Classic route
Dartmoor Line
Exeter → Okehampton · England
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The first line reopened under Britain’s Restoring Your Railway plan, bringing regular trains back to Okehampton on the edge of Dartmoor half a century after closure.
Stations
- 0 kmExeter Central
- 11 kmCrediton
- 38 kmOkehampton Interchange
- 40 kmOkehampton
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 276920 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 3643
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Dartmoor Line?
The Dartmoor Line runs 40 km from Exeter to Okehampton.
How long does the Dartmoor Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 40 min for the 40 km. That is an average of 60 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Dartmoor Line?
Great Western Railway, with Class 150.
How old is the Dartmoor Line?
The line has been in service since 2021. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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