L&B asks for study grant

THE only narrow gauge outfit to submit a bid to the Government’s Restoring Your Railway fund is the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust.

The trust has submitted an application for a £50,000 grant for a feasibility study into restoring the whole line from Lynton to Barnstaple.

While the 2ft gauge line closed in 1935 – when Dr Richard Beeching was working on his PhD, a quarter of a century before his name became linked to railways

– and the bid might be considered a ‘long shot,’ North Devon MP Selaine Saxby has been very supportive, said a trust spokesman.