Bugle railway station
Bugle Karnrosveur  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Bugle, Cornwall England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°24′00″N 4°47′31″W / 50.400°N 4.792°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SX017592 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BGL[1] | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Cornwall Minerals Ry | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1876 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  2,412 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  6,390 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 6,620 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 6,342 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 6,528 | ||||
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Bugle railway station (Cornish: Karnrosveur) serves the village of Bugle in Cornwall, England. The station is situated on the Atlantic Coast Line, 288 miles 3 chains (288.04 miles, 463.55 km) measured from the zero point at London Paddington (via Box and Plymouth Millbay).[2] All trains are operated by and the station is managed by Great Western Railway.
History
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The first railway here was a horse-worked line from Par Harbour to "near the Bugle Inn" at Molinnis. On 1 June 1874 a new line was opened by the Cornwall Minerals Railway.[3] A passenger service was introduced on 20 June 1876 when a station with a single platform on the north side of the line was provided at Bugle.[4] The station was named after the local Bugle Inn,[5] which opened in 1840.[6]
The line from Bugle eastwards to Goonbarrow Junction was doubled on 20 July 1930, with the new line passing behind the platform to create an island platform. From 29 November 1964 the original line was only used only for freight trains to reach the Carbis branch. This meant that all passenger trains now use the 1930 platform face. The Carbis branch closed on 25 August 1989 leaving just a single track through the station and all the way to Newquay, which sets the low frequency of train service which is possible on the branch.
Facilities
[edit]The station only has basic facilities, specifically a waiting shelter, benches and cycle spaces.[7] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Services
[edit]Bugle is a request stop on the line, so passengers wishing to alight must inform the conductor and passengers wishing to join the train must signal to the driver.[8] The typical service is one train every two hours in each direction between Par and Newquay.[8]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roche towards Newquay |
Great Western Railway | Luxulyan towards Par | ||
Community rail
[edit]The trains between Par and Newquay are designated as a community rail service and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted as the 'Atlantic Coast Line'.[9]
Passenger volume
[edit]| 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries and exits | 1,362 | 1,661 | 1,691 | 1,557 | 2,508 | 3,694 | 3,650 | 5,902 | 6,762 | 6,810 | 5,554 | 4,342 | 4,462 | 4,766 | 5,616 | 4,794 | 2,412 | 6,390 | 6,620 | 6,342 | 6,528 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
References
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- ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ↑ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 10B. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
- ↑ Wills 2014, p. 43.
- ↑ Quick 2023, p. 109.
- ↑ Wills 2014, p. 48.
- ↑ Letcher, Lisa (20 September 2020). "Inside the Cornish village where hundreds of people live in caravans". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ "Bugle train station | Departures, arrivals and tickets | GWR". www.gwr.com. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- 1 2 eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 143 (Network Rail)
- ↑ "Atlantic Coast Line". Great Scenic Railways. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bennett, Alan (1988). The Great Western Railway in Mid Cornwall. Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Publications. ISBN 0-946184-53-4.
- Cooke, RA (1977). Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR, Section 11: East Cornwall. Harwell: RA Cooke.
- Quick, Michael (2023). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
- Vaughan, John (1991). The Newquay Branch and its Branches. Sparkford: Haynes/Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-470-5.
- Wills, Dixe (2014). Tiny Stations (Paperback, 1st reprint ed.). Basingstoke: AA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7495-7732-2.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Bugle railway station from National Rail
