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Bodmin & Wenford Railway

Bodmin & Wenford Railway
GWR 4612 at Bodmin General.JPG
Locale Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Terminus Bodmin General
Commercial operations
Name Bodmin branch line
Built by Great Western Railway
Original gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by Bodmin and Wenford Railway
Stations 4
Length 6 12 miles (10.5 km)
Preserved gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened 1887
Closed 1983
Preservation history
1990 Reopened to Bodmin Parkway
1993 Colesloggett Halt opened
1996 Reopened to Boscarne Junction
Headquarters Bodmin General
Website
www.bodminrailway.co.uk
Bodmin & Wenford Railway
Cornish Main Line to London
Bodmin Parkway National Rail
Transfer siding to Network Rail
Cornish Main Line to Penzance
Colesloggett Halt
Bodmin General
St Lawrence Platform
Boscarne Exchange Platform
To Wenfordbridge
Boscarne Junction
Proposed RailTrail extension
To Wadebridge
RailTrail Planned Extension
Bodmin and Wenford Railway line to Bodmin Parkway
Former Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Boscarne Junction
Grogley Halt
Wadebridge Guineaport
former line to Padstow

The Bodmin & Wenford Railway (BWR) is a heritage railway, based at Bodmin in Cornwall, England. It has an interchange with the national rail network at Bodmin Parkway railway station, the southern terminus of the line.

The Great Western Railway opened its branch line from Bodmin Road to Bodmin General 27 May 1887, and on 3 September 1888 a junction line was opened to connect with the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway which had opened its line from Bodmin North to Wadebridge in 1834. The line closed on 3 October 1983 following the demise of freight traffic from Wenford.

In 1984 the Bodmin Railway Preservation Society was formed, and they held their first open day at Bodmin General two years later. 1987 saw the Cornish Steam Locomotive Society move their equipment from Bugle to Bodmin.

A Light Railway Order was granted in 1989, and the following year passenger services recommenced between Bodmin General and Bodmin Road, although by now that station had been renamed "Bodmin Parkway". A new intermediate station known as Colesloggett Halt was brought into use. In 1996 the former junction line was also reopened, with another new station provided as Boscarne Junction.

The stations served are all in or near Bodmin. They are:

The route from Bodmin General to Bodmin Parkway is 3 12 miles (5.6 km) and Bodmin General to Boscarne Junction is 3 miles (4.8 km).


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