I WAS interested to see in the latest edition the final train of china clay wagons leaving the Moorswater (Liskeard) depot in Cornwall. I am a former district councillor for that area, and a few years ago considerable effort was put into proposing this short rail link to Moorswater from the existing Liskeard to Looe branch line. Even the railway authorities were receptive to the proposal, and provided a possible timetable to fit into the existing timetable. Roads towards the ever popular fishing port at Looe are simply a nightmare and parking difficult and expensive. Using the'china clay line'to Moorswater with a car park on existing railway land alongside the tracks seemed to make sense, especially being so close to the main A38 road. We even found an old stone platform dating back to the 1900s, but the view was that a new platform would be required for a 'park and ride' service to Looe. Surely it's time to dust the plans off again to try to ease the pain of road travel in the area every summer before someone suggests ripping up tracks that could be of great use and make it easy for the train to take the strain on this popular little branch line?
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