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The stations served are all in or near Bodmin. They are:
- Bodmin Parkway (50°27′58″N 4°43′00″W / 50.4662°N 4.7168°W / 50.4662; -4.7168 (Bodmin General))
- Colesloggett Halt (50°26′46″N 4°39′46″W / 50.4461°N 4.6627°W / 50.4461; -4.6627 (Bodmin Road))
- Boscarne Junction (50°28′26″N 4°45′41″W / 50.4740°N 4.7614°W / 50.4740; -4.7614 (Boscarne Junction))
- Bodmin General (50°27′36″N 4°40′28″W / 50.4599°N 4.6745°W / 50.4599; -4.6745 (Colesloggett Halt))
The route from Bodmin General to Bodmin Parkway is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) and Bodmin General to Boscarne Junction is 3 miles (4.8 km).
On leaving Bodmin parkway, the route first crosses the River Fowey by a five-arch viaduct, and then climbs up towards Bodmin Moor. The one intermediate halt is at Colesloggett Halt, built by the BWR in 1993 to serve a Farm Park (now closed), and provides access to a network of footpaths through the Cardinham Woods, belonging to the Forestry Commission. The trip takes 25 minutes each way.
Upon reaching Bodmin General station, the headquarters of the railway, trains reverse to take the line to Boscarne Junction. This lies on the former London and South Western Railway route to Wadebridge and Padstow, which now forms the Camel Trail alongside the River Camel. The railway has aspirations to extend alongside this foot/cyclepath towards Wadebridge in the future.
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