Index
- Bodmin to Padstow Home
- Bodmin Road
- Bodmin General
- Boscarne Exchange Platform
- Nanstallon Halt
- Grogley Halt
- Wadebridge
- Padstow
Branch lines
Bodmin to Wadebridge Railway
(1834 - 1967)
The Bodmin and Padstow Railway was opened in 1834 linking the town of Bodmin with the harbour at Wadebridge and later to Padstow and also quarries at Wenfordbridge.
Its intended traffic was minerals to the port at Wadebridge and sea sand, used to improve agricultural land, from Wadebridge. Passengers were also carried on part of the line
China clay extraction was developed at Wenfordbridge and sustained mineral traffic on the line for many years
Initally, the passenger service only operated between Bodmin and Wadebridge, and never on the branches; there were no intermediate stations, but boarding at any intermediate place was semi-officially permitted. The train service was very irregular, probably because of mechanical problems with the locomotives, and for many years from 1841, the passenger service consisted of a train from Wadebridge on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, returning on the other weekdays
Padstow had to wait for another Act of variation before the Wadebridge to Padstow section was opened to the public on March 27 1899
Passenger services finished on January 30 1967 and public goods facilities at Wenfordbridge were withdrawn on May 1 1967, and the line became a dedicated branch for the china clay private sidings until the line closed in 1983
Much of the route now forms part of the Camel Trail, a cycle and footpath from Wenfordbridge to Padstow
China clay extraction was developed at Wenfordbridge and sustained mineral traffic on the line for many years
Initally, the passenger service only operated between Bodmin and Wadebridge, and never on the branches; there were no intermediate stations, but boarding at any intermediate place was semi-officially permitted. The train service was very irregular, probably because of mechanical problems with the locomotives, and for many years from 1841, the passenger service consisted of a train from Wadebridge on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, returning on the other weekdays
Padstow had to wait for another Act of variation before the Wadebridge to Padstow section was opened to the public on March 27 1899
Passenger services finished on January 30 1967 and public goods facilities at Wenfordbridge were withdrawn on May 1 1967, and the line became a dedicated branch for the china clay private sidings until the line closed in 1983
Much of the route now forms part of the Camel Trail, a cycle and footpath from Wenfordbridge to Padstow
| Station name | Opened | Closed to passengers |
Goods closed |
| Bodmin Road | Jun 1859 | ||
| Bodmin General | May 1887 | Jan 1967 | May 1967 |
| Boscarne Exchange Platform | Jun 1964 | Jan 1967 | |
| Nanstallon Halt | Jun 1834 | Jan 1967 | May 1960 |
| Grogley Halt | Jul 1906 | Jan 1967 | |
| Wadebridge | Jul 1834 | Jan 1967 | |
| Padstow | Mar 1899 | Jan 1967 | Sep 1964 |
| Bodmin North | Jul 1834 | Jan 1967 | Jul 1964 |
| Boscarne Junction | Jun 1887 | Oct 1983 | Oct 1983 |
| Dunmere Halt | Jul 1906 | Jan 1967 | |
| Wenfordbridge | Sep 1934 | Oct 1966 | Oct 1966 |
| St Kew Highway | May 1895 | Nov 1965 | 1964 |
| Ruthernbridge | Sep 1934 | Nov 1933 | Nov 1933 |
