The station is 309 miles 68 chains (309.85 mi; 498.7 km) down the line from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.

A viaduct was built 61 feet (19 m) above the streets of Redruth[3] and a new station was opened at the east end of this on 11 March 1852.

The main station buildings were replaced by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in the 1930s[2] but an old wooden shelter survives on the westbound platform and the footbridge is marked as being erected in 1888.

[4] The original 489 feet (149 m) viaduct was built in timber to the designs of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but it was replaced in 1888 by a masonry structure by P.J.

A car park is also on this side of the station between the main building and the viaduct on the site formerly occupied by the goods shed.