A trip with the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B) opened as an independent railway in May 1898. It was a single track, 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway and was slightly over 19 miles (31 km) long running through the rugged and picturesque area bordering Exmoor in North Devon, England.
In 1923 the L&B was taken over by the Southern Railway bringing much needed investment and marketing expertise, sadly the decline continued with the railway eventually closing in September 1935. That might well have been the end of the story had not the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Association been formed in 1979 marking the start of a new dawn as a heritage railway.
Today’s passengers are hauled by authentic recreations of the original locomotives and carriages allowing visitors to slip back in time to the days when travellers to the Devon coast enjoyed the last leg of their journey to holiday destinations such as Lynton, Lynmouth and Combe Martin aboard a diminutive L&B train. Those early travellers would have arrived at Barnstaple on mainline trains before transferring to a waiting narrow gauge L&B railway train.
In this video we join our train at Woody Bay for a trip to the temporary terminus at Killington Lane. We also take a look at some of the seaside resorts those early travellers might have been visiting for their holidays. Finally we take a look at the amazing model railway housed at the Dulverton Heritage Centre. So enjoy this nice video report from the L& B!
Credits: TimsVideochannel1
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B) opened as an independent railway in May 1898. It was a single track, 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway and was slightly over 19 miles (31 km) long running through the rugged and picturesque area bordering Exmoor in North Devon, England.
In 1923 the L&B was taken over by the Southern Railway bringing much needed investment and marketing expertise, sadly the decline continued with the railway eventually closing in September 1935. That might well have been the end of the story had not the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Association been formed in 1979 marking the start of a new dawn as a heritage railway.
Today’s passengers are hauled by authentic recreations of the original locomotives and carriages allowing visitors to slip back in time to the days when travellers to the Devon coast enjoyed the last leg of their journey to holiday destinations such as Lynton, Lynmouth and Combe Martin aboard a diminutive L&B train. Those early travellers would have arrived at Barnstaple on mainline trains before transferring to a waiting narrow gauge L&B railway train.
In this video we join our train at Woody Bay for a trip to the temporary terminus at Killington Lane. We also take a look at some of the seaside resorts those early travellers might have been visiting for their holidays. Finally we take a look at the amazing model railway housed at the Dulverton Heritage Centre. So enjoy this nice video report from the L& B!
Credits: TimsVideochannel1