North Cornwall Railway
Introduction
This railway extended the London and South Western Railway associated railway to Launceston [LSWR], Wadebridge [2nd] and Padstow, which was the furthest the LSWR reached from London. It opened throughout in 1892 and closed in 1966, with many of the former LSWR lines in the area. Padstow was to survive for another year, approached from Bodmin General.
It was part of the system referred to as the 'Withered Arm', the LSWR lines west of Exeter.
The Launceston Steam Railway uses a short portion of the trackbed, running west from a new (in 1983) Launceston station.
Dates
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Padstow to Wadebridge
This short portion of line extended the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway from roughly the site of Wadebridge [1st] station to Padstow. Wadebridge [2nd] station opened to the south east of the first station, on the B&WR. The portion of line from Wadebridge [1st] to Wadebridge Junction was used by the North Cornwall Railway.
Ken Strachan 10/04/2017
John McIntyre /07/1969
Wadebridge to Launceston
Ken Strachan 10/04/2017
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Peter Todd 26/04/1986
David Bosher /06/1974
Ian Dinmore 11/09/1972
This is the eastern terminus of the Launceston Steam Railway, which opened on 26/12/1983 running for half a mile west along the disused trackbed of the former North Cornwall Railway. The station site is west of Launceston [LSWR], the site of which had become an industrial estate.
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Ian Dinmore 15/06/1997
Ken Strachan 14/04/2017
Peter Todd 25/04/1993
Peter Todd 25/04/1993
This station opened in the north of Launceston in 1886, just to the south of the Launceston [GWR] terminus. It was briefly the terminus of the line from Halwill Junction before being extended, in 1892, to Wadebridge [2nd] and Padstow. It was a two platform station with the main building on the westbound platform (town side of the station). The goods yard was on the south side of ...
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Launceston to Halwill
This station opened in the north of Launceston in 1886, just to the south of the Launceston [GWR] terminus. It was briefly the terminus of the line from Halwill Junction before being extended, in 1892, to Wadebridge [2nd] and Padstow. It was a two platform station with the main building on the westbound platform (town side of the station). The goods yard was on the south side of ...
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Bodmin Branch Deviations
Several small deviations were made to the original course of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway.
Roger Geach 30/04/1977
Ken Strachan 12/04/2017
Ian Dinmore /07/1980
