RAILWAY RECONSTRUCTION

The Thinking Man’s* Railway at Christow Station

Home of the Camping Vans, TOAD & TADPOLE
Centre of the Campaign for Real Railways

This is an actual (as opposed to a virtual) place, where there are real people making and doing things.
* This is the generic—for all those who have asked if it could not also, or even instead, be
The Thinking Woman’s Railway.
Two Seconds … and they’re gone!
Research has shown that the average dwell time on the home page of a website is two seconds; such is the attention span of those whose brains must fidget. Never mind, this place is not for the 98%. There is no porn to view, no tat to buy. And no conspiracy theories are peddled. Well, except the one about how the railways were crippled to allow the rise of a new order.
www.TEIGNRAIL.Com
The official web entry of the
Exeter & Teign Valley Railway
The Railway
A description of the embryonic construction project and articles about railways in general. Camping on Rail
Humble accommodation for pioneering types of all sizes. What's New and Happening?
Keep up-to-date with this miscellany of short reports and features. Political Campaigning
How the railway attempts to act as the powerful industry once did to further its interests. Publications
The railway’s own highly original, uncompromising view of transport in a book and pamphlets. Friends of the Teign Valley Line
Join the others who want to see modern trains serving the East Dartmoor branch railways. Gift Shop
A collection of mostly unique items. The Railway in the Community
How the world would be a better place if it were run by railway people. Production
The railway’s workshops have specialist capacity, as well as undertaking general building and fitting. Neptune
Britain’s only first generation Matisa Track Recording Trolley in full working order.
DIRECTIONS to CHRISTOW STATION
From Exeter: Follow the B3212 in the direction of Moretonhampstead and turn left onto the B3193 at Farrants Cross. Go as far as the Teign House crossroads and follow the signs to Sheldon.
From Plymouth: Follow the B3193 from Chudleigh as far as the Teign House and from there the signs to Sheldon.
The address of the railway for all purposes is:
Exeter & Teign Valley Railway,
Christow Station,
                Doddiscombsleigh,
            EXETER,
               Devon
EX6 7YT

Telephone:- Christow (01647) 253108

Cheques should be made payable to:-
"Exeter & Teign Valley Railway" or "E. & T.V.R."

The railway has an account with the Co-operative Bank, one of the few which has an ethical position.

The railway cannot accept electronic communications. Even it had the means to do so, it would prefer the use of established systems.

The Exeter & Teign Valley Railway is
owned and operated by Colin Burges

Put it in an envelope.

It is oh so clever to mock the Royal Mail—as those who have dubbed it "snail mail" do—as if the decline in service had nothing to do with the loss of its monopoly position, the advent of competition and indeed the mockers’ own actions.

Royal Mail does not deserve the railway’s support, its former friend having deserted stations in favour of motorway junctions and airports. But the connection will be made again in time; trains will carry letters and parcels; railwaymen and posties will rub shoulders on platforms. Meantime, this railway maintains its principled support, as much as anything because of the value of the postal service in rural areas, for Royal Mail provides much good employment and the postman is more than just his deliveries.

Who with any concern for humanity would want to undermine this by using the handiwork of Satan instead of an envelope?