(Change at Par and Liskeard)
Take a trip on the Looe Valley Line and explore the beauty of South East Cornwall. Among its many attractions, Looe offers the visitor a beautiful safe and sandy beach, narrow lanes with small shops and an interesting working quayside. Why not take the opportunity to walk the splendid South west Coast Path from Looe to Polperro returning by either boat or bus.
(Change at Par and St. Erth)
The best way to arrive in St. Ives is undoubtedly by train. Sit back and enjoy the dramatic views to be seen as the line sweeps alongside the golden sands of Carbis Bay and on to St. Ives with panoramic views of craggy cliffs and the colourful harbour. Explore the narrow streets of this unique town with its shops, pubs and galleries - including the acclaimed Tate Gallery.
(Change at Par and Truro)
The City of Truro is Cornwall's commercial and administrative centre, with its impressive three spired Cathedral and beautiful Georgian town houses. It is also home to the Royal Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery and an excellent shopping centre. Truro is also the starting point of the Truro - Falmouth branch line. This branch line sweep down over the spectacular Perranwell viaduct to the magnificent Falmouth Harbour. Alight at 'Falmouth Town' to enjoy a walk around the attractive streets of Falmouth, or 'Falmouth Docks' for Pendennis Castle.
(Change at Par)
Plymouth attractions range from Plymouth Hoe, with its award winning Plymouth Dome visitor centre, to the historic streets of the Elizabethan Barbican. It is also home of the beautiful and scenic Tamar Valley Line to Calstock and Gunnislake.
Travel to the end of the Cornish main line which finishes with breath taking views across the sea to St. Michael's Mount before reaching Penzance in the magical far west of Britain. To travel on to Land's End or the Minack Theatre at Porthcurno, catch bus services 1, 1a, 1b or 10a from Penzance.
(Change at Par for Bus Connection to Fowey)
Bus connections are available from Par Station to Fowey, one of Cornwall's historic seafaring towns with its tortuous main street clinging to the waterside, offering intriguing glimpses of boats of every description.
This railway is Cornwall's only standard gauge railway still operated by steam locomotives and the trains run through some delightful Cornish scenery. The Railway is typical of a branch line in the 1950s. Great Western steam tank engines are the main locomotives to be seen here but diesel traction is also used, particularly on Saturdays The main station on the line is at Bodmin General. The engine sheds are here, as well as a Souvenir shop and refreshment room in the restored station buildings.
Boscarne Junction provides a direct link with the Camel Trail, the cycle and footpath running to Padstow along the route of the old Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway.
Bodmin Parkway station is on the main rail line from London to Penzance and has a beautiful walk along the old carriage drive to the Lanhydrock House. Trains operate from March to December - daily from 26th May to 30th September and there are lots of Special Events.
The Lappa Valley Steam Railway runs on one of the oldest railway trackbeds in Cornwall. Opened in 1849 as a mineral line from Newquay to East Wheal Rose, it later became part of the Great Western Railway's Newquay to Chacewater branch line. This was closed in 1963, and in 1974 Eric Booth, the founder of Lappa Valley, reopened part of the line as a narrow-gauge railway.
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