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The Tarka Trail was established in 1987 as the Taw/Torridge Country Park using the disused railway line between Barnstaple and Bideford. [3] The railway line was purchased for £515,000 in 1986-87 from British Rail. [3] In 1989, the remainder of the line between Bideford and Meeth was acquired in its entirety by Devon County Council for £1. [3]
The Barnstaple to Bideford route was mentioned in the Association of Train Operating Companies 2009 Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network report which recommended some closed lines that could be rebuilt to restore railway services to large communities. [27]
Barnstaple Junction to Bideford kept nine trains daily, and both routes retained a Sunday service. The Beeching Axe started to impose its cuts, and in 1965 the Torrington branch closed to passengers, in 1970 the Ilfracombe line was closed, and the freight-only Barnstaple to Torrington and Meeth section in 1982.
The Tarka Valley Railway in Devon, England, is a heritage railway that plans to rebuild the Torrington to Bideford section of the Barnstaple to Halwill Junction railway line. So far a short demonstration line of 300 yd (274 metres) of track in the direction of Bideford plus a siding alongside the old coal dock have been re-laid.
Section 1: Ilfracombe to Bideford. Distance: 26 miles (42 km) - the section between Ilfracombe and Barnstaple follows the route of the former railway between Ilfracombe and the former Woolacombe & Mortehoe railway station and again between Braunton and Barnstaple train station. 14 miles (23 km). [7] Section 2: Bideford to Okehampton.
A Class 158 train to Exeter at Barnstaple station in November 2021. All services at Barnstaple are operated by Great Western Railway. There is generally one train per hour to Exeter Central but a very small number of services continue to or from other routes in East Devon on weekdays. [18] The route mainly uses the Class 158 diesel units. [19]
The LSWR extended the Bideford line to Torrington, after local pressure to fulfil an earlier undertaking, opening in 1872. These developments are more fully described in the article North Devon Railway. Extension of the line from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe took place in 1874. The route was very difficult and involved steep gradients and sharp curves.
The tracks entering from the left mark the southern end of the Ilfracombe branch; those in the foreground lead to Bideford. An Exeter solicitor, Thomas Wreford, was active in promoting the idea of a railway connecting Barnstaple and Ilfracombe, but after considerable effort and expenditure was unable to get sufficient support. [1]