Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust (The Trust) is an educational charity supporting the rebuilding and operation of the railway by the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Company, in North Devon, England. Working closely with its subsidiary the "Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Company" and other sister organisations, the Trusts charitable objectives are: (1) To acquire preserve and restore for the public benefit items of historical, architectural, engineering or scientific value in connection with railways; and (2) To advance the education of the public in the history sociology and technology of narrow-gauge railways and railways in general
Barnstaple Town railway station as a restaurant. The signal box is now (2007) empty but the station building is now used as a school. In late 2015 a charity named Combe Rail was formed with the intention of establishing a heritage railway on the trackbed of the Ilfracombe-Barnstaple line as well as lobbying for a full reopening in the future. Barnstaple Town railway station Barnstaple Town railway station was an intermediate station on the L&SWR line to Ilfracombe, England. The first station named Barnstaple Town was originally opened as Barnstaple Quay in 1874, and became Barnstaple Town in 1886. It was located in Commercial