Hello, I'm Danny chambers and I'm standing to be the next Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall.
We were really excited to have Jo Swinson, who is one of the leadership contenders for the Liberal Democrats, to visit us in North Cornwall,
And spend a day looking around the area with us.
We introduced her to Leigh Frost, who is one of our Cornwall Councillors, who has secured funding
to connect Bodmin steam railway up to Bodmin Parkway so finally North Cornwall would be connected to the national railway network.
"I'm here with Leigh Frost who is a Cornwall Councillor.
It's quite interesting to note that although we're at a steam railway station, nowhere in North Cornwall is actually connected to the national
railway network is it? So what are we doing about that?"
"One of my key priorities for the area is better infrastructure,
so I reached out to the railway and together we put in a bid to
GWR and we managed to secure the largest ever award
they've given to a steam railway of £140,000,  and then went to the council and
convinced them that we should be match-funding that because it is a priority
And they agreed so we've got a £295,000 project for a second platform to, hopefully in the very near future,
bring a passenger service right into the heart of Bodmin."
"That's fantastic work Leigh, so that is nearly £300,000 from the Lib Dem council to connect North Cornwall to the national railway network."
"It is indeed, yes."
