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Summer underpass closure plan under fire
Network Rail's plan to temporarily close the Colonnade underpass between Dawlish beach and town centre has been criticised by some local...
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Ed Goodridge
Apr 11, 20223 min read
South Devon Railway celebrates 150th anniversary
In early Victorian times, Buckfastleigh and Ashburton were thriving market towns. The former was known for its woollen mills and the...
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Ed Goodridge
Apr 11, 20221 min read
Easter disruption for East Devon passengers
There'll be no South Western Railway trains between Yeovil Junction and Honiton over the Easter weekend due to maintenance work. Network...
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Ed Goodridge
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Crack expresses will take six years to fix as uncertainty continues over why they failed
A report’s found that fatigue cracking above the wheels close to the yaw damper bracket and anti-roll bar fixing points on Hitachi Class...
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Ed Goodridge
Apr 5, 20221 min read
New netting planned to stop cliff falls near Dawlish
The Rail Minister Wendy Morton visited Dawlish last week where a further £32m will be spent to protect the railway in the South West. ...
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Ed Goodridge
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Sleeper returns as piling work ends near Parson's Tunnel
The world famous GWR Night Riviera sleeper is returning to full service after critical engineering work at Parson’s Tunnel in South...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 16, 20222 min read
Atlantic Coast Express
It's almost 30 years since the Class 159 diesel units first appeared on the Exeter to Waterloo service. Time to look back a further 30...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Coal substitute tested on the L&BR
One of the narrow gauge locomotives on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway has been used to test possible replacements for Welsh coal. LYN...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20222 min read
3803 moves down the Dart
The South Devon Railway has sold ex GWR locomotive No. 3803 to the Dartmouth Steam Railway Built in 1939, the 2-8-0 heavy freight engine...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20221 min read
HST to SDR
South Devon Railway Engineering has won a contract from Colas Rail to repair and repaint former East Midlands Railway high speed train...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Covid-19 sees passenger numbers fall dramatically
There's been around a 75% drop in rail usage in the south west in the last year (up to the end of March 2021). That's around the...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Dawlish Station and sea wall latest
The main line between Exeter and Plymouth has been closed during February at weekends to allow Network Rail to improve the track and ...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20221 min read
New station for Torbay
A new 13 million pound rail station's planned for Edginswell on the line between Torquay and Newton Abbot. The plans are based on...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Reconnecting Cullompton to the railway
The Government's given £5 million in development funding to reopen the stations in Cullompton and Wellington in neighbouring Somerset....
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20221 min read
More trains to Okehampton
Hourly trains will start running from Exeter Central to Okehampton on 17th May The line reopened for regular year-round, all-week...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Marsh Barton station latest
A new sixteen million pound railway station is being developed at Marsh Barton, situated on the Exeter to Newton Abbot line, south of...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Exeter to Waterloo services reinstated
After more than a month, when many bitter words were exchanged between South Western Railway and passengers groups, local MPs and others,...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Bere Alston to Tavistock reopening
Devon County Council has been allocated £50k in funding to develop the business case for the Tavistock to Plymouth railway. The council...
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Ed Goodridge
Feb 2, 20218 min read
Did the Western kill the Southern?
Between 1950 and 1958 the Southern Region lines west of Exeter became part of Western Region for commercial purposes but Southern Region...
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Ed Goodridge
Dec 16, 20201 min read
Passenger Numbers
Four stations on the Tarka line are the least used in Devon according to figures from the Office of Road and Rail. Between April 2019 and...
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Speed restrictions lifted on the West of England line.
Network Rail says a speed restriction of 40mph imposed on the Waterloo to Exeter line will end on Monday November 14th. The limit was...
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SWR looks at green replacements for Class 159
South Western Railway says it’s committed to becoming a net zero railway by 2040, 10 years ahead of the UK target. Part of its plan is a...
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GWR grant for Bideford extension plan
A project to develop the case for an extension and upgrade of the Tarka Line has received a £6,500 grant from Great Western Railway. The...
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