Originally built by Alan Keef Ltd, 1984, for Thorpe Park in Surrey. These are three of eight coaches acquired by the railway in the early 1990s. Three of the other coaches are also in use on the Lynbarn Railway at the Milky Way Adventure Park near Clovelly. All the coaches acquired other than the three at the Milky Way have been stored on the edge of Barnstaple until such time as they were required for use on the railway at Woody Bay Station.

All coaches have been completed rebuilt at our own railway workshops in Bratton Fleming. Whereas the original coaches were very basic, those that we now have running are completely enclosed and panelled, with drop-light windows and even a fully upholstered first class compartment in one coach.

There is one compartment that has removeable seats to accomodate a wheelchair, and coach 1 also has a dedicated guard’s compartment.

A fourth all-third coach is nearing completion in our works at present, and will enter service from July.

All these newly refurbished coaches are being used on passenger trains on a short-term temporary basis until we are able to replace them with larger ‘proper’ Lynton & Barnstaple replica vehicles. Once new full size rolling stock enters traffic on the railway, the current passenger coaching stock will be offered to sale to other railways.