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The 2021 reopening of the Dartmoor Line (a portion of the former northern route mainline between Plymouth and Exeter) and the announcement of a second station for Okehampton have advanced the case for a full reopening of the northern route and a potential reintroduction of the former line between Okehampton and Bude, however advancements in modern technology have ensured that West Devon's former railway network will never be fully restored.
(Permalink) Okehampton Tavistock  Tavistock North: Approach to the former Tavistock North station in August 1976, just over 8 years after closure. |
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Levelling up funding is announced for a number of schemes in Cornwall and Devon.
(Permalink) Falmouth Newquay Okehampton Penryn St Austell Truro  Okehampton: The first passenger train of the first 'Restoring Your Railway' reopening will run on Wednesday 17 November, ahead of public services resuming on Saturday 20 November. The line was restored in just ni ...  Falmouth Docks: FGW 150246 sits at the buffers at Falmouth Docks as it waits to head north to Truro on 14 October 2015.  Newquay: Bring me sunshine - exceptional weather for the time of year, but at Newquay, not Morecambe. The single car diesel unit, no. 153318, will soon travel back to Par on 29 November. The palm trees on the ... |
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Project partners, funders and former railway staff gathered at Okehampton Station in December to mark the completion of the station.
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Today (Saturday 20 November 2021) marks the return of regular train services on the Dartmoor Line between Exeter and Okehampton, for the first time in almost half a century.
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First passenger train on the first Restoring Your Railway reopening will run on Wednesday 17 November, ahead of public services resuming on Saturday 20 November Restored in just nine months, and delivered 10m under budget, transforming a mothballed former freight railway to regular services.Reopening is the first of the Governments Restoring Your Railway schemes to return to service, fulfilling a manifesto commitment.
(Permalink) Okehampton Station reopening Okehampton: The first passenger train of the first 'Restoring Your Railway' reopening will run on Wednesday 17 November, ahead of public services resuming on Saturday 20 November. The line was restored in just ni ... |
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The Dartmoor Line between Okehampton and Exeter will officially reopen for year-round services on 20 November, ahead of schedule. It is the first former line to open under the Government's Restoring Your Railway manifesto commitment. Tickets will go on sale today (12 October) for trains running every 2 hours, increasing to hourly from May 2022.
(Permalink) Dartmoor Line Okehampton Restoring Your Railway  Okehampton: Community Rail Train at Okehampton in October 2015. The large refurbished former goods shed on the far right is now a YHA youth hostel. |
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Network Rail is asking people to avoid attempting to access the Dartmoor Line as the number of trains travelling along the railway increases from next week (week commencing 20 September).
(Permalink) Okehampton Okehampton: Community Rail Train at Okehampton in October 2015. The large refurbished former goods shed on the far right is now a YHA youth hostel. |
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Another 'key' milestone in reopening the Dartmoor Line has been reached with the completion of the purchase of the railway and Okehampton station.
(Permalink) Dartmoor Line Network Rail Okehampton Okehampton: Community Rail Train at Okehampton in October 2015. The large refurbished former goods shed on the far right is now a YHA youth hostel.  Okehampton: A DMU for Exeter stands at Okehamnpton on 21 May 1972 during the station's final year of BR operations. |
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1972: It was the year the Watergate Scandal broke, Emmerdale Farm first appeared on our TV screens, Mary Peters won pentathlon gold at the Munich Olympics - and the last regular passenger train left Okehampton.
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The reopening of the railway line between Okehampton and Exeter is one step closer after Network Rail finished relaying the new track and sleepers this week.
(Permalink) Exeter Okehampton Okehampton: Community Rail Train at Okehampton in October 2015. The large refurbished former goods shed on the far right is now a YHA youth hostel. |
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Communities and passengers in Devon are to benefit from the reopening of the railway between Okehampton and Exeter as a result of the Government's 'Restoring your Railway' initiative.
(Permalink) Exeter Okehampton  Okehampton: Disused telegraph wire attachments speak eloquently of past glories as a main line at Okehampton station, resplendent in Southern Railway green.  Okehampton: The 14.10 (summer Sundays) FGW service from Exeter St Davids arrives at Okehampton station on the Dartmoor Railway on 30 July 2006 |
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He had the task of transporting a 66ft long, 32-tonne 1950s railway carriage on the back of his wagon more than 400 miles from Okehampton in Devon to Bellingham in Northumberland.
(Permalink) Bellingham (North Tyne) Bellingham Heritage Centre Okehampton  Bellingham (North Tyne): The station building at Bellingham (closed to passengers in October 1956) standing on the single platform. Photographed in May 2006.  Bellingham (North Tyne): The former Bellingham station in September 2003, seen from the doorway of Bellingham Heritage Centre. The station building is in use as council offices. At the far end of the platform the old goods s ... |
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Two Mark 1 railway carriages are being moved hundreds of miles to a museum in Northumberland. The coaches are being transported from Okehampton in Devon, with the first scheduled to arrive at The Heritage Centre in Bellingham on Tuesday.
(Permalink) Bellingham (North Tyne) Bellingham Heritage Centre Okehampton Bellingham (North Tyne): The station building at Bellingham (closed to passengers in October 1956) standing on the single platform. Photographed in May 2006. Bellingham (North Tyne): The former Bellingham station in September 2003, seen from the doorway of Bellingham Heritage Centre. The station building is in use as council offices. At the far end of the platform the old goods s ... |
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