Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway





Dates

  /  /1834Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Opened from Bodmin [LSW] to Wadebridge [1st] (for passengers). For minerals opened from Wenford Bridge Goods to Wadebridge to Wadebridge Quay. Ruthern Bridge Goods branch opened.
  /  /1886Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
London and South Western Railway
Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1888Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Wadebridge [1st] replaced by Wadebridge [2nd] in anticipation of the opening of the North Cornwall Railway to Wadebridge.
  /  /1895North Cornwall Railway
Extended from Delabole to Wadebridge [2nd]. Stations opened Port Isaac Road, St Kew Highway. The final approach to Wadebridge [2nd] uses the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway.
  /  /1906Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Dunmere Halt, Nanstallon Halt, Grogley Halt opened.
  /  /1933Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Ruthern Bridge Goods branch closed.
  /  /1967North Cornwall Railway
Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Bodmin Branch (Great Western Railway)
Padstow to Bodmin North to Bodmin Road closed to passengers. On the former London and South Western Railway Padstow, Wadebridge [2nd], Grogley Halt, Nanstallon Halt, Boscarne Junction, Dunmere Halt, Bodmin North closed. On the former Great Western Railway Bodmin General closed. Padstow to Wadebridge [1st] and Bodmin North to Dunmere Junction closed completely.
  /  /1973Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Closed from Wadebridge Quay to Wadebridge [1st].
  /  /1978Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Closed from Wadebridge [1st] to Boscarne Junction.
  /  /1983Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Bodmin Branch (Great Western Railway)
Closed from Wenford Bridge Goods to Boscarne Junction (reverse) to Bodmin General (reverse) to Bodmin Road.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.





Bodmin & Wenford Railway train from Bodmin Parkway arriving at Boscarne Junction behind GWR 2-8-0T 4247 on 30th May 2015. This was where the GWR ...
David Bosher 30/05/2015
View from Boscarne Junction towards Bodmin General on 30th May 2015. On the left is the track bed of Cornwall's first line, the Bodmin & Wadebridge ...
David Bosher 30/05/2015
A closer look at the trackbed heading for Wadebridge in November 2014 see image 49620. The Bodmin and Wenford Railway want to extend along this ...
Ken Strachan 29/11/2014
Crompton 33110 runs round a BLS brake van special at Boscarne Junction on 29 November 2014. Notice the Camel Trail footpath and cyclepath to the ...
Ken Strachan 29/11/2014
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The Lea Valley Railway club ran a tour to Wadebridge on 30th April 1977. It used two Met Cam units, which were unusual in Cornwall at the time. Here ...
Roger Geach 30/04/1977
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