Wadebridge, John Betjeman Centre
A view of the John Betjeman Centre in Wadebridge in Cornwall (UK).
The John Betjeman Centre is an elderly persons day care centre and is located in the former Wadebridge Railway Station building on the Bodmin to Wadebridge Railway.
This second Wadebridge Station opened on September 3rd 1888 although the railway through here opened in 1834.
The Bodmin to Wadebridge line officially closed to passengers on January 30th 1967 while freight soldiered on as it usually did on this type of branch line until September 4th 1978.
The very last train of any type to run through here was a passenger charity special on December 17th 1978.
While the old station building still exists and has a new lease of life, the other railway infrastructure in the vicinity has long disappeared.
Photography by my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with kind permission.
Wadebridge, John Betjeman Centre
A view of the John Betjeman Centre in Wadebridge in Cornwall (UK).
The John Betjeman Centre is an elderly persons day care centre and is located in the former Wadebridge Railway Station building on the Bodmin to Wadebridge Railway.
This second Wadebridge Station opened on September 3rd 1888 although the railway through here opened in 1834.
The Bodmin to Wadebridge line officially closed to passengers on January 30th 1967 while freight soldiered on as it usually did on this type of branch line until September 4th 1978.
The very last train of any type to run through here was a passenger charity special on December 17th 1978.
While the old station building still exists and has a new lease of life, the other railway infrastructure in the vicinity has long disappeared.
Photography by my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with kind permission.