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    The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway is a water-powered funicular joining the twin towns of Lynton and Lynmouth on the rugged coast of North Devon in...
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    meet the sea. The two are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, a water-powered funicular railway. The area is also sometimes poetically termed...
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    of Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible. The villages are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff...
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    level by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council. The two settlements are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. The South West Coast Path and Tarka...
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    railway attractions Bideford and Instow Railway Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway West Somerset Railway Wooda Bay station was actually renamed Woody Bay...
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    Funicular (redirect from Cliff railway)
    the steepest funicular in the world. The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, built in 1888, is the steepest and longest water-powered funicular in the world...
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    of the railway was funded by the publisher George Newnes, also proprietor of the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, and as at Lynton and Lynmouth the engineer...
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    longest funicular railway in the British Isles, after the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Since November 1987, the Aberystwyth Cliff Railway has been a Grade...
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    funicular railways in the UK built to the same basic design (the others were the Clifton Rocks Railway in Bristol; the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway in Devon;...
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    generally the method used to describe railway grades in Australia and the UK. It is used for roads in Hong Kong, and was used for roads in the UK until the...
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    Lynton and Lynmouth railway station was the terminus of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a narrow gauge line that ran through Exmoor from Barnstaple...
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  • 1891) Lizard, The Lizard Lifeboat Station (RNLI) Lynton and Lynmouth, Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway (opened 1890) – water balanced London, London Millennium...
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    Lynton Village railway station is a station in Lynton, Devon, England served by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, a water-powered funicular railway...
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  • Nerobergbahn Wiesbaden, Germany (in operation since 1888) Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Great Britain (in operation since 1890) Fribourg funicular...
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  • Lynmouth Bay railway station is a station in Lynmouth, Devon, England, served by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, a water-powered funicular railway...
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  • slate railways in Wales. A variation on this system is the [[Water balance railway]] for passengers, for example the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Both...
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    Other local railway attractions: Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway Dartmoor Railway "Instow". BIDEFORD RAILWAY HERITAGE CENTRE...
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    example of this type of cable railway is the passenger carrying Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. An uncommon form of cable railway uses locomotives, fitted...
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    were the Clifton Rocks Railway in Bristol; the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway in Devon; and the Constitution Hill Railway in Aberystwyth, Wales. It...
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    Exmoor (category Parks and open spaces in Devon)
    population. Lynton and Lynmouth are combined into one parish and are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Exmoor was once a royal forest and hunting...
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    of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. For ridable miniature railways and minimum gauge railways, the...
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    which the path comes to Lynmouth with the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway linking it with Lynton on the hill above. At Lynmouth the path intersects with...
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    West Lyn River (category Lynton and Lynmouth)
    generate hydroelectric power for the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, which is a water-balance funicular railway. "River Lyn SSSI citation sheet" (PDF)...
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    George Newnes (category Lynton and Barnstaple Railway)
    the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway and the Clifton Rocks Railway, as well as the Lynton Village railway station and the Lynmouth Bay railway station.) Newnes...
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    intended, and plans were drawn up to extend the pier further out into the bay. A cliff railway was also mooted, like the nearby Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway...
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    museum and education space. Other local railway attractions: Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway Dartmoor Railway Bideford...
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    the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway; after arriving at Lynton in a cliff railway carriage, she attended a civic reception in the town hall and joined...
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  • Yesterday. Each episode explores railway sites across the UK and Europe, including historical, abandoned, modern and future elements. All episodes in...
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    columbia.edu. Retrieved 16 January 2021. "Lynton & Lynmouth Railway". Lynton & Lynmouth. Retrieved 5 June 2010. "Spa Cliff Lift". Scarborough Council. Archived...
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    prestigious award". Midlandsbusinessnews.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-17. "Lynton and Lynmouth Railway receives award". Northdevonjournal.co.uk. 2014-09-16. Archived...
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