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Bodmin Parkway railway station ((コーンウォール語:Fordh Bosvena)〔http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=f3fabe0c-206f-4e0c-8889-4ce4a5060e5b&version=-1〕) is a station on the Cornish Main Line and serves the nearby town of Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The station is west of , in the civil parish of St Winnow. The station is situated south of the town with the Bodmin and Wenford steam railway operating the branch to the town. Great Western Railway operate the station, along with every other mainline station in Cornwall. Both local and long-distance trains, including the Night Riviera sleeper service, call at the station. The entrance is on the platform served by trains to . A second platform is reached by footbridge which is served by trains to and Paddington. The opposite side of this platform is for the trains of the Bodmin and Wenford steam railway. The bus link to Bodmin, Wadebridge and Padstow starts from outside the main entrance. ==History== Bodmin was the most important town in Cornwall when the Cornwall Railway opened on 4 May 1859. Original proposals to build a branch to the town failed, as the company could not raise enough capital so, instead, they decided to open a station called "Bodmin Road" at a convenient point. As the agreement with Lord Vivian who owned the estate forbade the construction of a station in the estate, protracted negotiations were necessary before a new agreement could be reached. When the railway opened on 4 May 1859, all that could be reported was that: ''"No station has yet been erected for Bodmin, owing to the site not having been immediately determined upon. It will be either near to Glynn Bridge or "Respryn" Bridge and, until it is completed, the Bodmin traffic will be accommodated at a temporary wooden shed erected near the latter place."'' Respryn was near the entrance to Lanhydrock House, the home of Mr Robartes, a railway supporter. The new station was finally ready to open on 27 June 1859 and was named "Bodmin Road". Because of its remote location, the station master was paid five pounds by the Post Office to carry out the duties of postmaster. He also received a special lodging allowance until a house could be provided for him two years later. A goods shed was built in 1860 at the east end of the station, behind the platform for trains to Plymouth and cattle pens were added the following year. A footbridge across the line was built by Mr Robartes in 1860 to enable visitors to reach Lanhydrock more easily. This was later replaced by a passage beneath the tracks. This path is still used by those visitors to this National Trust property who arrive by train. In 1863 a Bodmin, Wadebridge and Cornwall Junction Railway was proposed to connect the Cornwall Railway at Bodmin Road with the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway at Bodmin, an isolated standard gauge line owned by the London and South Western Railway. In 1864, an agreement was reached with the Cornwall Railway to work the line once it was completed, and an Act of Parliament was obtained. Capital proved difficult to raise and so the scheme failed. The line was eventually built by the Great Western Railway, opening on 27 May 1887; this meant that the goods shed had to be moved to the opposite end of the station to make room for the branch platform. This was a standard gauge line and so traffic from Bodmin to the Cornwall Railway had to be transferred at Bodmin Road until the broad gauge was converted over the weekend of 21 May 1892. The Cornwall Railway was originally a single track broad gauge line, but a passing loop was situated at Bodmin Road to allow trains to pass. It was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1889. After the route was converted to standard gauge in May 1892, the line westwards to was doubled on 2 July 1893 and eastwards to on 22 December 1893. On 18 April 1895 a train derailed shortly after leaving Bodmin Road on the way to . Both of the 3521 class 0-4-4-T locomotives left the rails on a curve and dragged nearly the whole of the train with them. No one was killed. It is thought that the track had been damaged by the preceding train, but the 3521 class locomotives were subsequently banned from working in pairs and were taken off fast trains until rebuilt as 4-4-0 tender locomotives.〔 The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948. The line to Bodmin General lost its passenger service on 30 January 1967; goods facilities at Bodmin Road were withdrawn the following year. However, goods traffic continued on the branch line until 3 October 1983. The line was subsequently taken over by the Bodmin and Wenford Railway and reopened as a heritage railway on 17 June 1990. In 1989 the old station buildings, except for the signal box, were demolished and replaced by modern brick and glass structures. The station had been renamed 'Bodmin Parkway' on 4 November 1983. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bodmin Parkway railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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