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4 unusual facts about Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway


Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway

There were close links with the Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway; some directors and officers served both companies, and offices were in a shared building at Par.

The route would run alongside the River Fowey and so would have gentle gradients and few engineering problems apart from some bridges across small tributary rivers, and new quays at Carne Point, just outside Fowey.

It now carried both goods and passenger traffic, and a small halt was opened at Golant.

Sawmills Studio

The location is unique as it can only be accessed by boat or via the railway line that runs past the studio.


Lostwithiel railway station

At the east end of the station is a level crossing while at the west end the line is carried over the river, beyond which is the junction for the Fowey branch which is now used by china clay trains only.


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