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Catalogue description Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway Company: Records
| Reference: | RAIL 1176 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway Company: Records |
| Description: |
Agreements, deeds and contracts for the broad gauge railway between Lostwithiel and Fowey, Cornwall |
| Date: | 1861-1894 |
| Arrangement: |
in former reference order. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway Company, 1862-1895 |
| Physical description: | 10 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1988 British Railways Board |
| Accruals: | No further accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
This company was created by the Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway Act 1862, which authorised the construction of a broad gauge railway between the two places. The railway was opened on 1 June 1869 and was 4.75 miles long. It was worked by the Cornwall Joint Committee as a branch of the Cornwall Railway Company until it closed on 31 December 1879. After this, the line lay derelict until the Cornwall Minerals Railway Company was able (as a result of an injection of funds from the Great Western Railway) to take over the Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway Company on 27th June 1892. The line was re-opened as a standard gauge branch line of the Great Western in September 1895. The Cornwall Minerals was subsequently vested in the Great Western on 1 July 1896. |
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