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• 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.

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.

Network Rail has substantially completed its first key phase of work to create a new entrance at Bristol Temple Meads, providing passengers with a gateway to the east of the city and the new Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.

Network Rail is asking people to avoid attempting to access the Dartmoor Line as the number of trains travelling along the railway increases from next week (week commencing 20 September).

Passengers will be greeted by a smarter, brighter and more welcoming entrance to Bristol Temple Meads following the completion of work to give the station canopies a face-lift.