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The engine shed closed in April 1962, and passenger services ceased on 30 January 1967. Freight services were withdrawn from Bodmin General on 1 May 1967 and the signal box closed later that year. The line officially closed on 3 October 1983 following the demise of freight traffic from
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was added to the Bodmin Road line in June 1928, and further on a connection into Fulford Trumps siding was added in April 1973.
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The single-sided platform had two adjacent lines, the nearer being used as a run-round and the further being furnished with a
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and workshops is situated adjacent to the station. The workshops are open for inspection when trains are running.
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beyond which another curving siding served a cattle dock. At the end of the platform was the
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on 26 September 1949, in order to distinguish it from other stations in the area (
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Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Western's last "General"".
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Cecil Aubrey Stephens 1947 - 1965 (formerly station master at Horrabridge)
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Thomas Henry Hunt 1899 - 1908 (formerly station master at Chipping Norton)
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Bodmin defies winter rain to complete construction of its new platform 2
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Percy Joseph Molyneaux 1911 - 1918 (formerly station master at Penryn)
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William Henry Smale 1887 - 1898 (afterwards station master at Torre)
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in Bodmin on 27 May 1887, the line diverging from the
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Railway station in Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Bodmin
Cornwall
50°27′58″N 4°43′00″W / 50.46611°N 4.71676°W / 50.46611; -4.71676
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Bodmin and Wenford Railway
Great Western Railway
Bodmin
Cornwall
Great Western Railway
Bodmin & Wenford Railway

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Cornish Main Line
Bodmin Road
Bodmin and Wadebridge
Boscarne Junction

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