Killington Lane railway station

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Killington Lane is a temporary terminus about one mile South West of Woody Bay on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B), the narrow gauge line that originally ran for 19 miles through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon.

The L&B originally opened in 1898, and closed in 1935.

Killington Lane opened to passenger services on 27 May 2006, as the rebuilding continues southwards towards the former Halt at Parracombe.

The station has been built alongside rather than actually on the original formation, allowing passengers to watch as work progresses in excavating the cutting (which, like several others, was filled in by the Council after the line closed in 1935) leading to Bridge 65, which, once rebuilt, will take the line under Killington Lane itself.

The wooden platform shelter, styled on those used elsewhere on the original line (such as at Snapper) is, like the carriage shed at Woody Bay, intended to be transportable, so the station can be moved to each new railhead as the reconstruction continues.

The L&B Route: Then and Now

Legend 1898 1935 Today 19,23 Lynton 17,35 Caffyns Halt 15,77 Woody Bay Killington Lane 14,33 Parracombe Halt National Park boundary 11,62 Blackmoor Gate Wistlandpound Reservoir 7,54 Bratton Fleming 4,54 Chelfham 4,49 Chelfham Viaduct 2,54 Snapper Halt 0,28 Pilton Pilton Causeway Crossing Braunton Road Crossing L&SWR Exchange siding 0,0 Barnstaple Town 212,20 from Waterloo (Distances from Barnstaple in miles, chains)

Killington Lane station is at: grid reference SS67044582

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Terminus		Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (2006 -)		Woody Bay

Coordinates: 51.19608° N 3.90427° W