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Bodmin Parkway railway station is on the Cornish Main Line that serves the nearby town of Bodmin and other parts of mid-Cornwall, England.It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of the town of Bodmin in the civil parish of St Winnow, 274 miles 3 chains (274.04 mi; 441.0 km) from London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. [1]
The Bodmin & Wenford Railway, a heritage railway, uses Bodmin General as its principal station. Services run to both Bodmin Parkway and to Boscarne Junction; the junction between these two lines is just outside the station which is a terminus. In February 2020, a second platform was opened. [11] [12] An engine shed and workshops is situated ...
The Bodmin and Wenford Railway is a 6 miles 12 chains (9.9 km) heritage railway at Bodmin in Cornwall, England. Its headquarters are at Bodmin General railway station and it connects with the national rail network at Bodmin Parkway. The original line was opened in 1887 and 1888. Passenger trains were withdrawn in 1967 and freight traffic in 1983.
The Cornish Main Line was originally built by two separate railway companies, the West Cornwall Railway between Truro and Penzance, opened in 1852, and the Cornwall Railway between Plymouth and a separate station in Truro, opened in 1859. The West Cornwall Railway was itself based on the Hayle Railway, opened in 1837 as a purely local mineral ...
Station Opened Closed Heritage opened Route Notes Benny Halt – – 1974 Lappa Valley Steam Railway: Bodmin General: 1887 1967 1987 Bodmin and Wenford Railway [6] Bodmin Parkway: 1859 – 1990 Bodmin and Wenford Railway: Known as Bodmin Road until 1983. [8] Boscarne Junction: 1964 1966 1996 Bodmin and Wenford Railway
The Great Western Railway Company got powers to make a standard gauge connection, [note 4] and on 27 May 1887 the GWR opened a line from Bodmin Road to its own Bodmin station in the town. The station later became known as Bodmin General.
When the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway opened on 4 July 1834, trains could only get as far as a temporary terminus at Dunmere, the station at Bodmin not being opened until 30 September 1834. From 1 November 1886 to 1 November 1895 the station was closed to allow for a realignment of the railway at Dunmere, replacing a level crossing with an ...
Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway. De Lank Quarry . 12 mi 58 ch: 20.48 km . Level Crossing . 12 mi 00 ch: 19.31 km . ... This is a route-map template for a UK railway.