page_title: Looe Valley Line
section_title: Community rail
hierarchical_section_title: Looe Valley Line / History / Community rail
caption_attribution_description: Sandplace railway station, Cornwall, United Kingdom. 150238 picks up passengers travelling to looe.
context_page_description: The Looe Valley Line is an 8 ³⁄₄ miles community railway from Liskeard to Looe in Cornwall, United Kingdom, that follows the valley of the East Looe River for much of its course. It is operated by Great Western Railway.
context_section_description: Since 1992 the Looe Valley Line has been one of the railway lines promoted by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. Passenger numbers have risen from around 58,000 in 2001 to 118,000 in 2016. 
  The line is promoted by many means such as regular timetable and scenic line guides, as well as leaflets highlighting leisure opportunities such as walking, birdwatching, and visiting country pubs.
  The Looe Valley Line Rail Ale Trail was launched early in 2004 and encourages rail travellers to visit eight pubs near the line.  Five of these are in Looe, two in Liskeard, and one in Duloe, a 30-minute walk from Causeland station.  Eight stamps collected in the Rail Ale Trail entitle the participant to claim special Looe Valley Line Rail Trail souvenir tour shirt.
  The line was designated as a community rail line in September 2005, being one of seven pilots for the Department for Transport's Community Rail Development Strategy.  This aims to establish the true costs and revenues for the line with an aim of improving them.  It is also looking at simplifying the reversal of trains, considering the costs and benefits should the line be "microfranchised" separately from the Great Western Franchise, and the potential for opening a Park and Ride station at Moorswater where the goods sidings are close to the A38 Liskeard Bypass.
  In 2007 the signs on the Looe Valley platform at Liskeard were replaced with brown and cream signs in the style used by the Western Region of British Railways in the 1950s and 1960s.
  Looe Valley Heritage Project 
  In 2019 the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership launched a heritage project about the line which told the story of its history through archive information and engaging with the local community. The project won Best Community Engagement Project at the National Community Rail Awards in 2019.
caption: Looe Valley Line road sign at Sandplace
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