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Bodmin General Railway Station (Bodmin)

United Kingdom / England / Bodmin
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www.bodminandwenfordrailway.co.uk/

Today's Bodmin & Wenford Railway is just part of a network of railways that grew up around the town of Bodmin. The story starts with one of the very first railways in the world - the Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway

The Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway was built at a cost of £35,000 following a study commissioned in 1831 by local landowner Sir William Molesworth of Pencarrow. The line from Wadebridge to Wenfordbridge, with a branch to Bodmin, was intended to carry sand from the Camel estuary to inland farms for use as fertiliser.

Reporting the opening of the Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway in 1834, the "West Briton" stated: "A more grand and imposing sight was never, perhaps, witnessed in the county". It was the first steam-worked railway in Cornwall, and one of the first in Britain to carry passengers.


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The Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway (BWSR) is a heritage railway, based at Bodmin in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is unique in that it is served by high-speed trains from London Paddington which stop at Bodmin Parkway railway station, from whence BWSR trains depart.

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The route from Bodmin General to Bodmin Parkway is 3.5 miles one way, and Bodmin General to Boscarne is 3 miles so it's a 13 mile round trip on the country's steepest heritage standard gauge incline (1 in 37/40 ruling for 3 miles. It was originally opened by the Great Western Railway in 1887.

The route first crosses the River Fowey by a five-arch viaduct, and then climbs up towards Bodmin Moor. The one intermediate halt is at Colesloggett Halt, built by the BWR in 1993 to serve a Farm Park (now closed), provides access to a network of footpaths through the Cardinham Woods, belonging to the Forestry Commission. The trip takes 25 minutes (although the downhill run on return takes less time).

Upon reaching Bodmin General station, trains reverse to take the line to Boscarne Junction. This lies on the former London and South Western Railway route to Wadebridge and Padstow, which now forms the Camel Trail alongside the River Camel. The railway has aspirations to extend alongside this footpath towards Wadebridge In the future.
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Coordinates:   50°27'54"N   4°42'58"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago