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Bodmin & Wenford Railway will reopen in 2021
The railway is currently closed, and has been since March. We will reopen running trains from Easter 2021.
Quarter of a million pound Culture Recovery Fund Award gets heritage railway back on track
The Bodmin & Wenford Railway has been announced as one of the successful recipients of funding in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s first wave of Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage grants.
Read moreBodmin & Wenford Railway will reopen later in the year
Recently the Government announced the re-opening of attractions in England from 4th July (subject to safeguards) alongside the reduction of social distancing to 1m plus (with additional mitigations). We will remain closed.
Our submissions to the Government’s Restoring Your Railway ‘Ideas Fund’
As part of the Government’s £500m Reversing Beeching scheme, the Department for Transport has sought applications for its Ideas Fund, as a part of the scheme, and the BWR was invited to take part.
Read moreCrib Time Chat Line – Keith & Hannah
"40 years of history in half an hour is not an easy task"
Read more“The future hangs in the balance”
"Right now we face the biggest financial challenge we've ever had... and the future hangs in the balance."
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