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To celebrate Railway 200 we’ve raided the archives to bring you our top historical true stories from stations across Devon and Cornwall. Enjoy!
Join host Sally Crabtree for bite-size audio adventures exploring unexpected and wonderful stories from Devon and Cornwall's railway history.
Guano (bird droppings) was big business on Topsham Quay's lost branch line.
The coming of the railway meant towns across Cornwall had to change their clocks to match London time.
When the St Ives Bay Line opened in 1877, GWR decided the attractive cove needed a better name - and it stuck!
"Cornish broccoli" was a booming trade thanks to the railway - but it was actually cauliflower!
Falmouth Town's platform began its life on the Atlantic coast at Perranporth Beach Halt before being moved and reused.
Project funded by GWR's Customer and Community Improvement Fund and CrossCountry Trains' Community Engagement Fund
