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==Transport== The first link from Port Isaac to the railways was started by John Prout, who ran a service{{clarify|date=February 2024}} to [[Bodmin Road]] station, more than {{convert|10|mi|km}} distant, from 1861.<ref name=NCR>{{cite book |last1=Wroe |first1=David |last2=Reeve |first2=George |date=2008 |title=An Illustrated History of the North Cornwall Railway |edition=2nd (Reprinted, updated and considerably expanded) |location=Clophill, Bedfordshire |publisher=Irwell Press |pages=139β140 |isbn=978-1-903266-89-2 }}</ref> The railways came much closer when the [[North Cornwall Railway]] opened the section from [[Delabole]] to [[Wadebridge railway station|Wadebridge]] in 1895, which included a station at [[North Cornwall Railway#Citations|Port Isaac Road]] {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} from the village.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wroe |first1=David |last2=Reeve |first2=George |date=2008 |title=An Illustrated History of the North Cornwall Railway |edition=2nd (Reprinted, updated and considerably expanded) |location=Clophill, Bedfordshire |publisher=Irwell Press |page=37 |isbn=978-1-903266-89-2}}</ref> Produce from the area, including fish, flowers and fruit, was transported through the steep and narrow lanes to the station, with 150 tons of fish being transported by cart for onward shipment in 1897.<ref name=NCR /> The horse-drawn connection to the railway was replaced by a motor bus in 1920, and when this service was taken over by the [[Southern_National#Original_company_(1929-1969)|Southern National Omnibus Company]] in 1930, Prouts merged the passenger service into the freight cartage service that they ran for the [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]]. The [[North Cornwall Railway|Okehampton to Wadebridge]] railway line closed in 1966. Due to the sparsely populated area, ticket sales were always low: 4,500 annually in 1928, dropping to less than 2,000 in 1936; freight dropped in a similar way over the same period. The village was served by [[Western Greyhound]]'s 584 bus service from [[Wadebridge]] to [[Camelford]], which ran five times daily in each direction, except for Sundays. A summer Sunday service provided up to four return journeys.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020|reason=Western Greyhound no longer run this service - dates also required}} In 1997, [[FirstGroup]] route 96 provided five buses each way, between [[Wadebridge]] and [[Bude]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.firstgroup.com/uploads/update-attach/95-96-web%20%28003%29.pdf |title= 96 Wadebridge - Port Isaac - Camelford - Tintagel - Bude |publisher= FirstGroup |access-date=26 September 2020 }}</ref> [[Newquay Cornwall Airport]], located in Newquay, is the closest airport to the village. In 2016, a local taxi service β Port Isaac Shuttle Service β was asked to change the way that it displayed its name after [[Cornwall Council]] deemed it offended good taste.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/25/port-isaac-shuttle-service-acronym-cornwall-council |title= Port Isaac Shuttle Service: an acronym too far for Cornwall council |author= Haroon Siddique |date= 25 May 2016 |work= The Guardian |publisher= Guardian News & Media Limited |access-date=25 September 2020 }}</ref>
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