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    MOTHBALLED FREIGHT LINE MAY CARRY PASSENGERS AGAIN

    Mar 01, 2021 4 minutes
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    VERY light rail train technology could be the key to a redundant Devon railway line reopening. Rolling stock company Eversholt Rail is actively considering a currently disused railway line connected to, but segregated from, the national rail network at Newton Abbot main line railway station.

    Reopening the line could provide 30-minute frequency rail passenger services between Newton Abbot and Heathfield, and serve a potential new station for Kingsteignton situated near Teignbridge level crossing, where considerable housing development has occurred in recent years.

    The Heath Rail Link Group (HRLG) has welcomed the news, which follows an approach by Eversholt. The railway leasing and technology company is developing new forms of light rail transit (LRT) stock to provide diesel-electric

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