Introduction

Today much of the line is open west from Yeoford through Okehampton to the closed Meldon Quarry.

This line began as the Okehampton Railway. It was supported by the London and South Western Railway and became the Devon and Cornwall Railway in 1865 when Bude and Torrington extensions granted. Opened 1865.

The line ran from Yeoford (North Devon Railway and Dock) west to Lydford (LSW) where there was a connection to the Launceston and South Devon Railway. A terminus, reached with running powers, was opened at Devonport (LSW), approach to the terminus being from the east of Plymouth.

A later extension, the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway, connected to the isolated terminus, approach now being from the west of Plymouth.