Devon was left with a skeleton rail service following the Beeching Report in 1963. We look back at the impact of the Beeching axe, and ahead at the prospects for one of the lost lines being reopened.

Everyone loves a lost railway. And in part of Devon, there is still plenty of evidence of some of the one magnificent train routes which were axed decades ago. Dr Richard Beeching, in two reports ...

You are in: Devon > Places > Walks > Rail and river ramble Margaret Jukes with the dogs By Jo Bishop Listener Margaret Jukes takes us on her favourite walk from Bovey Tracey, as part of BBC Devon ...

A rail taskforce pulling together a dozen national and regional organisations has been established, marking the launch of a high-level study that aims to protect a key rail link between Devon and ...

South Devon’s Riviera Line connects Exeter ... including sofas draped in tartan inspired by the map of Scottish railway routes, surprisingly spacious cabins, a Dior spa and dining carriages ...

The launch of the Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance has marked a significant step forward in the dream of reconnecting Bideford to Barnstaple by rail. Backed by prominent local authorities ...

Listener Margaret Jukes takes us on her favourite walk from Bovey Tracey, as part of BBC Devon's 25 walks for 25 years. Old railway lines usually make great places for walking and the route of the ...

Devon was left with a skeleton rail service following the Beeching Report in 1963. We look back at the impact of the Beeching axe, and ahead at the prospects for one of the lost lines being reopened.

The Devon & Somerset Railway, or D&SR, once stretched from Taunton ... a footpath so is easily traversed and found on all major maps. It's a beautiful one through dense woodland, and you get ...

Devon's lost railway, abandoned for over half a century, still bears traces of its once glorious train routes that were axed decades ago. Dr Richard Beeching's two reports, The Reshaping of ...

The Devon and Somerset Railway once stretched from Taunton in Somerset to Barnstaple in Devon and was closed in 1966. Share. by James Evans, Bertie Adam; 05:00, 9 Jun 2024; See news near you.