| Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway | |
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| Overview | |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Cornwall, United Kingdom |
| Termini |
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| Stations | Golant (closed) |
| Service | |
| System | National Rail |
| Operator(s) | DB Schenker |
| History | |
| Opened | 1869 |
| Closed | 1965 to passengers remains open for freight |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 4.75 mi (7.64 km) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Old gauge | 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge |
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The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway opened in 1869 as a broad gauge railway linking the port of Fowey in Cornwall with the Cornish Main Line at Lostwithiel. Its main traffic was china clay. The company ran into financial difficulties and closed in 1880, but the line was purchased by the Cornwall Minerals Railway and reopened in 1895.
A passenger service operated, but it was withdrawn in 1965, and the line reverted to the conveyance of china clay; it remains open for that traffic at the present day.