Network Rail said it should bring a reliable railway to the west of Cornwall. Work is beginning to renew the track on the St Ives bay line between Carbis Bay and St Ives from Sunday, January 3 until Monday, February 8, with the £3million cost representing the largest track investment in Cornwall since the 1950s. Over the five-week period around 1.5 miles of new track, 3,600 new sleepers and more than 400 tonnes of new ballast – the stones that supports the track – will be installed. GWR will operate a half-hourly replacement bus service between St Ives and St Erth during the day,...