Okehampton Parkway
National Rail
General information
LocationOkehampton, West Devon, Devon
England
Coordinates50°44′26″N 3°58′46″W / 50.7406634°N 3.979318°W / 50.7406634; -3.979318
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
Key dates
January 2023Funding Approved

Okehampton Parkway is a proposed railway station in Okehampton on the Dartmoor Line. The station would be part of the Devon Metro and has been described as a priority station.[1] The station is to be sited off Exeter Road, by the Business Park and close to the junction with the A30, in the Stockley Hamlet area of Okehampton. It will also serve 900 new homes to be built nearby. [2][3]

Following the Government's announcement of the reopening of rail lines closed in the 1960s and 1970s the line through the site has been proposed for a new intermediate station between Okehampton and Crediton. Devon County Council has purchased a site for a new station.[4]

History

In January 2018, it was revealed that Devon County Council were looking at options for a new parkway station and running regular services from it.[5]

In April 2018, two preferred options for a new station which included an option for a double-sided platform which included a through platform and a bay platform. Another is for a platform single-sided platform on the south side of the railway with staggered faces. Exeter-bound trains would use the north through platform and the Dartmoor Railway would use the bay platform.[6]

The Dartmoor Railway ceased operations in 2020. Later that year, the government announced the Exeter to Okehampton line would be reopened as the Dartmoor Line The railway to Exeter reopened on 20 November 2021.

In January 2023, the West Devon Council was successful in receiving £13.4 million to build the station.[3]

In November 2023 plans and funding was announced under the project title of West Devon Transport Hub. The station will have one platform, a lift, and car parking for 200 cars.[7]

Preceding station Future services Following station
Crediton   Great Western Railway
Dartmoor Line 		  Okehampton
Heritage Railways  Proposed Heritage railways
Sampford Courtenay   Dartmoor Railway   Okehampton

References

  1. ^ "Devon Metro - fulfilling the potential of rail" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ^ "OkeRAIL C.I.C. Summary" (PDF). OkeRail. December 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b Daniel Clark (20 January 2023). "Okehampton Parkway railway station is going to be built". Devon Live. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Campaign for Okehampton rail connection heats up with 2018 special services". Okehampton Times. 7 December 2017.
  5. ^ Clark, Daniel (27 January 2018). "New Okehampton railway station and daily trains to Exeter 'vital'". DevonLive.
  6. ^ "Two preferred options identified for new Okehampton railway station". Tavistock Times Gazette. 26 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Dartmoor Line". Retrieved 24 November 2023.


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