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Passengers travelling to and from Barnstaple will now enjoy a cleaner and brighter looking station after a team of volunteers from Network Rail helped smarten up the station and platform.

• The Dartmoor Line between Okehampton and Exeter will officially reopen for year-round services on 20 November, ahead of schedule
• It is the first former line to open under the Government’s Restoring Your Railway manifesto commitment
• Tickets will go on sale today (12 October) for trains running every 2 hours, increasing to hourly from May 2022
• Passengers travelling between Crediton and Exeter will also benefit from an increase in service frequency.

Network Rail and The Lions Barber Collective have teamed up to help more men open up about their feelings this winter.

Reminder for road users: work to upgrade the railway near Aberdyfi will mean a temporary road closure.

Details revealed of a multi-million-pound plan to rescue a railway line increasingly ravaged by climate change and extreme weather. 

The assisted travel lounge at Reading station was formally opened at a special event earlier today (Wednesday 29 September).

The statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel has been unveiled at its new home outside the Passenger Shed at Bristol Temple Meads station.

Local residents and visitors to Dawlish can now enjoy new seating and lighting following the completion of the finishing touches to the first section of new sea wall.