Boscarne Junction                      Bodmin General                      Colesloggett Halt        Bodmin Parkway

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Bodmin General Station

Our headquarters and principle station, beautifully restored to reflect the 1950's.  We have a Buffet serving hot & cold drinks, Cornish Pasties, sausage rolls, freshly cut sandwiches, cakes, snacks, sweets and ice cream.  There is a well stocked gift shop with souvenirs to suit every taste including railway books and videos, model railway items, and children's toys.   Toilet facilities including a wheelchair accessible toilet and baby change are available here.

Bodmin General station	Platform	Buffet

We have two locomotive sheds at General station.  Visitors are welcome to see the restoration and repair work being carried out on Roads 1 & 2, just walk through the car park and into the yard area where you can see locomotives and coaches under repair and restoration. (Please not that access to the Workshop Viewing Area may be restricted when certain activities, such as coal loading or welding are taking place)

The Running Shed is on Roads 3 & 4 and is not normally accessible to the public.  

Trains are steam hauled on most days - please see the timetable for more details.

Boscarne Junction

This station is at the north western end of the line and adjacent to the Camel Trail which runs along the old trackbed to Wadebridge and to Wenfordbridge.  The station has a Waiting Room available to passengers during the day.  There is a vineyard approximately 25 minutes walk away and guided tours are available. Please phone them on 01208 77959 for more details.   Please see the timetable for more details.  There is also a family pub nearby.

Boscarne was the junction of the original Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway (later London & South Western Railway and then Southern Railway) and the Great Western Railway.

Bodmin Parkway

Originally called Bodmin Road, this is a main line station on the route from London & the north to Penzance.  Bodmin & Wenford Railway trains operate from Platform 3 adjacent to the platform used by London bound trains.  Through tickets may be bought at all mainline stations which include travel on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway - just ask for tickets "....to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway" - not to Bodmin Parkway.    Car parking at this station is for main line passengers only.

The old Signal Box on the down platform has been converted to a cafe and the Bodmin & Wenford operate this primarily as a service to main line customers but also to walkers and our own passengers.  The cafe offers tea, coffee, sandwiches, sweets etc with a warm welcome.

There is a very pleasant walk from here along the old carriage drive to Lanhydrock House (about 1¾ miles - 40 minutes).  Lanhydrock is a beautiful country house set in impressive grounds and now owned by the National Trust.  There is an admission fee for the house and gardens but not for the grounds.  For more information please contact the National Trust. 

The Bodmin & Wenford Railway have a carriage storage shed here and there is also an exchange siding which provides access onto the Up Main Line.  This is controlled by Lostwithiel Signal Box.  Visiting locomotives often arrive this way.  Freight traffic has also used this connection on a regular basis.  

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Colesloggett Halt is another new station.  Built in 1993 to serve a Farm Park adjacent to the station.  The Park has now closed but the Halt makes an ideal place to alight from the train for walks in the nearby Cardinham Woods.  The Public Footpath runs through fields and has stiles at certain points.  This route is not recommended for wheel chairs, push chairs or the infirm.  The path can be wet and muddy at times.

Trains from Bodmin General to Bodmin Parkway usually stop at Colesloggett Halt but not on the return (up hill) journey.
Certain trains do not stop at Colesloggett Halt.  There is no car parking here for railway users.
 

Gradient Profiles 

The line is steeply graded most of its length.  Continual brake application is required as the train descends from Bodmin General to Boscarne Junction or Bodmin Parkway and the locomotives work hard on the uphill return journey.

Boscarne Junction is approximately 10 metres above the River Camel which flows out on the North Coast at Padstow via Wadebridge	Bodmin Parkway is about 20 metres above the River Fowey which flows out on the South coast at Fowey via Lostwithiel.

To learn more about the Bodmin & Wenford Railway why not purchase a copy of our Guidebook, which includes information about what you can see from the train during your journey, walks and nearby places to visit and our locomotives.
 

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