Railway plan off the tracks after committee’s refusal

HOPES of reinstating part of an Exmoor railway line have been dashed after the park's planning committee voted overwhelmingly to refuse the scheme.

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The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust had applied to reinstate the railway line between Killington Lane and Cricket Field Lane.

The works would also have included the renovation of a road bridge and the construction of another, as well as a halt, and run around loop, which would have allowed the engine of the train to attach at the opposite end of the carriages.

Planning officers had recommended the scheme be refused, and seven of the planning committee members backed this view, with the remaining member abstaining.