Join rail explorers Geoff Marshall and Vicki Pipe, also known as All The Stations, as they discover the history of the Looe Valley Line in our four-part mini series.
In Part 1, Vicki takes us back to the start with a visit to Bodmin Moor to see the remnants of the Looe Valley Line's earliest predecessor, the Liskeard and Caradon Railway, which opened in 1844.
Next she heads to the Moorswater Viaduct and explains how the main line arrived in Liskeard in 1859, bringing with it the building of Liskeard station and a shake-up for time-keeping across the town.
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The series is part of the Looe Valley Line heritage project by the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership.
MORE PHOTOS & VIDEOS
Visit the website www.looerailheritage.com to find out more about the line's past, including archive photographs, video interviews with members of the local community and more.
GET THE APP
Download the free 'Looe Valley Line Heritage' app for iOS and Android, the perfect heritage companion to a trip on the line. As you travel beneath the towering viaduct, call at picturesque stations and meander alongside the estuary, the app uses GPS to tell you about what you’re seeing.
VISIT
Nothing beats visiting the line yourself. Plan your trip at www.greatscenicrailways.com.
The heritage project is funded by the GWR Customer and Communities Improvement Fund and the Designated Community Rail Development Fund, a joint initiative of the Department for Transport and ACoRP, the Association of Community Rail Partnerships.