Index
- Bodmin to Padstow Home
- Bodmin Road
- Bodmin General
- Boscarne Exchange Platform
- Nanstallon Halt
- Grogley Halt
- Wadebridge
- Padstow
Branch lines
Bodmin Road now Bodmin Parkway
(1859 - )
Bodmin was the most important town in Cornwall when the Cornwall Railway opened on May 4 1859. Original proposals to build a branch to the town failed, as the company could not raise enough capital
so, instead, they decided to open a temporary station called Bodmin Road. The new station was finally ready to open on June 27 1859 and because of its remote location, the station master
was paid five pounds by the Post Office to carry out the duties of postmaster. He also received a special lodging allowance until a house could be provided for him two years later
A goods shed was built in 1860 at the east end of the station, behind the platform and cattle pens were added the following year, these facilities were withdrawn during 1968, however goods traffic continued on the branch line until October 3 1983
The line was closed to passengers in January 1967 but the station remained open and is now part of the Benford and Bodmin Railway which was opened as a heritage railway on June 17 1990
The station was renamed Bodmin Parkway on November 4 1983 and trains run to Penzance, Plymouth, Newquay in the summer, Glasgow, Manchester and London Paddington
A goods shed was built in 1860 at the east end of the station, behind the platform and cattle pens were added the following year, these facilities were withdrawn during 1968, however goods traffic continued on the branch line until October 3 1983
The line was closed to passengers in January 1967 but the station remained open and is now part of the Benford and Bodmin Railway which was opened as a heritage railway on June 17 1990
The station was renamed Bodmin Parkway on November 4 1983 and trains run to Penzance, Plymouth, Newquay in the summer, Glasgow, Manchester and London Paddington
