 Trains could run at around on many sections of the track, however winter storms could slow the trains to little more than a walking pace.Trains were usually two carriages length, except during the winter timetable when one was more than sufficient; however four carriage trains which could therefore carry as many as two hundred people were sometimes run.A large collar factory at the Strand, Bideford, was responsible for a lot of traffic in the mornings and evenings.