Launceston Steam Railway

Launceston Steam Railway Cornwall's Enchanting Narrow Gauge Railway. Enjoy a 5 mile round trip through the beautiful unspoilt Kensey Valley behind a Victorian Steam Locomotive.
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The Launceston Steam Railway - a two and a half mile steam railway running through the glorious Kensey Valley, linking the historic Cornish town of Launceston to the hamlet of Newmills. All trains hauled by Victorian steam locomotives. Café, well-stocked Giftshop and Bookshop, and Vintage Transport and Machinery museum at Launceston station.

Good afternoon, something to put in the diary. We are delighted that Richard Holder will be bringing his 009 Launceston ...
08/07/2025

Good afternoon, something to put in the diary. We are delighted that Richard Holder will be bringing his 009 Launceston Steam Railway model railway back here to us to display to our visitors. He will be set up and ready Sunday 10th August - Thursday 14th August for our visitors to view. It truly is an amazing model and well worth a visit. The location for this is still to be decided but we are hoping that it can be somewhere without stairs to allow more people to view.

06/07/2025

Part 2 of the Austin 7 meet at Launceston Steam Railway today. This is them all leaving this afternoon. It was nice for our visitors to be able to look around them too. The last car leaving was Lulu belonging to Bob who used to be a guard here and this was his mode of transport to come to work. He was always very happy to show visitors around her a let the children sit in it for photos.

06/07/2025

Evening all, when I arrived at work this morning Nigel's Austin 7 was parked outside the cafe, when I asked why he told me that an Austin 7 club were meeting at the railway. I will put another film up a bit later of the cars. Here is Nigel explaining how he got his Austin, of course there is always a story😂

Good morning, happy Sunday. We are open today, Sunday - Wednesday. Cafe, museum, gift and bookshop on site, gates open ...
06/07/2025

Good morning, happy Sunday. We are open today, Sunday - Wednesday. Cafe, museum, gift and bookshop on site, gates open 10.30am, first train 11am.

Good afternoon, scorchio today. Dorothea has announced she will not be coming out in this heat, so Lilian and Covertcoat...
30/06/2025

Good afternoon, scorchio today. Dorothea has announced she will not be coming out in this heat, so Lilian and Covertcoat will be picking up the slack whilst the weather is like this. Yes I know I made an error on Newmills, it should say 11.20am, I think the heat may have got to me too🤣I will go back in the shed with Dotty.

29/06/2025

Good morning, happy Sunday. As we head into July we will now be open Sunday - Wednesday. Our gates open 10.30am and the first train 11am, the last train is 4pm. Cafe, museum, gift and large bookshop all on site. I took todays film clip last week, Lilian clearing the way for Dorothea to get out of her shed because we all know how grumpy she can get when she can't come out to play.

Good morning, happy Sunday. We open today at 10.30am, first train at 11am. Cafe, museum, gift and bookshop on site. We a...
22/06/2025

Good morning, happy Sunday. We open today at 10.30am, first train at 11am. Cafe, museum, gift and bookshop on site. We are open Sunday - Tuesday throughout June. Photo today is Lilian and Dorothea taken last Sunday (Father's Day) by me.

Good morning, happy Sunday and happy Father's day to all the Dad's out there . We are open today, Sunday - Tuesday. Ca...
15/06/2025

Good morning, happy Sunday and happy Father's day to all the Dad's out there . We are open today, Sunday - Tuesday. Cafe, museum, gift and bookshop on site. Gates open 10.30am, first train 11am. Tickets are valid all day.

Good morning, happy Tuesday. Irvine has just sent me this photo so it looks like Covertcoat is the choice of engine toda...
10/06/2025

Good morning, happy Tuesday. Irvine has just sent me this photo so it looks like Covertcoat is the choice of engine today. It is the last day of our working week, we are now open throughout June Sunday - Tuesday. Why not come and visit us, we have a lovely cafe, museum, gift and bookshop on site.

08/06/2025

Good morning, happy Sunday. We open today for the start of our short working week. Throughout June we are open Sunday - Tuesday. Gates open 10.30am first train 11am. Tickets once purchased are valid all day. Cafe, museum, gift and bookshop on site. Well behaved dogs on short leads are welcome. I took this film last week of Lilian, Nigel and Jonathon getting ready for the start of the day, coming down the slope to the track and station. Notice the difference between Lilian starting the day all calm and composed to Dorothea barging out of her shed pushing everything out of her way (see a previous post).

Good morning, happy Tuesday. What a difference a day makes, blue skies and sunshine yesterday, rain today. I think a dif...
03/06/2025

Good morning, happy Tuesday. What a difference a day makes, blue skies and sunshine yesterday, rain today. I think a different engine will be out this morning. Photos taken by me yesterday, Lilian waiting in the sun to start the day and again at the end of the day. It is the last day of our working week, we are now open Sunday - Tuesday. Cafe, museum, gift and bookshop all on site.

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St Thomas Road
Launceston
PL158DA

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01566 775665

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