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The Exeter to Okehampton passenger service was withdrawn by British Rail in 1972. The line itself remained open for freight services from the railway ballast quarry at Meldon. From 1997 to 2019, the line was operated as a heritage railway by the Dartmoor Railway community interest company .
In 1871 the Devon and Cornwall Railway reached Okehampton, giving access to the eastern network via Exeter. In 1874 the company extended its line to Lydford to access Plymouth over the Great Western Railway (GWR) branch line skirting the west of Dartmoor. A third rail was laid on the broad gauge GWR line to give the standard gauge trains access ...
From 1960 to 1964 it was the terminus of a car-carrying train from Surbiton. [citation needed] With the publication of the Beeching Report in 1963, the line to Bude was put forward for closure as was part of the Exeter to Plymouth Line which was to be cut back to Okehampton. [1]
Trains between Exeter and Plymouth via Okehampton were withdrawn from 6 May 1968. The 20-mile (32 km) section between Meldon Quarry and Bere Alston was lifted, and between Meldon and Okehampton the line was only retained for freight trains. Okehampton to Exeter passenger services were withdrawn on 5 June 1972.
Exeter St Davids railway station is the principal and largest railway station in Exeter, also the second-busiest station in Devon.. It is 193 miles 72 chains (193.90 mi; 312.1 km) from the zero point at London Paddington, [1] from where trains travel through Exeter to Plymouth and Penzance.
Construction at Marsh Barton station in 2021, part of the Devon Metro project. The Devon Metro is the name given to the urban railway network in Exeter and its environs, which since 2011 has been undergoing a metroisation scheme by Devon County Council to provide a rapid transit-style service through incremental upgrades to the existing system. [1]
The Exeter and Crediton Railway was ready to be opened in 1847 but a dispute over the track gauge prevented its opening until 12 May 1851. The 7 ft (2,134 mm) gauge trains were operated by the Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER). [3] [4] The line to Barnstaple was then opened by the North Devon Railway on 1 August 1854.
The railway between Okehampton and Exeter reopened on 20 November 2021 as the Dartmoor Line. Plans and funding were announced for a "West Devon Transport Hub" east of Okehampton in November 2023. The station was planned to have one platform, a lift, and parking for 200 cars. [7] The station name was announced in May 2024 to be Okehampton ...