- Bodmin General railway station
Infobox UK station
name=Bodmin General
locale=Bodmin
borough=North Cornwall
manager=Bodmin and Wenford Railway
platforms=2
caption = Bodmin General railway station
start =1887
Closed1983
Reopened1986 Bodmin General railway station, located in
Bodmin ,Cornwall ,Great Britain , was the terminus of theGreat Western Railway 's Bodmin branch line, and is now the principal railway station of the heritage Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway.History
The Great Western Railway opened a terminus in Bodmin on
27 May 1887 , the line diverging from theCornish Main Line at Bodmin Road. On3 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 thesignal 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 Freight services were withdrawn from Bodmin General on1 May 1967 and the signal box closed later that year. The line officially closed on3 October 1983 following the demise of freight traffic from Wenford.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.ervices
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