Launceston Steam Railway
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| Locale | Launceston, Cornwall, UK |
| Terminus | Launceston |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | North Cornwall Railway |
| Original gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Preserved operations | |
| Owned by | The Spice Settlement Trust Co. Ltd |
| Operated by | The Spice Settlement Trust Co. Ltd |
| Stations | 4 |
| Length | 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 21 July 1892 |
| Closed | 30 January 1967 |
| Preservation history | |
| 1965 | Steam locomotive Lilian rescued |
| 1983 | Launceston Steam Railway opened |
| 1995 | Extension to Newmills opened |
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Coordinates: 50°38′28″N 4°21′54″W / 50.641°N 4.365°W
The Launceston Steam Railway is a 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway operating from the town of Launceston in Cornwall. The railway is built on the trackbed of the North Cornwall Railway to 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge and runs for 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) to Newmills, where there is a farm park.
The first railway to reach Launceston was the Launceston and South Devon Railway, opened in 1865 from Launceston to Plymouth, and later absorbed into the Great Western Railway. In 1886 the London and South Western Railway opened its railway from Halwill Junction, extended to Padstow in stages in the 1890s, and later part of the Southern Railway. The two Launceston stations were side by side: the Great Western closed in 1962 and the Southern in 1966.
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