Community Railway
The railway between Exeter and Barnstaple is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the Tarka Line name.
The Beer Engine opposite the station was one of the pubs that pioneered the link between railways and country inns. In the 1980s it was offering discounted drinks to train passengers; it is now included in the Tarka Line rail ale trail that allows participants to claim merchandise after visiting a selection of pubs along the line.
Read more about this topic: Newton St Cyres Railway Station
Famous quotes containing the words community and/or railway:
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”
—Aldo Leopold (1886–1948)
“Her personality had an architectonic quality; I think of her when I see some of the great London railway termini, especially St. Pancras, with its soot and turrets, and she overshadowed her own daughters, whom she did not understand—my mother, who liked things to be nice; my dotty aunt. But my mother had not the strength to put even some physical distance between them, let alone keep the old monster at emotional arm’s length.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)