Tarka Line
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Richard Burningham, Manager of the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership, has written an opinion piece in the North Devon Journal to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Tarka Line.
The article looks back on an era of great concern for the line’s very future in the 1980s. Read more
Article for the North Devon Journal – written by Richard Burningham, Manager of the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership, October 2014
Twenty five years ago this month, in October 1989, the Tarka Line was officially launched.
Coming up with the name was one of the early actions of the Exeter – Barnstaple Line Working Party, founded by British Rail and Devon County Council as part of an initiative to develop and promote the line at what was a tricky time. Read more
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