The first Murder Mystery at Bodmin Railway had a few hiccups, but overall was really enjoyable. Train was comfortable and warm, and the Christmas decorations were delightful, both in the train and outside on the station. Actors were good, but not a lot of audience interaction with lots of 'red herrings' in the play to get you thinking. Nice to see so many volunteers from the railway on site. To think that without them none of it would be possible. Would definitely go again perhaps in the summer when you could see the countryside.

We have visited here a few occasions and decided to do the last return trip to each Branch . The price was 20 quid as per Newquay zoo . The train was quite busy for a mid March departure . Our final final trip to Bodmin Parkway was empty . Not many people on the last last let . All ij all a nice two hour experience. Shame the 37 or 47 wasn’t out . Or one of the gronks

A pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. We purchased "all lines" tickets in advance. The journey starts and finishes at Bodmin General station. First it travels to Boscarne Junction and back. The engine then changes end and the train sets off again to Bodmin Parkway and back. Overall it's around two hours, with journeys of 45 minutes and 50 minutes respectively. There's not much to see apart from back gardens (look out for the train enthusiast's garden!) but this is more about the experience than the views. You can pay extra to book a whole compartment. There are toilets, a small gift shop and takeaway cafe at Bodmin General station. You can take the food and drink purchased onto the train with you. There are some lovely homemade cakes. You can pre-order food & drink when booking your tickets. There is a small car park at the station but this fills up quickly. We (and a lot of other passengers on our train) ended up getting blocked in by a couple of vehicles parking inconsiderately at the entrance and a delivery lorry then not being able to get through the car park to the yard at the back. There should have been an announcement on the platform for the drivers of those vehicles to return to and move their vehicles.

Expensive trip for what you get for your money. We went on the afternoon tea journey. Which was about hour. Half hour to it’s destination. You stop get off if you like for 5mins @ train station. Get back on to travel back to where you got on. Travel through country side with lots of trees to see while nibbling on your scone and drinking tea. Which cost around £40.

We went for a family train ride and creamed tea on the train. The cream teas and Cornish pasties were very good, the staff were friendly and helpful and the train was comfortable. There is a nice shop at the station with souvenirs etc. The only slight criticism was that the train journey itself was rather short and limited and did not provide as may good views of the countryside as we had hoped. I understand that most of the trips are longer but the trip that includes the cream tea is a shorter one and that is a pity as I would have preferred to pay a bit more and get a longer journey. Still a nice outing though.

A great little heritage railway, very charming, Bodmin General station especially. My only real complaint is the lack of online booking options, being limited to all line tickets beginning at Bodmin General only, which leaves it up to chance if you start your journey elsewhere and have to buy on the day. Other than that, the views are great, the volunteers are kind and helpful and the history is alive and well. Except the train got stuck going up a hill, but that just made it much more interesting and memorable!

The idea of a trip on a steam train turned out to be more exciting than the experience. I went with my two sons and we each felt disappointed that we saw so little of the scenic countryside because the trees on both sides of the railway line blocked the views for most of the trip. It made me wonder how parents would keep their younger children interested when there was nothing to look at but trees. It could have been made more interesting with a commentary giving the passengers some information about the history of steam engines, the history of that particular train line, and any interesting facts about the areas we were passing through (even though we couldn’t see them). It’s good to support these sort of things in order to ensure they keep going, but I feel that visitors need to get a bit more for their money than a trundle past hundreds of trees.

Nice steam train ride. Started at Bodmin General then went up track for about half hour and back down to Bodmin General then swapped tracks to go down and back up for another hour… so about 2 hour journey. Snacks and drinks were available on the train and staff were very friendly and willing to answer any questions. The only downers we’re that parking is a right pain so get there early to ensure a space. Otherwise you will have to park in a dodgy carpark or roadside parking and walk to the station. It would have been nice to have longer at each station as well so we could get off the train to take pictures etc. Overall a nice trip!

If you want a value for money excursion then this is definitely not for you. £64 for two adults, two children, two dogs for around an hour of moving on a track mostly surrounded by trees is very expensive to me. Plus you get to sit or walk during the hour while the loco is shunting etc. But you’re supporting our heritage and the volunteers do a fabulous job so I won’t knock it. The NYMR in North Yorkshire is the place to go for steam experience but these guys do a great job regardless. Oh and I’d suggest you get off at Parkway and walk & swim in the river it’s lovely and perfect for kids and dogs alike.

Shambles with the tickets, they allocate seats but duplicate the numbers so we ended up paying £44 with no seat! You spend more time waiting on the platform while the engine is shuffled round than actually enjoying a train ride. Would not recommend as even if you manage to see out of a window there is little to view other than weeds.