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Read morePassenger update: Coronavirus
Bodmin & Wenford Railway’s 2020 season opening delayed until further notice.
Read moreSale by sealed bid diesel locomotive 33110
The Bodmin & Wenford Railway offer for sale by sealed bid class 33 b-bo diesel locomotive 33110.
Read moreBodmin General Station marks the end point of the Cornwall Grand Départ stage of the Tour of Britain 2020
The finalised route for the Cornwall Stage of the Tour of Britain in 2020 was announced at a Community Launch with the Tour of Britain organisers SweetSpot and Cornwall Council at Chy Trevail in Bodmin on Monday 2nd December. We’ll see you at the finish line on 6th September 2020!
Read moreWhere’s Will Wednesday: Hydraulic test on 4612
Behind the scenes at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway with the engineering team for a visit from the boiler inspector. Following work on 4612, the inspector explains how the hydraulic test is completed.
Read moreThe return of Where’s Will Wednesday
We’re back with our weekly chance to look behind the scenes at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway. We tracked Will down to the running shed where he and the team are working in the boiler of 4612 ahead of a hydraulic test on Friday.
Read moreWhen Cornwall Live paid us a visit
Take a look as we show Cornwall Live what really goes on behind the scenes here at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway
Read moreThe canopy goes up
The installation of the canopy brackets marks the start of work which will see the entrance of Bodmin General station restored.
Read moreBodmin & Wenford Railway successfully secure funding towards second platform project
A scheme to create a new platform at Bodmin General to allow for extra train services is among seven schemes awarded total funding of over £215,000 from Great Western Railway today, as the train operator announces the winners of its community improvement fund.
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