Lynton and Lynmouth railway station

Infobox UK disused station| name = Lynton & Lynmouth| locale = Exmoor| borough = North Devon

| caption = The station in the early 1900s| line = Lynton & Barnstaple| manager = LSWR| owner = Southern| platforms = 2 (1 through, 1 bay)| gridref = SS71904877| years = 11 May 1898| events = Opened| years1 = 29 September 1935| events1 = Closed|

Lynton and Lynmouth was the terminus of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a famously scenic narrow gauge line that ran through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon. The station served the twin towns of Lynton (on the top of the cliffs) and Lynmouth (on the shoreline below). It opened with the line on 7 March 1898, and closed with it after service on 29 September 1935. From 1923 until closure, the line was operated by the Southern Railway.

Originally providing accommodation for the stationmaster and his family, the station building was substantially updated under Southern ownership, including removal of the chimney stacks. A separate house was built for the stationmaster on the rising ground to the West of the main line, and rail access to the engine shed was reversed at around the same time. The water supply was very poor in this location often causing the toilets and water tower for the locomotives to be closed. Due to this trains often stopped at Parracombe Halt to fill the water tanks of the engine.

Now within the Exmoor national park, the station building has become a private residence, the former goods shed has been divided into two cottages, and a number of private residences have been built close to the trackbed on the approaches to the former station.

Long-term plans to reinstate the railway will bypass the original station, passing above and to the west of the old trackbed, and terminating at a new location, closer to the town. [ [http://www.lynton-rail.co.uk/railway/woody-bay-lynton L&B Website] "(Retrieved 05 August 2007)]

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