{"id":5977,"date":"2023-08-22T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2025-04-22T09:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:55:02","slug":"89-lyme-regis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/89-lyme-regis\/","title":{"rendered":"89 Lyme Regis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After covering other lines with much to see and photograph, the scout thought that the former Southern branch from Axminster to Lyme would be a less demanding ride.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Built as a light railway, the branch was the last but one to open in Devon; if it can be called a Devon line, as the terminus was actually just over the border in Dorset. It was completed before the Teign Valley, which opened in July, 1903, but the Lyme Regis opening was delayed until the following month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 0925 Exeter to Waterloo loaded lightly at its early stops and the scout’s was the only bicycle in the rear portion of the six-car train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axminster<\/p>\n\n\n\n