My Local : Okehampton.
Setting: Situated at the top of this expanding edge of Dartmoor historic town, with good views.
Architecture: Main station buildings of impressive 1930's Southern Rly origin. Owned now for several years by Devon County Council and overhauled and repainted in Southern colours. Well cared for by local volunteers who can't wait to see this once significant Waterloo to Plymouth main line station again have regular daily trains and serve as the railhead for the rail desert of West Devon and North Cornwall. Bude is over a 100 miles round road jouney to its Exeter railhead ! (8/10)
Services: GWR provide increasingly well used Summer Sunday only service from and to the bustling and vibrant City of Exeter. Also volunteer run Heritage shuttle service on weekends ( Mch to Sept) between Okehampton and Meldon Viaduct. (9/10)
Rolling Stock: 150s and very occasionally 143 substitutes (9/10)
Facilities: Lavatories incl for the disabled, excellent station buffet ( open throughout the year ), lots of seating on the large covered platform area. Volunteer maintained flowers and gardens, and volunteer run small local railway museum and sales shop, ticket and enquiry office.
Large FREE car park, public bus service on Summer Sundays to Lydford, Brentor, Tavistock and Gunnislake connecting with Plymouth trains and vice versa (8/10)
Overall: Very good with potential to be excellent and outstanding (8/10)
Setting: Situated at the top of this expanding edge of Dartmoor historic town, with good views.
Architecture: Main station buildings of impressive 1930's Southern Rly origin. Owned now for several years by Devon County Council and overhauled and repainted in Southern colours. Well cared for by local volunteers who can't wait to see this once significant Waterloo to Plymouth main line station again have regular daily trains and serve as the railhead for the rail desert of West Devon and North Cornwall. Bude is over a 100 miles round road jouney to its Exeter railhead ! (8/10)
Services: GWR provide increasingly well used Summer Sunday only service from and to the bustling and vibrant City of Exeter. Also volunteer run Heritage shuttle service on weekends ( Mch to Sept) between Okehampton and Meldon Viaduct. (9/10)
Rolling Stock: 150s and very occasionally 143 substitutes (9/10)
Facilities: Lavatories incl for the disabled, excellent station buffet ( open throughout the year ), lots of seating on the large covered platform area. Volunteer maintained flowers and gardens, and volunteer run small local railway museum and sales shop, ticket and enquiry office.
Large FREE car park, public bus service on Summer Sundays to Lydford, Brentor, Tavistock and Gunnislake connecting with Plymouth trains and vice versa (8/10)
Overall: Very good with potential to be excellent and outstanding (8/10)
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