Welcome to Okehampton

THE recently reopened line from Exeter to

Okehampton, which now sees a regular daily passenger service, welcomes its first (provisional) railtour on Saturday, March 26, when UK Railtours runs its ‘Springtime Hoovering in Devon' tour from London Paddington with pick-ups at Slough, Reading and Swindon. Stars of the show are two of the Class 50 Alliance's fleet. Top marks to UKR for an imaginative tour title.