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On 07/03/14 19:15, Brad Rogers wrote:
When I was a young man, back in the dark ages, I was living in S.E. London and travelling everywhere on a push bike (with a fixed wheel , , , ) My preferred route back to Devon was via the Southern Region and I loved the section over the edge of the moor, beautiful scenery.On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 13:54:46 -0500 Matt Lee <mattl@xxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello Matt,Can someone link me to a resource about these old Railways? I had no idea there was a rail service over Dartmoor.No idea about specific resources (google, perhaps?) but what little I know of rail across Dartmoor was to do with tin mining, rather than passenger transport(1). As this is clearly one of Simon's interests, he's far better qualified than I to answer definitively. (1) Not that I'm ruling passenger traffic out.
Now I live near Tavistock so would be delighted if the railway returned. There is talk of a project to extend the existing Plymouth to Gunnislake line in exchange for a new housing estate to the West of Tavistock.
Bring it on I say. GT -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq