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| Locale | Exmoor, Devon, England |
|---|---|
| Terminus | Lynton & Lynmouth |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | Lynton & Barnstaple Railway |
| Built by | Promotor: Sir George Newnes Engineer: James Szlumper Contractor: |
| Original gauge | 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) |
| Preserved operations | |
| Owned by | Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust |
| Operated by | Lynton and Barnstaple Railway C.I.C. |
| Stations | 2 |
| Length | 0.9-mile (1.4 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 11 May 1898 |
| Closed | 29 September 1935 |
| Preservation history | |
| 1979 | L&BR Association started |
| 1993 | Railway Company started |
| 1995 | Woody Bay station bought |
| 2000 | Association became a Trust |
| 2004 | Woody Bay station opened |
| 2005 | Bridge 67 rebuilt |
| 2006 | Killington Lane station opened |
| 2007 | Over 100,000 passengers carried since 2004 |
| 2008 | L&B's first steam engine since 1935 - "AXE" - returned to steam |
| 2010 | replica L&B steam engine "Lyd" visited Woody Bay |
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&B) is a Heritage railway in North Devon, England.
The original line opened in May 1898, but closed in 1935. It was a single track narrow gauge railway just over 19 miles (30 km) long, running through rugged rural countryside in Exmoor National Park
For a few years the line earned a small profit, but for most of its life the L&B lost money.[1] The L&B was taken over by the Southern Railway in 1923, and finally closed in September 1935.
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Association was created in 1979. A short section of the line opened again in 2004. This was extended in 2006 and a year later, plans were announced to open nine miles (14 km) of track, linking the station at Woody Bay to both Lynton and Blackmoor Gate, and eventually to a new station at Wistlandpound Reservoir.
- ↑ G A Brown, J D C A Prideaux, & H G Radcliffe: The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway published by David and Charles, First Edition 1964, ISBN 978-0-7153-4958-8