Although much of the track bed survives intact , several obstacles -- including Wistlandpound Reservoir -- must be overcome if the greater part of the route is to be restored , fulfilling the hopes expressed in a card left at Barnstaple on the day after the line closed -- `` Perchance it is not dead , but sleepeth '' ... In October 2007 , the railway announced plans for reinstating enough trackbed to reopen of track , linking the station at Woody Bay to both Lynton ( at a new terminus on an extension to the original line , closer to the town ) and a new station at Wistlandpound .
Although much of the track bed survives intact , several obstacles -- including Wistlandpound Reservoir -- must be overcome to restore most of the old route . In October 2007 , the railway announced plans for reinstating enough trackbed to reopen nine miles ( 14 km ) of track , linking the station at Woody Bay to both Lynton ( at a new terminus on an extension to the original line , closer to the town ) and Blackmoor Gate , and as far as a new station at Wistlandpound .