accessible bridge in 2015. The old bridge remained in place but out of use until February 2019 when it was given to the Helston Railway by Network Rail. Stationmasters Joseph Hall Coggins ca. 1861 - 1862 John Hussey 1862 - 1863 Mr Hocking 1863-1864 (formerley at , transferred to Falmouth} Mr Holt from 1864 Robert Pearce until 1871 John Brewer 1871 - 1886 (afterwards station master at ) Daniel Bailey 1886 - 1904 (formerly station master at Bodmin Road, afterwards station master at Plymouth) Thomas Cobourne 1904 - 1916 A. Gilpin 1916 Daniel Silvester 1917 - 1922 (formerly station master at ) A.F. Davey 1922 - 1940 Frank Trewin 1941 - ca. 1947 S.H. Woodward from 1950 (formerly station master at Moreton) R.J. Cox 1954 - 1955 J.W. Tett 1956 - 1957 (afterwards station master at ) Facilities The main building is on the south side of the line, nearest the town centre and facing the bus station. It was built in 2001 to a design by Lacie Hickie Caley. and contains a booking office and shop. The wooden building on this platform dates from Great Western Railway days. The station car park is situated behind this platform. An accessible footbridge links the two platforms. At the east end of the platform is a road bridge carrying Carlyon Road over the line and beyond this is a small cutting which is spanned by a footbridge. The original bridge survived for almost 150 years; it was extended when the extra line was laid in 1931 to the new goods yard, but both sections have now been replaced by Network Rail's prototype modular fibre reinforced polymer footbridge. Platform layout The south side is Platform 1, which is used by trains from and towards and . Platform 2 is used by trains towards , London Paddington and . Passenger volume St Austell is the fourth busiest station in Cornwall after Truro, Penzance and St Ives. Comparing the year April 2011 to March 2012 with that which started in April 2002, passenger numbers increased by 75%. The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April. Services St Austell is served by all Great Western Railway trains on the Cornish Main Line between and with two trains per hour in each direction. Some trains run through to or from London Paddington station via , including the Night Riviera overnight sleeping car service. There are