Devon and Cornwall is littered with the remains of its once thriving locomotive past - with scores of abandoned railway lines overgrowing with weeds. Just over a year ago, the Government announced ...

The new rail depot facility in Exeter. Credit: Great Western Railways. Construction contractor Hochtief (UK) has secured a deal to build Great Western Railway’s (GWR) new rail maintenance depot in ...

The new Marsh Barton Railway Station in Exeter will open to the public on Tuesday, July 4, it has been confirmed. The £16 million project will be served by hourly Great Western Railway services ...

As the storm-damaged south west main line re-opens at Dawlish today, this is a good moment to remember an ambitious experiment in railway technology enacted there more than 150 years ago The railway ...

Bruce Duncan, chair of the Salisbury to Exeter Rail Users Group, said "it's really about is there going to be change?" Rail users in the South West say they will be watching "with interest" to see ...

A section of railway line in Devon is scheduled to close for two weeks in November for maintenance. Honiton Tunnel between Axminster and Exeter will have its 50-year-old track replaced and new ...

Trains between Exeter and Plymouth could be cancelled this afternoon due to a concern for the welfare of a man. The incident is causing disruption between Exeter St David's and Plymouth stations this ...

The founder of Penguin Books, Sir Allen Lane, was yesterday (10th May) commemorated with an "orange plaque" at Exeter St David’s railway station - the same station where he conceived the sixpenny ...

Rail users in the South West say they will be watching "with interest" to see what changes could be delivered after South Western Railway was renationalised. SWR was brought into public ownership on ...