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The Devon Metro is a proposed rapid transit-style service on the regional rail network surrounding Exeter, Devon which Devon County Council has been working to establish since 2011.^[1]^[2]^[3] The intention is to move towards a Devon Metro service through a series of improvements to the current network, including opening new stations at Cranbrook, Newcourt, and Marsh Barton.

History

Routes

The planned Devon Metro incorporates services on the existing Riviera Line from Exeter to Newton Abbot and Paignton, the Avocet Line to Exmouth, the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, and the West of England Main Line as far as Honiton,^[4] with some sources also including the rest of the county's rail network.^[1]

The Devon Metro proposal is associated with segregating of the Tarka Line service from Barnstaple–Exeter and the Avocet and Riviera Lines service from Exmouth–Paignton (via Exeter).^[4] This split was achieved in the 2020 timetable change. The original proposal included the possibility of extending the Barnstaple–Exeter service to Honiton along the West of England Main Line.

Completed enhancements

Cranbrook station

Cranbrook railway station opened in 2015.^[5]

Newcourt station

Newcourt railway station opened in 2015.

Ongoing work

Marsh Barton station

Construction work started at Marsh Barton in April 2021.^[6] The station was added to the National Rail timetable in May 2022.^[7]

Proposals

Okehampton Parkway station

Torquay Gateway station

Extension of Tamar Valley Line to Tavistock

Cullompton station

Monkerton station

References

^ ^a ^b Clark, Daniel (5 August 2019). "The Devon Metro proposals - eight years after they were launched". Devon Live. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ "DEVON METRO – A SUMMARY" (PDF). Avocet Line Rail Users Group. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ Thompson, Bruce; Tozer, Dave; Abbott, James (23 February 2021). "Devon Metro moves forward". Modern Railways. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b https://citizensrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Avocet-Line-Rail-Users-Group.pdf
^ "Cranbrook train station opens today". Express & Echo. Exeter. 13 December 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
^ "Work starts on Exeter's Marsh Barton station". Modern Railways Online. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:MBT/2022-05-15/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt

Category:Rail transport in Devon Category:Transport in Exeter

[eight-1] Clark, Daniel (5 August 2019). "The Devon Metro proposals - eight years after they were launched". Devon Live. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[2] "DEVON METRO – A SUMMARY" (PDF). Avocet Line Rail Users Group. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[ModernRailways-3] Thompson, Bruce; Tozer, Dave; Abbott, James (23 February 2021). "Devon Metro moves forward". Modern Railways. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[UsersGroup-4] ttps://citizensrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Avocet-Line-Rail-Users-Group.pdf

[5] "Cranbrook train station opens today". Express & Echo. Exeter. 13 December 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

[6] "Work starts on Exeter's Marsh Barton station". Modern Railways Online. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[7] ttps://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:MBT/2022-05-15/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt

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