Bere Ferrers

CRS Code	BFE
Collected date	27/05/05

Bere Ferrers was the final station in Cornwall to be visited, and we arrived there on a hot afternoon after walking from Bere Alston. The station is at the top of the town, seen here from the approach road:

A closer view of the station building and house, which now form part of the Tamar Belle Holidays and Visitor Centre:

The front of the station building, looking north:

From the north end of the station platform, looking south. The signal box (no longer used by the railway) bears an older spelling of the station name, Beer Ferris:

Looking north along the platform at the shelter and station building:

The station area is host to a railway heritage centre, all of which was closed when we visited. This sign shows where once you could have gone from here:

A map in the station window:

Sadly 1968 saw the end to all those journey opportunities:

What looks like an old goods shed is now a house:

Just behind the station platform is this short demonstration line:

...incorporating this wagon turntable:

The Tamar Belle dining coach sits at the end of a siding. Further along to the right (south) are ex-LNER carriages fitted out to provide holiday accommodation:

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