restored, fulfilling the hopes expressed in a card left at Barnstaple on the day after the line closed – Perchance it is not dead, but sleepeth... In October 2007, the railway announced plans for reinstating enough trackbed to reopen of track, linking the station at Woody Bay to both Lynton (at a new terminus on an extension to the original line, closer to the town) and a new station at Wistlandpound. It is hoped that the extension, codenamed 'Phase 2a', will be complete by 2026. Exmoor Enterprise, the working group leading the project, estimated that the full project being considered was likely to cost around £30 million, including the building of replica rolling stock, reconstructing original coaches and Van 4, as well as improving the line as an important local tourist attraction. The railway's management predicts the scheme will generate over £70 million for the south west economy within five years. Working closely with international engineering and design consultants Arup, The L&B Trust held a series of public consultations during May and June 2012, providing information to local communities about plans for obtaining a TWO, and the next phase of the reinstatement, south-west from Killington Lane to Blackmoor, then Wistlandpound, and north-east to Caffyns, and eventually to Lynton. Longer-term plans foresee the reopening of the line towards Barnstaple. See also British narrow gauge railways Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Company Limited Other local railway attractions Bideford and Instow Railway Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway West Somerset Railway Notes Further reading Multi-media: The Little Train to Lynton – a two-part documentary first broadcast on BBC2 in 1986. This programme has never been released on video or DVD. The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway – published by Oakwood Video Library, 1993. "Perchance"...it's awake! The Lynton & Barnstaple Reborn – published by Lynton Television/The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, 2006. North Devon - first episode of series 3 of Walking Britain's Lost Railways, 2020. Books: L T Catchpole: The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway 1895–1935 published by The Oakwood Press. Eighth edition 2005. . G A Brown, J D C A Prideaux, & H G Radcliffe: The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway published by David and Charles, New Edition 1971, Third Edition, published by Atlantic in enlarged format, 1996. P Gower, B Gray & K Vingoe: The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway – Yesterday and Today