Both platforms have step-free entrances and basic facilities - waiting shelters, bike racks and bench seats on each side. The platform nearest St Germans Quay is served by trains to Liskeard. The other platform is used for trains towards Plymouth. Running information is provided by timetable posters and a public telephone. No ticket machine is available, so passengers must buy tickets prior to travel or on the train. To the east of the station, the thirteen arch stone viaduct of 1908 takes the railway over the River Tiddy.
History
The station opened with the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859. It was described at the time as "of ornamental design... conveniently situated close to the town, and consists of arrival, departure, and goods stations, all three being constructed of stone". A fatal accident occurred near St Germans just two days after the opening of the railway. On 6 May 1859, the 7.25 p.m. train from Plymouth was approaching St Germans when the engine left the rails, hit the parapet of the wooden viaduct across Grove Creek and fell 38 feet into the mud below, landing upside down; two of the coaches also ended up in the creek. The driver, fireman, and one of the guards were killed. A second guard, Richard Paddon, was given a reward of five pounds for his part in keeping the remainder of the train on the viaduct and helping to rescue the survivors. The Cornwall Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1889. On 1 January 1948, the Great Western Railway was nationalised, amalgamating with other railways to form British Railways, which was privatised in the 1990s. In 1973, a signal panel was located in the old station buildings on the platform served by trains to Penzance, although this has since closed. The other building is private accommodation but a camping coach in the old sidings can be rented for holidays.
Services
St Germans is served by about half the trains on the Cornish Main Line between and - these are mostly local stopping trains, but a few run through to/from London Paddington station. Sunday trains also call here, but on an irregular frequency with sizeable gaps at certain times of day.
