Place Dunmere Grid reference SX040674 Platforms in use 1 | Area Cornwall 1997 Opened | |
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Original company Bodmin and Wenford Railway Operated by Bodmin and Wenford Railway Operator Bodmin and Wenford Railway Similar Bodmin General railway st, Bodmin and Wenford, Bodmin Parkway railway st, Colesloggett Halt railway st, Camel Trail | ||
Boscarne Junction railway station is a railway station on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway in Cornwall, United Kingdom, and is its current terminus of the railway although it has been projected that an extension to Wadebridge will be constructed. It was also the original start point of the Camel Trail, a long-distance footpath and cycle trail.
In earlier days it was the junction for lines to Bodmin, Wenfordbridge, and Padstow.
History
Boscarne Junction was created in 1888 when the Great Western Railway built a line to connect from their Bodmin General railway station to the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway.
Originally there was a loop on either side of the line, each straddling the junction which was controlled by a signal box; a second and longer loop was added from the signal box extending down the Wenfordbridge line well beyond the junction before 1911. The purpose of the GWR line was to take china clay from Wenford clay dries to the docks at Fowey, the traffic having previously been taken by the Bodmin and Wenford Railway to Wadebridge.
From 15 June 1964 to 18 April 1966 a small halt was built at the junction to enable a separate shuttle service to operate along the Bodmin North branch to connect with trains between Padstow and Bodmin Road see Boscarne Exchange Platform for details.
The line to Wadebridge was truncated at the road just beyond the signal box in 1981, and the line closed completely on 3 October 1983. Trains returned to Boscarne Junction in 1997 when the Bodmin and Wenford Railway built a platform and began operating trains from Bodmin General. Today the station consists of a platform with enclosed shelter, one of the former signal posts can still be seen in the small grass 'triangle' area just beyond the end of the platform.