[2] It was described at the time as"of small extent, consisting of a departure station, a stone building, having a projecting roof thrown over the platform for the protection of passengers.

[5][6] On 2 December 1873 two goods trains arrived at the station where they could pass each other before resuming their journey on the single tracks towards St Germans and Liskeard.

William Yolland, the investigating officer for the Board of Trade, recommended that the staff and ticket system of regulating trains be adopted on all single lines.

A gang of 17 workmen were suspended below the viaduct on a platform when it broke away, throwing 12 of the men 140 feet to their deaths.

[8] Menheniot is served by eight Great Western Railway trains between Penzance and Plymouth in each direction on weekdays, mainly at peak periods, one of which goes to London Paddington departing at 07:37, which does not call on Saturdays.