THE LOOE Valley Line platform has been given a ticket office after nearly a century without. After what is believed to be a 98-year gap, a separate ticket office has again opened on the Looe Valley Line platform at Liskeard railway station. The ticket office is open Monday to Fridays until mid-September and is run by the non-profit Looe Valley Railway Company – a trading arm of the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership.  As well as selling day returns to Looe, using unique specially-printed tickets, the office also sells books and souvenirs relating to the Looe Valley Line and other local railways.  The Looe Valley Line platform was constructed by the Liskeard and Looe Railway Company opening in 1901. At that time there were two ticket offices at Liskeard station. Hatch This is believed to have lasted until the Great Western took over the Liskeard and Looe Railway in 1909. The Looe Valley office, which was used as a storeroom, still retains the hatch where people bought their tickets. The building was fully refurbished as part of the £800,000 project in 2004 which transformed the whole station.  Richard Burningham, manager of Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership, said: 'I am really pleased that we have been able to open this new facility at Liskeard on the Looe Valley Line platform. 'More than anything, I hope that our new operation will be yet another little encouragement for people to come and take a trip on the branch line.'