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We’ve produced an infographic of 2023/24 to show our impact: from the numbers that tell our story to our latest case studies and awards.
It features projects such as the Looe Pirate Trail, marketing the launch of Pay As You Go ticketing in Cornwall, and our growing presence on TikTok (with 30,000 followers and counting). Read more
New history boards have been installed at Devonport, Dockyard and Keyham stations as part of a partnership between the Dockyard and the Railway aimed at encouraging more Dockyard employees to commute by train.
We've helped make the Devon & Cornwall Railcard the first regional railcard in the UK to be available as a digital product.
Local residents can now either store the railcard on their phone, order a physical railcard online and have it posted to them, or head to their local station ticket office to buy the railcard in the traditional way. Read more.
Passengers using or passing through Whimple station on the East Devon Line, the western part of South Western Railway’s Waterloo-Exeter route, will see a bright “Welcome to Whimple” artwork at the Exeter end of the station.The sign is the result of work by pupils at the adjacent Whimple Primary School in a project organised and led by the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership with the support of South Western Railway. Read more
in a project led by the Friends of Honiton Station, attractive new artwork has been installed on the inside of the station’s footbridge and a shed on Platform 1. In addition, an illustrated town map has been placed in the station forecourt. Read more
Okehampton station has won another award, scooping the Community Award at the National Railway Heritage Awards in a ceremony held in the City of London last Wednesday.
The award was for the heritage restoration of the main station building which was part of the overall Dartmoor Line reopening work. Read more
This August marks the 160th anniversary of trains to Falmouth and 30 years since the Friends of Penmere Station, the volunteer group who look after the Falmouth station, was established.To mark their anniversary, the Friends are holding a Gala Open Day in the station car park on Saturday 26 August between 10 AM and 5 PM.On Read more
For the first time in more than a decade, Music Trains will return to the Tamar Valley Line this month (June).There will be two Music Trains – one on Friday 16, the second two weeks later on Friday 30 June. On Friday 16 June, The Kit Hillbillies will be playing good time bluegrass and acoustic roots music on the 17 33 train from Gunnislake to Plymouth and the 18 38 train from Plymouth to Gunnislake.On Read more
Did you know? You can now turn a Sunday trip from Plymouth on the scenic Tamar Valley Line into a Dartmoor day out. It’s thanks to a new bus service linking Gunnislake railway station, Tavistock and Princetown on Summer Sundays from 28 May to 24 September 2023. Read more
A large new namesign and garden has been installed at Pinhoe station.The sign and garden have been installed by Network Rail Western Route for the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership, working with Pinhoe Community Hub, the station adopters.Bradford’s have supplied the bark chippings for the garden free of charge and plants have been funded by Pinhoe Community Hub, thanks to a grant from South Western Railway, and the Rail Partnership. Read more
Additional CCTV cameras have been installed at Barnstaple station in a joint project with the Stationmaster’s Cafe there.
12 new high quality CCTV cameras and a recording system have been installed, improving coverage of the perimeter of the cafe and station.Where Read more
A new interactive history trail has been launched in Crediton with the aim of encouraging more visitors to the town by train. The trail has been put together by the Turning Tides Project which is based in Crediton Station Tea Rooms.The Read more
After nearly 50 years and amid great celebrations, the Dartmoor Line between Exeter and Okehampton in Devon reopened to regular, daily, year round services on Saturday 20th November.
The line is the first to be reinstated under the government’s Restoring Your Railway initiative. Read more
Attractive new “Welcome to the Tamar Valley Line” maps have been installed at Plymouth and Gunnislake stations. The maps aim to inspire days out using the train. Local artist Ian Pethers who lives close to Gunnislake station drew the maps with additional design work undertaken by local firm Graphic Words. Read more
The old signalbox at Bere Alston station has been restored, thanks to a Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership project.
The signalbox is of historical significance and dates from the opening of the Plymouth – Lydford line in 1890. The line north of Bere Alston closed in 1968 and two years later, the line from St Budeaux was singled resulting in the closure of the signalbox itself on 7 September 1970. Read more
A new Heritage Centre for the Looe Valley Line has opened at Liskeard station.
The centre is in three rooms in the Liskeard & Looe Railway Building which is on Platform 3. The building dates back to the 1901 opening of the line into Liskeard from Coombe Junction which saw Liskeard and Looe linked by rail for the first time. Read more
Next train departure screens have been installed at four Cornish rail stations to improve passenger information thanks to a partnership between Great Western Railway and the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership.
The £38,000 project has seen screens installed at Looe, Lostwithiel, Newquay and St Ives stations. Read more
Two pieces of colourful artwork, Direction of Travel signs, have been installed at Tarka Line stations, one at Copplestone, the other at Umberleigh.
The artwork was designed by Exeter College of Art students Jasmine Liu and Estha Ferris. Jasmine designed the sign at Copplestone station and Estha the sign at Umberleigh. Read more
Perranwell station on the Truro – Falmouth Maritime Line has gone back to the 50s with brand new replica heritage signage from the period.
The chocolate and cream British Railways Western Region signs were one of the aspirations of the very active Friends of Perranwell Station, following in the footsteps of their counterparts two stations down the line at Penmere. Read more