Bodmin Parkway railway station

Bodmin Parkway

Fordh Bosvena
National Rail
Bodmin Parkway, looking east
General information
LocationSt Winnow, Cornwall
England
Coordinates50°26′45″N 4°39′47″W / 50.4458°N 4.6630°W / 50.4458; -4.6630
Grid referenceSX110640
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms3 (2 National Rail)
(1 Bodmin & Wenford)
Other information
Station codeBOD
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Original companyCornwall Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1859opened as Bodmin Road
4 November 1983renamed Bodmin Parkway
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.234 million
2019/20Increase 0.243 million
2020/21Decrease 75,998
2021/22Increase 0.230 million
2022/23Increase 0.261 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bodmin Parkway railway station (Cornish: Fordh Bosvena)[1] is on the Cornish Main Line that serves the nearby town of Bodmin and other parts of mid-Cornwall, England. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of the town of Bodmin in the civil parish of St Winnow, 274 mileschains (274.04 mi; 441.0 km) from London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.[2] Network Rail’s National Rail Timetable dated May 2023 records the distance from London Paddington to Bodmin Parkway as 252.50 miles.[3]

Great Western Railway manages the station and operates most of the train services, although CrossCountry operates some long-distance services. The Bodmin and Wenford Railway operates a heritage service on the branch to the town on certain days.

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 10A. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
  3. ^ "Electronic national rail timetable".