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GWR to get even greener trains
Great Western Railway's 36 Intercity Express Trains are to have batteries installed to create an electric-diesel-battery hybrid train...
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Ed Goodridge
Dec 12, 20201 min read
Ten day disruption to Waterloo trains
Passengers between Devon and Waterloo face holiday disruption this Christmas and New Year. Buses will replace trains between Basingstoke...
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Ed Goodridge
Dec 12, 20201 min read
Turbo to Topsham and Torre
Class 166 Turbo trains have started work on the Exmouth to Paignton service this week. These three car units were built in 1992 and have...
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Ed Goodridge
Dec 10, 20201 min read
Marsh Barton latest
Plans for a new train station at Marsh Barton have finally been approved by Devon County Council planners – four years after trains...
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Ed Goodridge
Dec 10, 20203 min read
Funding bid to plan electrified railway around Dartmoor
A group pushing for the reopening of the railway from Exeter to Plymouth via Okehampton and Tavistock is seeking funding to prepare a...
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Ed Goodridge
Nov 26, 20202 min read
Avocet Line users call for more luggage space
Newer trains maybe heading to the Exmouth line but rail users are calling for them to have more space for bikes, pushchairs and holiday...
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Ed Goodridge
Nov 25, 20201 min read
Return to Okehampton
It looks as if regular passenger trains will soon be running again between Exeter and Okehampton. The news comes in the National...
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Ed Goodridge
Nov 20, 20201 min read
Avocet Line improvements
Network Rail is extending the eastbound platform at St James Park to accommodate four car trains. The station was opened as Lion's Holt...
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Ed Goodridge
Nov 4, 20201 min read
Three more years
Long-distance train operator CrossCountry, part of the Arriva Group, has been awarded a new three-year contract to keep operating its...
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Ed Goodridge
Oct 29, 20202 min read
Next step in sea wall improvement starts
Network Rail is starting work next week on the second section of the new, bigger sea wall at Dawlish which will provide greater...
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Ed Goodridge
Oct 28, 20201 min read
Cliff threatened line rethink
Plans to improve resilience along a vital one mile long stretch of railway north of Teignmouth will be refined by Network Rail following...
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Ed Goodridge
Jun 18, 20204 min read
The first cut
In 1963 Dr Richard Beeching published his report “The Reshaping of British Railways” recommending the closure of many of the West...
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Ed Goodridge
Jun 10, 20201 min read
Cowley Bridge flood barrier installed
Network Rail has installed a new flood defence barrier to protect the main line from being disrupted by flooding to the north of Exeter....
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Ed Goodridge
Jun 3, 20201 min read
Narrow gauge station for sale
A group set up to acquire the track bed and property along the route of the former Lynton & Barnstaple narrow gauge railway says it's...
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Ed Goodridge
Jun 3, 20201 min read
No Beeching bonanza for Devon's railways
Only one Devon rail scheme featured in the list of ten successful bidders in the first round of the Department for Transport's Restoring...
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Ed Goodridge
Jun 3, 20202 min read
Dawlish Station Sea Wall Upgrade
Plans for a 415m stretch of sea wall between the Coastguards Boathouse and Colonnade breakwater will go to district council planners this...
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Ed Goodridge
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Royal train branch line bid
Campaigners hoping to reopen a rural branch line where the Queen spent the night have been told they won't be getting any money in the...
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Ed Goodridge
Apr 20, 20201 min read
West Country Pacifics 1945-2020
For almost 20 years after the Second World War express trains and many local services on the former Southern Railway lines in Devon were...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 31, 20201 min read
Three more years for First Great Western
The Department for Transport has confirmed that FirstGroup has been granted a three-year Direct Award to continue its Great Western...
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Ed Goodridge
Mar 31, 20201 min read
First 150s move north
Great Western's unique three car Class 150 units 150001 and 150002 will move to Northern when their lease expires tomorrow. They are the...
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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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