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 TRANSPORT DIRECT The Tarka Line website The Tarka Line runs for 39 miles between Exeter and Barnstaple, following the gentle river valleys of the Yeo and Taw. From Eggesford to Barnstaple the line forms part of the Tarka Trail, a 180 mile long distance route tracing the journeys of Tarka the Otter in Henry Williamson's classic novel The Rail Ale Trail website Let the train take you on a scenic tour of real ales in the West Country. The Rail Ale Trail provides you with the ideal opportunity to experience the beauty of Devon and Cornwall whilst being able to savour the delights of traditional real ales and fine rural pubs along the way. You can ride the Devon and Cornwall Rail Ale Trail on any of five beautiful rural branch lines - the Tarka Line (Exeter - Barnstaple), the Tamar Valley Line (Plymouth - Gunnislake), the Maritime Line (Truro and Falmouth), the Looe Valley Line (Liskeard and Looe) and latest addition the St Ives Bay Line (Penzance - St Ives). Additionally, you can now ride the the Heart of Wessex Line Rail Ale Trail between Bristol and Weymouth The Tarka Line Rail Ale Trail website The Tarka line is one of the country's most scenic rural branch lines and follows the course of the Yeo and Taw valleys, offering picturesque views Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership website The North Devon Line, 1983 to 1990 website This site is full of 100s of high quality scans of the railways of the Tarka Line in North Devon, down to the sea wall between Dawlish and Teignmouth and across into China Clay country in Cornwall. All taken in 1983 to 1990 they represent a unique historical record of what has now passed Lynton & Barnstaple Railway website The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in North Devon, is one of the worlds most famous and picturesque narrow gauge railways. Passengers can now travel by steam train along part of the original route within the Exmoor National Park above the Heddon Valley. The opening of this first phase of the new line now allows visitors to experience a taste of what will eventually become one of the ultimate heritage railway experiences of the world Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway website A Unique Victorian Water Powered Lift North Devon Rail Users Group website exists to support and further the interests of the line between Exeter and Barnstaple South West Trains website Virgin Trains website Back to Top of Page Back to index |