BICKINGTON STEAM RAILWAY. Narrow Gauge Steam Railway located at Trago Mills Regional Shopping Centre, Newton Abbot UK is a 10 1⁄4 - inch gauge (260 mm) miniature Narrow Gauge Steam Railway opened in 1988. It is using equipment recovered from the Suffolk Wildlife Park Miniature Railway, which itself recovered it from Rudyard Lake Steam Railway.
Since opening, the railway has extended twice, the most recent extension being in 2006 to Riverside station. The railway now provides transport for visitors between the main car park and the leisure park. Riverside station is adjacent to the main car park for Trago Mills Shopping Centre and has three tracks ending at a turntable. From here, trains cross a road by an automatic level crossing, and continuing, runs alongside and then across the river. The railway re-joins the original circuit, which loops around and crosses itself several times. At one point there are six parallel tracks, all laid at different levels. The second station “Trago Central” has two platforms and is situated in the Leisure Park area. After “Trago Central”, trains travel over an impressive twenty three-pier viaduct and then pass the workshop & engine shed. The train then continues to Riverside station, where the locomotive is turned so it can run around the coaches ready for the next trip.
Owner Trago Mills
Termini Trago Central (Fun Park)
Riverside Station (Car Park)
Stations 3
Services Goose Glen Halt (Additional Car Park)
Operator Trago Mills
Opened 1988
Line length 2 miles (3.2 km)
Track length 2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Track gauge 10 1⁄4 inches (260 mm)
Address:
Trago Mills Shopping & Leisure Centre,
Stover, Devon TQ12 6JB United Kingdom.
Telephone: 01626 821111 +44 1626821111
Operator: Trago Mills
Line Length: 1½ miles balloon
First opened: 1988
Website: Bickington Steam Railway Website
26 авг 2024
