Editing Devon (section)

===Rail===
The key train operator for Devon is [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]], which operates numerous regional, local and suburban services, as well as inter-city services north to [[Paddington railway station|London Paddington]] and south to [[Plymouth railway station|Plymouth]] and [[Penzance railway station|Penzance]]. Other inter-city services are operated by [[CrossCountry]] north to [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]], [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]], [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow Central]], [[Dundee railway station|Dundee]], [[Aberdeen railway station|Aberdeen]] and south to Plymouth and Penzance; and by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]], operating hourly services between [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]] and [[Exeter St Davids railway station|Exeter St Davids]], via the [[West of England Main Line]]. All Devon services are diesel-hauled, since there are no electrified lines in the county.

Okehampton station in Devon was closed in 1972 to passenger traffic as a result of the [[Beeching cuts]], but regained regular passenger services run by GWR to Exeter in November 2021, funded by the UK Government's Restoring your Railway programme.

There are proposals to reopen the line from [[Tavistock railway station|Tavistock]] to [[Bere Alston railway station|Bere Alston]] for a through service to Plymouth.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Harris |first=Nigel |title=Taking trains back to Tavistock |journal=Rail |issue=590 |pages=40–45 |publisher=Bauer |year=2008}}</ref> The possibility of reopening the line between Tavistock and Okehampton, to provide an alternative route between Exeter and Plymouth, has also been suggested following damage to the railway's [[South Devon Railway sea wall|sea wall at Dawlish]] in 2014, which caused widespread disruption to trains between Exeter and Penzance. However, a study by Network Rail determined that maintaining the existing railway line would offer the best value for money<ref>{{cite web |title=West of Exeter Route Resilience Study |publisher=Network Rail |year=2014 |url=https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/West-of-Exeter-Route-Resilience-Study-1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603173013/https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/West-of-Exeter-Route-Resilience-Study-1.pdf |archive-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> and work to strengthen the line at [[Dawlish]] began in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dawlish Sea Wall |url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/western/south-west-rail-resilience-programme/dawlish-sea-wall/ |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=Network Rail |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726151828/https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/western/south-west-rail-resilience-programme/dawlish-sea-wall/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Devon Metro====
{{Main|Devon Metro}}
Devon County Council has proposed a 'Devon Metro' scheme to improve rail services in the county and offer a realistic alternative to car travel. This includes the opening of [[Cranbrook railway station (Devon)|Cranbrook station]] in December 2015, plus four new stations to be constructed (including [[Edginswell railway station|Edginswell]]) as a priority.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.devon.gov.uk/devon_metro_briefing.pdf |access-date=25 April 2015 |url-status=dead |title=Devon Metro – fulfilling the potential of rail |publisher=Devon City Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214602/http://www.devon.gov.uk/devon_metro_briefing.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> Several elements of the scheme have, or are in the process of being delivered including the building of [[Marsh Barton railway station|Marsh Barton station]] on the edge of Exeter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.devonnewscentre.info/work-starts-on-marsh-barton-rail-station/ |title=Work starts on Marsh Barton rail station – News |publisher=Devon City Council |date=15 April 2021 |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925144657/https://www.devonnewscentre.info/work-starts-on-marsh-barton-rail-station/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which was opened in July 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker-Bray |first=Michael |date=2023-07-04 |title=Marsh Barton station now open |url=https://dcrp.org.uk/marsh-barton-station-now-open/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership |language=en-GB}}</ref> and a regular half hourly local rail service now extended from the [[Avocet Line]] across Exeter to include the [[Riviera Line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gwr.com/~/media/gwr/pdfs/plan-journey/timetables/2021/september-timetable-updates/d1-1309-a4-web-v1.pdf?la=en/ |title=D1 Train Times |publisher=Great Western Railway |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209160410/https://www.gwr.com/~/media/gwr/pdfs/plan-journey/timetables/2021/september-timetable-updates/d1-1309-a4-web-v1.pdf?la=en/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>