19 Feb 19
Clarkebond are delighted to have been appointed by Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust to provide rail design services for the first step of an ambitious £16.5m project to reinstate a further 4.5 miles of this narrow gauge railway line.
Clarkebond are delighted to have been appointed by Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust to provide rail design services for the first step of an ambitious £16.5m project to reinstate a further 4.5 miles of this narrow gauge railway line.
Building an engineering centre and rolling stock shed north of Blackmoor Gate and a 160 space car park on the site of the old Blackmoor Gate Hotel. Conditional planning permissions for the works have already been granted by Exmoor National Park and North Devon Council. Subject to funding, in five years’ time passengers could be riding the train from Woody Bay, in Exmoor National Park, to Wistlandpound reservoir, about 1 mile outside of the National Park boundary, and a short distance from the North Devon Coast! It is then proposed to rebuild the line on to Lynton and ultimately back to Barnstaple.
“It’s amazing to think that this railway was designed in the days before computer aided design, using a mahogany box of railway curves and Rotring Pens”, comments Clarkebond Regional Director Mark Rowett. “Track design these days is incorporated into our Civils 3D package which makes the design elements more robust, although we were extremely grateful to receive a comprehensive specification, influenced by Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways operations, which will help us setting out alignment, curves and cant of the tracks that will be reinstated.”
Contact Dave Rylatt, daverylatt@clarkebond.com or 01392 369098.
Clarkebond (UK) Limited
Clarkebond is a multi-disciplinary engineering and management consultancy operating from a network of three offices in the UK – London, Bristol and Exeter.
