Okehampton

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Okehampton (1871-1972)
Okehampton (1997-)

Station code: OKE National Rail
Where: West and South West England, England
Opened on the Devon and Cornwall Railway.




Chronology Dates

  /  /1871Devon and Cornwall Railway
Line extended from Okehampton Road to Okehampton, where a station opened. Okehampton Road renamed Belstone Corner.
  /  /1874Devon and Cornwall Railway
Line extended from Okehampton to Lydford [LSW]. Stations opened at Bridestowe and Lydford [LSW].
  /  /1972Devon and Cornwall Railway
Regular passenger service to Bow, North Tawton, Sampford Courtenay and Okehampton ends.
25/05/1997Devon and Cornwall Railway
Regular passenger service to Okehampton restarts. The deeds to the station are given to Devon County Council from CAMAS Aggregates the then owner of the line.

News items

08/06/2023Push for rail could see mainlines return to former West Devon network [Tavistock Times Gazette]
19/01/2023Levelling up funding projects announced for Cornwall and Devon [BBC News]
11/01/2023Ribbon cutting to mark completion of Okehampton station heritage restoration project [Community Rail Network]
13/07/2022Dartmoor Line wins national Rail Innovation Award [Community Rail Network]
20/11/2021Regular passenger services to Okehampton resume for first time in nearly 50 years [Network Rail]
17/11/2021Railway Restored: regular trains to run on Dartmoor Line for first time in 50 years [Network Rail]
12/10/2021Government restores the Dartmoor Line as services resume for first time in half a century from 20 November [Network Rail]
17/09/2021Safety warning issued as train activity to start on Dartmoor Line [Network Rail]
02/07/2021Network Rail commences ownership of Dartmoor Line and Okehampton station [Network Rail]
03/06/2021Okehampton photograph stirs memories of a day tinged with sadness for GWR employee [Network Rail]