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Established Member
Can I nominate the Leighton Buzzard Railway's extension to Double Arches? See:
http://www.buzzrail.co.uk/static/doublearches.html
http://www.buzzrail.co.uk/static/doublearches.html
What do we want to do?
In this 50th anniversary year of our society we are taking the first step to extend our railway back towards the end of the main line at Double Arches.
Like many narrow gauge railways, the Leighton Buzzard Railway served a number of quarries along its route. While as an industrial line there was never a station to define the terminus, the end of the main running line has nevertheless always been recognized as being at the point where the line crossed Eastern Way and entered the main quarry itself at a location known locally as Double Arches. Continuing sand extraction at the quarries there means that Double Arches is not yet accessible, but the opportunity now exists to extend the line beyond Stonehenge by nearly three-quarters of a mile, past Mundays Hill, within striking distance of that eventual goal.