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- Chingford Line Users Group
05/07/2016 - Lea Bridge station - "New east-London hot spot" - Metro Property (973kB)- 29/01/2013 - Lea Bridge station to open - Waltham Forest News (564kB)
- Devon and Cornwall
- 12/10/2025 - "Major GWR shake-up planned: what nationalisation could mean for the Dartmoor Line" - The Moorlander (657kB)
01/10/2025 - "Study predicts rail link benefits" - North Devon Gazette (195kB)- 29/09/2025 - "Bideford to Barnstaple railway line would have ‘high value’, says new report" - North Devon Today (104kB)
- 10/09/2025 - "Monorail plan" - North Devon Gazette letter of reply (205kB)
- 10/09/2025 - "New trains aim to improve life for passengers on Tarka Line" - North Devon Gazette (764kB)
- 04/09/2025 - "Celebrating railway's past on line for better services" - North Devon Journal (1.3MB)
- 03/09/2025 - "Mainline mission for rail future" - North Devon Gazette letter (371kB)
- 01/09/2025 - "'Huge problem' as urgent plea sounded over busy railway" - Devon Live (383kB)
- 27/08/2025 - "New trains for Devon’s regional railway routes following £75m contract" - North Devon Today (346kB)
- 21/08/2025 - "Celebrating heritage and accessibility at Crediton Railway Station" - Crediton Courier (1.0MB)
- 21/08/2025 - "Celebrating heritage and accessibility at Crediton Railway Station" - Okehampton Times (1.0MB)
- 20/08/2025 - Devon & Torbay Local Transport Plan 2025-40 "actively supports reopening the railway from Barnstaple." - RAIL magazine (129kB)
- 06/08/2025 - "Fresh push for Bideford rail return" - North Devon Gazette (693kB)
- 01/08/2025 - "Major Devon rail upgrade has just edged closer" - Devon Live (97kB)
- 01/08/2025 - Railway 200 record of NDRDA-organised event at King's Nympton station, opened as South Molton Road (457kB)
- 29/07/2025 - "Bideford rail link gains support in 15-year North Devon transport strategy" - North Devon Today (209kB)
- 24/07/2025 - "Class 175 introduction 'this year' to enable HST withdrawal" - Modern Railways, August 2025 (168kB)
- 24/07/2025 - "Steering rail agenda on track to revive train links and reconnect communities for future" - North Devon Journal (3.9MB)
- 25/06/2025 - "Railways advocate branches out with new role" - North Devon Gazette (1021kB)
- 23/06/2025 - "New rail chief vows to end Devon’s transport divide" - Devon Live (344kB)
- 18/06/2025 - "Barnstaple railway campaigner branching out into regional role" - North Devon Today (416kB)
- 15/06/2025 - "Tarka Line champion elected rail campaign regional chair" - Crediton Courier (388kB)
- 11/06/2025 - "Tim Steer appointed chair of Railfuture's Devon and Cornwall branch" - Cornish & Devon Post / Cornish Times / Bude & Stratton Post / Holsworthy Post (386kB)
- 08/05/2025 - "Station wins funds for revamp project" - North Devon Journal (1.2MB)
- 24/04/2025 - "Full speed ahead for railway line improvements" - North Devon Journal (1.0MB)
- 23/04/2025 - "South West railway reopening calls for historic Tarka Line" - Somerset Live (272kB)
- 21/04/2025 - "Devon railway makeover confirmed after 'amazing' result" - Devon Live (139kB)
- 17/04/2025 - "Calls to bring back historic Devon railway station" - Devon Live (306kB)
- 08/04/2025 - "Barnstaple railway station to receive environmental enhancements" - North Devon Today (145kB)
- 24/03/2025 - Friends of Barnstaple Railway Station AGM report to join NDRDA (32kB)
- 12/03/2025 - "GWR's new fleet rolls in!" - North Devon Gazette (1002kB)
- 04/03/2025 - "Making the North Devon line a 21st-century railway" - North Devon Today (135kB)
- 18/02/2025 - Lapford Parish Council Minute to join NDRDA (387kB)
- 06/02/2025 - "Rail campaign continues focus on dual goal for line improvements" - North Devon Journal (610kB)
- 30/01/2025 - King's Nympton Parish Council Minute to join NDRDA (207kB)
- 17/01/2025 - "Next steps in hugely ambitious Devon rail revival - A coalition is leading the charge" - Devon Live (53kB)
- 08/01/2025 - "On track to support passengers" - by Chair of Friends of Barnstaple Railway Station, Tim Steer in North Devon Gazette online (180kB)
- 03/01/2025 - "Friends of Barnstaple station celebrate achievements and look to future" - by Chair of Friends of Barnstaple Railway Station, Tim Steer in North Devon Today (151kB)
- 13/11/2024 - North Devon District Council 20.11.2024 Agenda with Motion to join NDRDA (item 6a withdrawn sine die) (767kB)
- 04/11/2024 - "Connecting Communities: framework assessment of new station opportunities on Western Route" - Network Rail, Wales & Western Region, Bideford extract (revised November 2024) (6.4MB)
- 04/11/2024 - "Connecting Communities: framework assessment of new station opportunities on Western Route" - Network Rail, Wales & Western Region, full v2 report (revised November 2024) (2.1MB)
- 17/10/2024 - Combe Rail "Devon Belle" no.35 Autumn 2024 - Ilfracombe 150 issue (extract) (625kB)
- 10/10/2024 - "Rail campaigner steps down as movement for improvement on line continues on track" - North Devon Journal (4.0MB)
- 10/10/2024 - Andy Hedges, Louisa York and Tim Steer at Barnstaple rail station in 2022 with RUG award - North Devon Journal (1.7MB)
- 02/10/2024 - "Pedalling the delights of the Barnstaple branch" - Christian Wolmar in RAIL 1019 (289kB)
- 20/09/2024 - "Tarka Line trouble as students go back" - Crediton Courier (140kB)
- 18/09/2024 - "Key advocate for Bideford rail link, Tim Steer, resigns (from TRA) after years of dedicated service" - Devon Live (412kB)
- 04/09/2024 - "Reflections on my rail campaign" - Tim Steer, North Devon Gazette columnist (341kB)
- 29/08/2024 - "Vital railway link celebrated on its 170th anniversary" - North Devon Journal (656kB)
- 21/08/2024 - "Rejoice! Our rail link will always be there to help us lead our lives" - Tim Steer, North Devon Gazette columnist (345kB)
- 15/08/2024 - "Campaigners' joy after council gets on board with rail alliance project" - North Devon Journal full story (802kB)
- 15/08/2024 - "Railway expansion plan secures boost" - North Devon Journal front page (529kB)
- 07/08/2024 - Barnstaple RailFest: "170th birthday celebration," "Council endorses new rail link move," "Rail shake-up could benefit local growth" - North Devon Gazette (1.1MB)
- 31/07/2024 - "Connecting Communities: framework assessment of new station opportunities on Western Route" - Network Rail, Wales & Western Region, Plympton extract, v1 July 2024 (6.2MB)
- 31/07/2024 - North Devon Gazette columnist Tim Steer - "Social media an unsatisfactory platform to achieve change" (271kB)
- 25/07/2024 - "Torridge District Council joins push for North Devon Rail Link" - North Devon Gazette (423kB)
- 25/07/2024 - Modern Railways Special Report: In Focus - Western optimism: Barnstaple bonus - August '24 (1.8MB)
- 17/07/2024 - North Devon Gazette columnist Tim Steer - "Join towns' railway milestone celebrations" (270kB)
- 03/07/2024 - North Devon Gazette columnist Tim Steer - "Our unhappy spot on congestion blacklist" (149kB)
- 19/06/2024 - North Devon Gazette columnist Tim Steer - "Projects in the pipeline to give bus services a welcome boost" (642kB)
- 04/06/2024 - "Call for return of Devon town's train services" - BBC News, South West (314kB)
- 29/05/2024 - North Devon Gazette columnist Tim Steer - "Why Barnstaple-Bideford, not Barnstaple-Tiverton?" (211kB)
- 15/05/2024 - North Devon Gazette columnist Tim Steer - "Do we have sustainable transport solutions?" (320kB)
- 29/04/2024 - North Devon Gazette columnist Tim Steer - "From railway legacy to community advocacy" (484kB)
- 18/04/2024 - Devon Live report on Torridge DC Motion to join new NDRDA (112kB)
- 18/04/2024 - North Devon Journal - "New partnership could help prioritise railway line revival" (1.3MB)
- 12/04/2024 - "Key developments in Bideford's railway revival hopes" - North Devon Gazette (208kB)
- 10/04/2024 - North Devon Gazette report on Torridge DC Motion to join new NDRDA (277kB)
- 09/04/2024 - "Bideford/Barnstaple rail link backed" - Radio Exe (108kB)
- 08/04/2024 - Torridge District Council addressed by TRA's ACE Rail campaign lead Tim Steer (63kB)
- 04/04/2024 - "On track for a prosperous future with new rail alliance" - North Devon Journal, front page (1.8MB)
- 04/04/2024 - "Rail line is most successful for GWR and alliance can help aid growth" - North Devon Journal, inside story (1.8MB)
- 02/04/2024 - 2nd Devon Live report on NDRDA launch (134kB)
- 22/03/2024 - North Devon Journal report on NDRDA launch (471kB)
- 20/03/2024 - RAIL magazine report on NDRDA launch (270kB)
- 10/03/2024 - 1st Devon Live report on NDRDA launch (211kB)
- 05/03/2024 - North Devon Gazette report on NDRDA launch (256kB)
- 02/03/2024 - Rail Advent report on NDRDA launch (288kB)
- 01/03/2024 - "Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance launched to push for new rail link" - Crediton Courier (883kB)
- 01/03/2024 - Chime Whistle Publishing blog on NDRDA launch (89kB)
- 11/12/2023 - Tarka Rail Association press release on Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance (198kB)
- 07/12/2023 - Bideford Town Council Motion (extract) founding new Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance (141kB)
- 07/12/2023 - Bideford Town Council Motion founding new Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance (54kB)
- 05/12/2023 - Tarka Rail Association press release on Peninsula Transport Rail Strategy (112kB)
- 10/11/2023 - Tarka Rail Association supplementary response to Torridge District Council's draft Strategic Plan 2023-28 (191kB)
- 26/10/2023 - Bideford Town Council meeting - address by TRA Vice-Chair and ACE Rail campaign lead Tim Steer (text of speech) (183kB)
- 23/10/2023 - Tarka Rail Association response to Torridge District Council's draft Strategic Plan 2023-28 (107kB)
- 04/10/2023 - Tavistock-Plymouth - DfT letter to local MP, cc Devon CC, re RYR project progress (892kB)
- 02/10/2023 - Torridge District Council addressed by TRA's ACE Rail campaign lead Tim Steer (196kB)
- 13/09/2023 - TRA's Tim Steer responds to Toast to Prosperity of Barnstaple at annual Fair Proclamation (98kB)
- 31/08/2023 - Tarka Rail Association's response to ORR on its draft determination for Network Rail's Strategic Business Plan for CP7 (113kB)
- 24/08/2023 - "Tarka Line potential" letter in September Modern Railways Forum (1.4MB)
- 23/08/2023 - "Lines could have been saved...and it's not too late" says RAIL magazine (196kB)
- 08/08/2023 - "Devon County Council wins rail service award" - Devon Live (730kB)
- 03/08/2023 - Bideford Town Council meeting - address given by TRA ACE Rail campaign lead Tim Steer (full text of speech) (172kB)
- 29/07/2023 - Tarka Rail Association 'Station News' noticeboard poster Jul '23 (97kB)
- 27/07/2023 - Modern Railways Special Report - In Focus: GWR seeks opportunities to grow: Barnstaple options - August '23 (1.7MB)
- 23/07/2023 - Great Torrington Town Council news - "Devon honoured to receive Railfuture award" (146kB)
- 21/07/2023 - Crediton Courier article - "Devon scooped most awards at national Railfuture ceremony" (451kB)
- 17/07/2023 - "Devon honoured to receive Railfuture award" - Exeter Daily (246kB)
- 14/06/2023 - "A vision for transport in the South West" - RAIL magazine (8.3MB)
- 20/04/2023 - North Devon Journal front page - "Rail link is 'needed now more than ever'" (730kB)
- 20/04/2023 - North Devon Journal full inside story - "'Rail link is more vital than ever 60 years after Beeching cuts,' says ACE" (813kB)
- 01/04/2023 - Crediton Courier article - "Enthusiasts vision for trains from the Torridge area through Crediton" (413kB)
- 30/03/2023 - Crediton Country Courier article - "Enthusiasts vision for trains from the Torridge area through Crediton" (474kB)
- 26/03/2023 - Devon Live article "North Devon needs back its lost rail links." (172kB)
22/03/2023 - Tim Steer reprises interview questions after ITV shoot at Bideford for Beeching @60 (1.1MB)- 21/03/2023 - TRA's Tim Steer interviews OkeRail Chair Dr. Michael Ireland after ITV shoot at Bideford for Beeching @60 (2.2MB)
- 21/03/2023 - TRA's Tim Steer interviews TRA strategic development adviser David Northey after ITV shoot at Bideford for Beeching @60 (3.7MB)
- 16/02/2023 - "Campaigners believe Bideford will have rail links restored in a decade" - North Devon Journal, full story (1.0MB)
- 16/02/2023 - "Campaigners confident over Bideford's rail bid" - North Devon Journal, front page (492kB)
- 07/01/2023 - Tarka Rail Association 'Station News' noticeboard poster Jan '23 (200kB)
- 22/12/2022 - "A Railway for Bideford" - article by Tim Steer and Roger Blake in Lynton, Lynmouth and Exmoor Advertiser (1.3MB)
- 22/12/2022 - "A Railway for Bideford" - cover of Lynton, Lynmouth and Exmoor Advertiser with article by Tim Steer and Roger Blake (1.4MB)
- 09/12/2022 - ACE Rail (Rf affiliate) presentation for Mark Hopwood CBE, GWR's Managing Director (1.5MB)
- 30/11/2022 - ACE Rail (Rf affiliate) presentation for Scott Mann MP, North Cornwall (1.2MB)
- 30/11/2022 - RAIL magazine reports Initial Business Case for Tarka Rail Association's ACE Rail project (33kB)
- 27/10/2022 - "Bideford campaign progress" letter in November Modern Railways Forum (2.2MB)
- 21/10/2022 - Tarka Rail Association Autumn 2022 magazine front cover (633kB)
- 12/10/2022 - Tarka Rail Assoc response to Devon CC LCWIP for Barnstaple Bideford Northam (157kB)
- 29/09/2022 - Tavistock-Plymouth - Devon CC Strategic Outline Business Case (7.5MB)
- 22/09/2022 - "Devon's integrated vision" - interview with Cllr Andrea Davis - Modern Railways October '22 (5.2MB)
- 05/08/2022 - ACE Rail (Rf affiliate) presentation for Sir Geoffrey Cox MP's visit to Bideford station (1.4MB)
- 03/08/2022 - Tarka Rail Assoc agreement with GWR for Community Fund (140kB)
- 29/07/2022 - ACE Rail (Rf affiliate) presentation for Selaine Saxby MP's visit to Barnstaple station (1.3MB)
- 28/07/2022 - Modern Railways Special Report - In Focus: Decarbonising the Western - August '22 (3.3MB)
- 29/06/2022 - "Rail strike - what does this mean for Northern Devon?" - Tim Jones, chairman of North Devon Biosphere Foundation - North Devon Gazette (320kB)
- 24/06/2022 - Tarka Rail Assoc bid to GWR Community Fund to support Initial Business Case for ACE Rail campaign (129kB)
- 23/06/2022 - "Reinstating railway link set to be an aspiration for future plan" - North Devon Journal (453kB)
- 22/06/2022 - "Campaign to re-instate train line gathers steam" - North Devon Gazette (426kB)
- 16/06/2022 - Tarka Rail Association Summer 2022 magazine extract ''Progress towards Bideford?" (937kB)
- 15/06/2022 - "Could Barnstaple/ Bideford rail line reopen?" - Radio Exe (114kB)
- 31/05/2022 - "Devon Metro and Restoring Your Railway Projects, Andrea Davis" - Devon Voice, Spring 2022, Devon CPRE newsletter (1.3MB)
- 19/05/2022 - ACE Rail announcement to Tarka Rail Association AGM re. Railfuture Fighting Fund (82kB)
- 27/04/2022 - "Reopening of Bideford to Barnstaple railway 'transformational for North Devon'" - Devon Live (369kB)
- 19/04/2022 - Bideford Town Council Annual Parish Meeting report (411kB)
- 04/04/2022 - ACE Rail Initial Business Case - costed proposal from JRC (699kB)
- 23/03/2022 - "Barnstaple to Bideford train line re-instated - pipedream or reality?" asks North Devon District Council Leader - North Devon Gazette (1.6MB)
- 24/02/2022 - Tarka Rail Association Spring 2022 magazine extract ''Destination Bideford'' (2.2MB)
- 23/02/2022 - "Devon wages among worst in UK" - North Devon Gazette (1.4MB)
- 23/02/2022 - Motion to North Devon District Council - Tarka Rail Assoc support letter (574kB)
- 23/02/2022 - Motion to North Devon District Council supporting ACE Rail (110kB)
- 17/02/2022 - Motion to Devon County Council "Restoring Railway Resilience" (116kB)
- 17/02/2022 - Torridge District Cllr Peter Christie in North Devon Journal (427kB)
- 15/02/2022 - Motion to Tawstock Parish Council supporting ACE Rail (66kB)
- 27/01/2022 - "Back the Bideford bid" letter in February Modern Railways Forum (295kB)
- 27/01/2022 - "Plans to reconnect Bideford's rail links with wider network on track" - North Devon Journal (1.1MB)
- 22/12/2021 - "Campaign call to 'put Bideford back on track'" - North Devon Gazette (2.2MB)
- 10/12/2021 - Sustrans letter re. Tarka Rail changes (63kB)
- 02/09/2021 - "Steam locomotive's historic nameplate welcomed back to its Devon home" - Devon Live (5.2MB)
- 24/06/2021 - Modern Railways Special Report - In Focus: Great Western - July '21 (part) (2.3MB)
- 21/06/2021 - Cllr. Tim Steer letter "Re-opening request" in Railwatch 168, July 2021 (868kB)
- 26/05/2021 - Cllr. Tim Steer letter to Railfuture's Infrastructure & Networks Group (83kB)
- 19/11/2015 - "The 'Speller' lines - reversing the decline" - extract from "Disconnected - broken links in Britain's rail policy" (2.3MB)
- 09/03/2011 - Devon & Torbay Local Transport Plan 3, Devon's Implementation Plan 2011-26 (733kB)
- 09/03/2011 - Devon & Torbay Local Transport Plan 3, Devon's Implementation Plan 2011-26 - rail extracts (167kB)
- 17/02/2011 - Devon & Torbay Local Transport Plan 3, Strategy 2011-26 (3.9MB)
- 07/01/1999 - Devon CC report of Economic Feasibility Study of former Bideford-Barnstaple rail route (23MB)
- ACE 099, Summer 2021 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (Chair) (1.6MB)
- ACE 099, Summer 2021 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (Tim Steer) (534kB)
- ACE 100, Winter 2021-22 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (1.1MB)
- ACE 101, Summer 2022 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (2.6MB)
- ACE 102, Winter 2022 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (2.8MB)
- ACE 103, Summer 2023 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (2.6MB)
- ACE 104, Winter 2023 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (2.2MB)
- ACE 105, Summer 2024 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (1.1MB)
- ACE 106, Winter 2024 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (768kB)
- ACE 107, Summer 2025 - Bideford Railway Heritage Centre magazine (1.8MB)
- BRB Barnstaple-Torrington closure notice July 1964 (4.0MB)
- East Anglia
- 27/11/2015 - Cambridge Haverhill Rail Corridor Study for Cambs County Council (2.1MB)
- Network Rail Norfolk and East Suffolk Strategic Advice April 2025 (8.7MB)
- Electrification
- London and South East
- 01/09/2015 - Network Rail leaflet on Uckfield line longer platforms (3.7MB)
- East London Line Group 1990-2010 - An Enduring Legacy (1.4MB)
- The SoLLTA Story - 1987-97 (5.3MB)
- Non-Railfuture documents
- 26/06/2025 - Carterton-Witney-Oxford Rail Corridor - Economic Appraisal for West Oxfordshire DC by Lichfields (1.4MB)
- 06/11/2024 - DfT RYR projects hanging in the balance - New Civil Engineer (122kB)
- 31/07/2024 - "Connecting Communities: framework assessment of new station opportunities on Western Route" - Network Rail, Wales & Western Region, v1 July 2024 (1.4MB)
- 13/10/2021 - Carterton to Oxford Rail Corridor - report for Witney Oxford Transport Group by SLC Rail (2.9MB)
- 30/06/2021 - Oxfordshire Rail Corridor Study, Network Rail (1.3MB)
- 28/01/2020 - DfT Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund - SOBC guidance (347kB)
- 21/10/2019 - DfT Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline: autumn 2019 update (982kB)
- 31/08/2018 - Wantage & Grove station - Statement of Opinion from SLC Rail (1.8MB)
- 20/03/2018 - DfT Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline - a new approach for rail enhancements (834kB)
- 18/07/2016 - HoC Briefing Paper: how Brexit will affect transport, by Louise Butcher (2.9MB)
- 12/03/2012 - MarshLink is open! - Sussex CRP walks from stations (1.8MB)
- West Sussex Connectivity Modular Strategic Study - Network Rail, Spring 2020 (7.2MB)
- Appeal by Wensleydale Railway Association to raise GBP100k for track upgrade (650kB)
- Go! Co-Operative - Offer Document - Spring 2010 (666kB)
- Master Planning for Crewe - Planning for Real - A 21st Century Prospectus (1022kB)
- Station Usage and Demand Forecasts for Newly Opened Railway Lines and Stations - SDG report April 2010 (9.4MB)
- Strategic Rail Authority cycling consultation report from 2004 (897kB)
- North East
- RUG Awards
- 18/07/2023 - Rail Business Daily article on triple award-winning Friends of Bishopstone Station (170kB)
- 17/07/2023 - Sussex World article on triple award-winning Friends of Bishopstone Station (274kB)
- Rail User Group Awards 2017 - Best Newsletter FoFNL (133kB)
- Scotland
- Submissions
- 29/11/2024 - North Devon and Torridge District Councils' joint response to Devon & Torbay draft Local Transport Plan 2025-40 (193kB)
- Thames Valley
- 22/10/2024 - Oxford Mail article re. Eynsham Park & Ride (3.0MB)
- 28/03/2023 - Oxford Mail article re. Oxford station (280kB)
- Wessex
- 28/02/2021 - Waterside Line, Hants CC Strategic Outline Business Case (3.1MB)
- SERUG briefing for Devon & Cornwall branch AGM - September 2023 (142kB)
- SERUG Newsletter 1 - November 2015 (473kB)
- West Midlands
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