(All 30.7.2006)
Railway trust plans to extend line on to moor
Plans are being drawn up to extend a Westcountry railway line from its present one-mile operation to nine miles.
The new route for the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway would run from Caffyns, near Lynton, to Blackmoor Gate and Wist-landpound Reservoir.
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust, which is a registered charity, will submit the application to the Exmoor National Park Authority and North Devon Council.
The trust has already shown that it can build and operate a successful railway, having operated a line from Woody Bay Station to Killington Lane as a non-profit-making community enterprise.
If planning permission is granted, the trust will initially extend the line three miles from Killington Lane to Blackmoor Gate.
The plans include moving the headquarters of the railway from Woody Bay to Blackmoor, where the National Park Authority wants to create a transport hub.
Spokesman Tony Nicholson said: "A terminus on the edge of Exmoor National Park will enable visitors to park their cars at Blackmoor Gate and ride into the National Park on the train without disturbing the very beauty and tranquillity they have come to enjoy."
An open meeting will be held at the Calvert Trust Discovery Centre at Wistlandpound next Saturday, from 10am to 4pm, as part of the public consultation.
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