Okehampton Parkway railway station

Okehampton Parkway
Okehampton Parkway
General information
Location	Okehampton, West Devon, Devon; England
Coordinates	50°44′26″N 3°58′46″W / 50.7406634°N 3.979318°W
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
Key dates
January 2023	Funding Approved

Okehampton Parkway is a proposed railway station in

Dartmoor Line. The station would be part of the Devon Metro and has been described as a priority station.^[1] The station is to be sited off Exeter Road, by the Business Park and close to the junction with the A30, in the Stockley Hamlet area of Okehampton. It will also serve 900 new homes to be built nearby. ^[2]^[3]

Following the Government's announcement of the reopening of rail lines closed in the 1960s and 1970s the line through the site has been proposed for a new intermediate station between Okehampton and Crediton. Devon County Council has purchased a site for a new station.^[4]

History

In January 2018, it was revealed that Devon County Council were looking at options for a new parkway station and running regular services from it.^[5]

In April 2018, two preferred options for a new station which included an option for a double-sided platform which included a through platform and a bay platform. Another is for a platform single-sided platform on the south side of the railway with staggered faces.

Dartmoor Railway would use the bay platform.^[6]

The

Dartmoor Line

The railway to Exeter reopened on 20 November 2021.

In January 2023, the West Devon Council was successful in receiving £13.4 million to build the station.[3]

In November 2023 plans and funding was announced under the project title of West Devon Transport Hub. The station will have one platform, a lift, and car parking for 200 cars.^[7]