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Preservation: Locations, Bodmin & Wenford Railway

Bodmin & Wenford Railway

© English Electric Growl / Craig Nicholson
Class 37/0 no. 37142 is seen at Bodmin General on April 23rd 2006

© Craig Nicholson
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Address

General Station,
Bodmin,
Cornwall,
United Kingdom

PL31 1AQ

Telephone

+44 (0)1208 73666

Fax +44 (0)1208 77963
E-Mail Click Here
Website http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk/

Discover the excitement and nostalgia of steam travel with a journey back in time on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway - Cornwall's only full size railway still operated by steam locomotives.

 

Relax in style and enjoy a leisurely 13 mile round trip through beautiful countryside, taking in the sights, sound and smells of a bygone age, as the era of a Cornish branch line in the 1950s reveals itself during the course of your journey.

 

Trains operate from Bodmin General - the line’s main station where free car and coach parking is available - to Bodmin Parkway - where connections can be made directly with main line railway services - and Boscarne Junction on the popular Camel Trail.

 

Directions by Road
  • From Exeter and the North take the A30 west via Okehampton & Launceston to Bodmin
  • From Torbay, Plymouth and SE Cornwall take the A38 west to Bodmin
  • From West Cornwall take the A30 east
  • From North Cornwall take the A39 to Wadebridge then the A389 to Bodmin

Once you have reached Bodmin, please follow the brown tourist signs to the Railway. Bodmin General Station is near to the town centre and there is a car park (free to railway users) adjacent.

Directions by Public Transport

By Train

 

Bodmin Parkway is served by mainline services. Bodmin & Wenford Railway trains depart from Platform 3.


For Full Train timetable information please use the National Rail website.


By Bus

 

Bus services stop outside Bodmin General Station. For Full bus timetable information please use the Travel Line website.

 

Map

Route: 1
LocationMilesChainsNotes
Bodmin General
000
 
Bodmin General Junction
0 10
 
Colesloggett Halt
2 27
 
Bodmin Junction
3 38
 
Bodmin Parkway
3 41
 
Route: 2
LocationMilesChainsNotes
Bodmin General Junction
000
 
St Lawrence Halt
1 46
 
Boscarne Junction Halt
2 21
 
End
2 26
 

Currently Resident
Loco Arrived Status
37142 02/09/2003 Being Restored / Repaired 

Note - Locos that show as resident may be based here but loaned to other sites, click on 'Loco' to view the most recent location

Past Visitors
Loco Arrived Departed Notes
37669 19/09/1992 20/09/1992 Guest Loco
37671 23/09/1995 24/09/1995 Guest Loco
37416 20/09/1996 22/09/1996 Guest Loco
37672 17/10/1998 18/10/1998 Guest Loco
37670 21/09/2002 22/09/2002 Guest Loco

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This page was last updated on Monday August 21st 2023