Bodmin General railway station
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| Bodmin General railway station | |||
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| Place | Bodmin | ||
| Local authority | North Cornwall | ||
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| Managed by | Bodmin and Wenford Railway | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1887 Closed 1983 Reopened 1986 |
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Bodmin General railway station, located in Bodmin, Cornwall, Great Britain, was the terminus of the Great Western Railway's Bodmin branch line, and is now the principal railway station of the heritage Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway.
[edit] History
The Great Western Railway opened a terminus in Bodmin on 27 May 1887, the line diverging from the Cornish Main Line at Bodmin Road. On 3 September 1888 a new line was opened to join with the Bodmin and Wadebridge line at Boscarne Junction. Bodmin General remianed a terminus, so trains running through had to reverse here and retrace their journey for a few yards before bearing right just beyond the station.
The single-sided platform had two adjacent lines, the nearer being used as a run-round and the further being furnished with a goods shed beyond which another curving siding served a cattle dock. At the end of the platform was the signal box and beyond this were two sidngs, one housing an engine shed; the junction being on the running line immediately beyond this. A short refuge siding was added to the Bodmin Road line in June 1928, and further on a connection into Fulford Trumps siding was added in April 1973.
The engine shed closed in April 1962, and passenger services ceased on 30 January 1967. Freight services were withdrawn from Bodmin General on 1 May 1967 and the signal box closed later that year. The line officially closed on 3 October 1983 following the demise of freight traffic from Wenford.
[edit] Bodmin and Wenford Railway
The Bodmin and Wenford Steam railway, a heritage railway, uses Bodmin General as its principal station. Services run to both Bodmin Parkway and to Boscarne Junction; the junction between these two lines is just outside the station which is a terminus.
An engine shed and workshops is sitauted adjacent to the station.
[edit] Services
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways |
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| Boscarne Junction | Bodmin and Wenford Railway | Colesloggett Halt | ||
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| Boscarne Junction | London and South Western Railway Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway |
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