{"id":8335,"date":"2024-09-28T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=8335"},"modified":"2025-11-03T12:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T12:54:58","slug":"xxx-lynton-barnstaple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/xxx-lynton-barnstaple\/","title":{"rendered":"110 Lynton & Barnstaple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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While busy at Town Station during his Ilfracombe<\/a> ride in 2023, the scout had determined that it was time for a refresher of Devon’s most famous, and possibly most mourned, branch line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was reminded of this in August, 2024, when he joined a pal to attend the town’s Rail Fest<\/a><\/em>, commemorating the not particularly significant 170 years since the North Devon was opened at Barnstaple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two excited boys got their “heritage trail” card stamped at the six required stops and added the former Town Station so that they could visit the hidden relic of the little railway that once went to Lynton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reminiscence and Rediscovery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The first realization that there had been a narrow gauge “main line” railway in Devon I can still remember: it was in William Henry Smith’s in Tiverton around 1969. Finding the David & Charles book on the subject, I turned excitedly to my Father to ask what he knew of the line. His answer was casual, as mine would be today if similarly I were asked about something long gone and I had seen so much else go too.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tony Hill, one of the pioneers of Woody Bay, points out the remains of the buffer stop. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway’s Bid to Continue Construction.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barnstaple Town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Town Station building at centre is dwarfed by the geriatric ghetto built on the platform and the course of the Ilfracombe line. The L. & B. curved away to the left while the transfer siding continued at right. The signal box stood in the middle of the road ahead. +<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n