The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Company Limited was a private company, limited by guarantee, with no share capital. It was incorporated on 11 August 1993 as The Lynton & Barnstaple Light Railway Company Limited
(name changed on 8 February 2002), the company was registered at
Companies House in
Great Britain
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as company number 02844182. The company was dissolved in 2009.
The company was formed by members of the
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Association (now a
charitable trust) to rebuild and operate, using mainly volunteer labour, the Victorian
narrow-gauge railway which ran across 20 miles of North
Devon
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between 1898 and 1935. The railway re-opened to passengers in 2004, and is based at
Woody Bay.
In 2007 the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
Community interest company
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(CIC) was formed by the merger and conversion of two existing companies, simplifying the structural relationship between the operating company and the trust and, through the CIC status, adding value and encouraging greater local community involvement. The company is registered at Companies House with the number 03390170.
See also
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Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B) opened as an independent railway in May 1898. It was a single track, narrow gauge railway and was slightly over long running through the rugged and picturesque area bordering Exmoor in North Devon, ...
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Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust, a Charitable Trust heading the project to restore and reopen the L&B
References
External links
Company website
1993 establishments in England
2009 disestablishments in England
British companies established in 1993
British companies disestablished in 2009
Railway companies established in 1993
Railway companies disestablished in 2009
Community interest companies
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
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