Award winning Railholiday offer four beautifully converted Victorian railway carriages as self catering holiday accommodation beside the railway station in the pretty village of St Germans.
Our environmentally friendly conversions are carried out to offer the greatest degree of comfort while maintaining the fun character of the carriage. Each carriage offers something slightly different.
The Travelling Post Office is perfect for single guests, couples and families. It has a double bedroom, two bunks (suitable for children or agile small adults only), plus a double sofa bed in the lounge.
The Travelling Post Office featured on season one of Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys on the BBC. It has appeared on numerous other TV programmes, including most recently The Great Antiques Challenge.
For those with limited mobility, The Travelling Post Office is all on one level and has a parking space just outside. We can provide mobility aids and a RNID alarm on request. For guests in wheelchairs, we would recommend our sister carriage Millpool, which is fully accessible to an M3 rating.
St Germans train station is only a few metres away. This offers excellent public transport access to stations and scenic branch lines throughout Cornwall and Devon, plus connections to onward connecting buses. There are over 50 stopping trains a day. Because the location of the carriage is beside the platform in St Germans, the Travelling Post Office has fabulous views of the Cornish mainline.
There is a £50 low-carbon discount to anyone arriving by train, or who lives in Cornwall or Devon. There are direct services to and from London, Bristol and Cardiff.
Pets are welcome in Millpool, the Old Luggage Van and the Travelling Post Office. The Travelling Post Office has a ramp and we can provide a deaf alarm, wheelchair and mobility aids on request to all carriages. Unlimited wood for the stoves is provided free of charge from our ten acres of woodland.
Railholiday has won wildlife friendly and sustainable tourism awards, winning the highest accolade of all in 2016 with a gold from Visit England for their national Sustainable Tourism Award, Winner of Winners at the Cornwall Tourism Awards in 2018, Cornwall Sustainability Awards Most Sustainable Small Business in 2023 and iTraveller Staycation of the Year in 2021.
Guests have access to ten acres of woodland with snowdrops, wild garlic, bluebells and wild flowers. (Due to rough terrain unfortunately this is not accessible for those in wheelchairs).
St Germans is on the banks of the river Lynher, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Special Scientific Interest. Home to Port Eliot House and Gardens, which is open between March and late June, St Germans also boasts a community shop and post office, a pub, a wine bar, and an excellent cafe and gift shop (as featured on Beyond Paradise).
We are four miles from the nearest beach, with good public transport links to the fishing villages of Looe and Polperro.
Guests have the option to offset carbon with our plant-a-tree scheme.
Short breaks are available. We are open all year.
We offer a low-carbon discount of £50 to all guests arriving by train, or who live in Cornwall or Devon.
For more information please visit our website at www.railholiday.co.co.co.uk or like @Railholiday on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X.
The TPO is available from the 9th August for a week. Because this is a late availability both week and short break bookings are welcomed
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