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Devon and Cornwall Branch

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 09:58:24 +0000

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Devon & Cornwall ACE Rail campaign - Facebook absorbed by Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance, below (see also BRHC Ace Rail)

Ashburton RUG (contact via Exeter & Teign Valley Railway)

Avocet Line RUG (ALRUG)

Combe Rail

Connect Bude - also Facebook

Dartmoor Railway Association

Exeter & Teign Valley Railway

Heathfield Rail Link Association

Ivybridge Rail Users Group

Launceston Town Council

North Devon Line - Rail Promotion Group (formerly Tarka Rail Association)

Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance - see Bideford and Barnstaple to Exeter

Northern Route Working Group

OkeRail

Salisbury-Exeter Rail Users Group (SERUG)

TavyRail (formerly Peninsula Rail Group)

Torbay RUG - buzzer12 at btinternet.com (Roger Dixon)

Totnes RUG - plagerson at bridgetown.eclipse.co.uk

and in Railfuture's Regional Lists of Rail User Groups, and Reopening Campaigns. The Regional List of RUGs, and the list of all RoCs, can be viewed, or downloaded in PDF format here.

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Devon & Cornwall ACE Rail campaign - Facebook absorbed by Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance, below (see also BRHC Ace Rail)

Ashburton RUG (contact via Exeter & Teign Valley Railway)

Avocet Line RUG (ALRUG)

Combe Rail

Connect Bude - also Facebook

Dartmoor Railway Association

Exeter & Teign Valley Railway

Heathfield Rail Link Association

Ivybridge Rail Users Group

Launceston Town Council

North Devon Line - Rail Promotion Group (formerly Tarka Rail Association)

Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance - see Bideford and Barnstaple to Exeter

Northern Route Working Group

OkeRail

Salisbury-Exeter Rail Users Group (SERUG)

TavyRail (formerly Peninsula Rail Group)

Torbay RUG - buzzer12 at btinternet.com (Roger Dixon)

Totnes RUG - plagerson at bridgetown.eclipse.co.uk

and in Railfuture's Regional Lists of Rail User Groups, and Reopening Campaigns. The Regional List of RUGs, and the list of all RoCs, can be viewed, or downloaded in PDF format here.

- See Heritage Railway Association members and UK & Ireland Heritage Railways

+ See Heritage Railway Association members (14 listed in Devon and Cornwall) and UK & Ireland Heritage Railways

Events

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:44:54 +0000

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- 12 September 2026. Saturday. Sixth of several public drop-in sessions for "Bringing Metro to Washington." Venue: North East Land, Sea, Air Museum, Washington. 11:00-14:00. More info: Metro to Washington

Thames Valley Branch

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:51:19 +0000

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Additional Chiltern route to new Old Oak Common terminus, per Network Rail's ~~West Midlands & Chilterns~~ Route Study, including its Technical Appendix 4, August 2017. See Railfuture's consultation response. Safeguarding confirmed in July 2025 in list on investment schemes (see also press release).

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Additional Chiltern route to new Old Oak Common terminus, per Network Rail's West Midlands & Chilterns Route Study (see earlier Route Study announced), including its Technical Appendix 4, August 2017. See Railfuture's consultation response. Safeguarding confirmed in July 2025 in list on investment schemes (see also press release).

Bideford and Barnstaple to Exeter diary

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:05:29 +0000

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September - Crediton Hamlets Parish Council considered "Yeoford Station – Update from Cllr Cairney regarding proposed modernisation works." at item 11 in the Agenda for their meeting on the 7th.

Bideford and Barnstaple to Exeter

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:03:56 +0000

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September 2026 - Crediton Hamlets Parish Council will consider "Yeoford Station – Update from Cllr Cairney regarding proposed modernisation works." at item 11 in the Agenda for their next meeting on Monday 7th.>
November 2026 - autumn workshop of Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance, in Barnstaple on Monday the 9th (national Transport Planning Day).

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November 2026 - autumn workshop of Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance, in Barnstaple on Monday the 9th (national Transport Planning Day).

Railfuture in the news

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:51:30 +0000

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+ 10th September - The Moorlander
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+ "GWR's new mini documentary reveals what it really took to open Okehampton Interchange" - includes quote from Tim Steer, regional branch chair for Devon and Cornwall at Railfuture, "the independent campaign group for passenger rail." He also features in the accompanying video.

New stations

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:57:10 +0000

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Cullompton, north-east of Exeter and part of Devon Metro, and Wellington, south-west of Taunton, Somerset, were included in the first round of the Ideas Fund by the Transport Secretary on 23 May 2020, and development funding was identified in the Autumn 2021 Budget and Spending Review but not confirmed by the Transport Secretary until 8 July 2025. Cullompton and Wellington are expected to open together in late-2028.
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Cullompton, north-east of Exeter and part of Devon Metro, and Wellington, south-west of Taunton, Somerset, were included in the first round of the Ideas Fund by the Transport Secretary on 23 May 2020, and development funding was identified in the Autumn 2021 Budget and Spending Review but not confirmed by the Transport Secretary until 8 July 2025. Cullompton and Wellington are expected to open together in late-2028.
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Cottam Parkway, north-west Preston on the Blackpool line, received planning permission in September 2023. It is supported by the Transforming Cities Fund, but the funding available was only about half the cost of the design proposed by Network Rail. By September 2026 a new funding formula had been identified, anticipating station opening in December 2030.
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Cottam Parkway, Preston, on the line towards Blackpool, received planning permission in September 2023. It is supported by the Transforming Cities Fund, but the funding available is only about half of the cost of the design proposed by Network Rail.

Rail dates

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:20:20 +0000

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- 7 September 2026. Monday. Close of Urban Transport Group's survey for Mass Transit Taskforce.

Consultation responses

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:19:16 +0000

- Rail & Urban Transport Review - ~~click~~ view or download ~~to see~~ Railfuture's response to the call for evidence. January 2024.
+ Mass Transit Taskforce - click view or download to see Railfuture's response to the call for evidence. September 2026.

Rail & Urban Transport Review - view or download Railfuture's response to the call for evidence. January 2024.

Background to the Uckfield Lewes campaign

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:26:03 +0000

- On Saturday 5 September, at the annual Lewes Societies Fair, Railfuture ~~will~~ again have a campaign stall for a new Lewes-Uckfield rail link~~. Venue: Lewes Town Hall (use Fisher Street entrance), High Street, Lewes, East Sussex. BN7 2QS. 10:00-13:00~~.
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On Saturday 5 September, at the annual Lewes Societies Fair in Lewes Town Hall, Railfuture again had a campaign stall for a new Lewes-Uckfield rail link.

Devon & Cornwall	ACE Rail campaign - Facebook absorbed by Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance, below (see also BRHC Ace Rail)
	Ashburton RUG (contact via Exeter & Teign Valley Railway)
	Avocet Line RUG (ALRUG)
	Combe Rail
	Connect Bude - also Facebook
	Dartmoor Railway Association
	Exeter & Teign Valley Railway
	Heathfield Rail Link Association
	Ivybridge Rail Users Group
	Launceston Town Council
	North Devon Line - Rail Promotion Group (formerly Tarka Rail Association)
	Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance - see Bideford and Barnstaple to Exeter
	Northern Route Working Group
	OkeRail
	Salisbury-Exeter Rail Users Group (SERUG)
	TavyRail (formerly Peninsula Rail Group)
	Torbay RUG - buzzer12 at btinternet.com (Roger Dixon)
	Totnes RUG - plagerson at bridgetown.eclipse.co.uk