Editing Padstow (section)

===Railway===
From 1899 until 1967, [[Padstow railway station, Cornwall|Padstow railway station]] was the westernmost point of the former [[Southern Railway (England)|Southern Railway]]. The railway station was the terminus of an extension from [[Wadebridge railway station|Wadebridge]] of the former [[Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway]] and [[North Cornwall Railway]]. These lines were part of the [[London & South Western Railway]] (LSWR), then incorporated into the Southern Railway in 1923 and [[British Rail]]ways in 1948, but were proposed for closure as part of the [[Beeching cuts]] of the 1960s.

The LSWR (and Southern Railway) promoted Padstow as a holiday resort; these companies were rivals to the [[Great Western Railway]] (which was the larger railway in the West of England). Until 1964, Padstow was served by the ''[[Atlantic Coast Express]]'', a direct train service to/from [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]], but the station was closed in 1967. The old railway line is now the [[Camel Trail]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cameltrail.com|title=MacAce Test Page|website=www.cameltrail.com|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928035653/http://cameltrail.com/|archive-date=28 September 2017}}</ref> a footpath and cycle path which is popular owing to its picturesque route beside the River Camel. One of the railway mileposts is now embedded outside the Shipwright's Arms public house on the Harbour Front.

Today, the nearest railway station is at {{Stnlink|Bodmin Parkway}}, three miles southeast of Bodmin. [[Go Cornwall Bus]] operates buses to the station.