I read a story online that a company are proposing to reopen the heathfield branch line as a tourist attraction/commuter line and want to run trains between heathfield and buckfastleigh. What's everyone's thoughts on this?
http://www.devonlive.com/railway-gr...-branch-line/story-30394003-detail/story.html
http://www.devonlive.com/railway-gr...-branch-line/story-30394003-detail/story.html
Michael Cooke, chairman of the Newton Abbot to Heathfield Railway Revival Group, wants to see the line reopened and also connected from Heathfield to Buckfastleigh as a way of easing transport pressures in the region, to give the tourist industry a boost, and as a commercial line.
Mr Cooke said: “We want the disused line between Heathfield and Newton Abbot to be open. We want to save the line, which is still in good condition, and have the line reopened and connected from Heathfield to Newton Abbot, and then possibly down to Buckfastleigh as well.
“It could be not only be used to serve workers in Heathfield and Newton Abbot, but would be ideal for the tourist industry....
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