Time Capsules - Old Photographs | Bodmin railway station in 1964

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	Marcel Gommers
	1964

Bodmin railway station in 1964

Picture of Bodmin train station, Cornwall, England.
There are several (former) railway station serving Bodmin, the one that is currently still in use is Bodmin Parkway.

However, I think that this is Bodmin General, though I could be wrong. Bodmin General was the terminus on the Great Western Railway's Bodmin Branch line. It opened in 1887 and closed again in 1983, though the passenger service was cancelled earlier in 1967.

It was rescued and opened again in 1986 by heritage railway Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway.

Photo © The Step Back Through Time Collection

Picture Added on 25 June 2009.

Comments

This is Bodmin North station opened in 1895 by the LSWR, which replaced the original 1834 Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway station on the same site.The AC Railcar depicted is the shuttle service that operated to Boscarne Exchange Platform during the period 1964-66, and was closed completely in January 1967. It connected at Boscarne with the Bodmin Road, Bodmin General, Wadebridge and Padstow line, which also closed in January 1967.
Added by Michael Widger on 30 September 2009.

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