office and buffet were opened. The 1983 refurbishment also included the replacement of the lantern roof with a different design. The new roof failed to vent diesel fumes from the trains to the necessary safety standard, meaning passengers had to alight outside the concourse. From 1996, South West Trains operated a weekly weekend service from as an extension of its service to . This ceased in December 2009. In 2012–13 the station's roof was refurbished. On May 7th, 2017, Geoff Marshall and Vicki Pipe started their journey to visit every station on the National Rail network over a fourteen-week period at this station, to create their documentary series “All the Stations”. Station Masters James D. Christian ???? - 1865 John Greenwood Bone 1865 - 1882 G. Bain 1882 - 1886 (formerly station master at ) William Blair 1887 - 1911 (formerly station master at Wootton Bassett) H. Morris 1912 - 1916 (formerly station master at ) James Tierney 1916 - 1920 H.C. Foster 1921 - 1924 (formerly station master at Paignton, afterwards station master at ) Harry T. Giles 1924 - 1931 (formerly station master at Acton) Herbert Edgar Tucker 1931 - 1940 (formerly station master at Kingsbridge) Henry Gordon Lyon 1940 - 1949 (afterwards station master at ) Platform layout Platforms 1, 2 and 3 are within the main train shed; Platform 4 on the south side is in the open air. A large stone at the end of this platform welcomes people to Penzance in both English and Cornish. This side of