Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway
The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway was a British railway company based in Cornwall , England .
history
The company was founded on June 30, 1862 to build a 6.8 kilometer long railway line from Lostwithiel to Carne Point near Fowey in the broad gauge of 2140 mm. Construction began in June 1863 and completion was scheduled for September 1864. The line finally opened on June 1, 1869. The main cargo was kaolinite . In Losthwithiel there was a transition to the Cornwall Railway . Since the operation of the route by the Cornwall Railway was too expensive, this was carried out from 1870 with its own locomotive.
The company tried to gain an advantage in a price war with the competing Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR). This failed and the company ceased operations on January 1, 1880. In the following years, the line was leased to the Cornwall Railway, which it used as a siding. The CMR took over the line on June 27, 1892, which was reopened in standard gauge on September 16, 1895.
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .
- Bennett, Alan: The Great Western Railway in Mid Cornwall . Kingfisher Railway Publications, Southampton 1988, ISBN 0-946184-53-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday Jun 03, 1863; pg. 7th