I have to admit to being a fan of “All the Stations” which for those who don’t know, is a fabulous YouTube based channel which specializes in railway journeys. Geoff and Vicky are somewhat mad but extremely fun and a few years ago undertook a challenge to visit every station in the UK.
After watching some of their Devon based episodes I wondered why we shouldn’t take the challenge of doing Devon in a day? and so here we are!
June 15th 2019 and we will be travelling the Devon rails but in a way that promotes what Devon has to offer to both it’s residents and visitors alike.
GWR provide one of the very best value tickets and that is what we will be using. The Devon Day Ranger ticket costs just £12.40 and you can get it even cheaper if you have an appropriate railcard. If you are a resident then you can apply for a Devon resident’s Railcard which will give you 1/3rd off of travel in Devon. The cost is just £11 for the year and is likely to save you considerably more than that if you are using the trains more than once a year. What an investment and I wonder just how many of you even knew it existed?
So the details on the day? we will be travelling from Dawlish to Gunnislake to Paignton to Exmouth to Barnstaple and ending back at Dawlish. A journey of just under 12 1/2 hours and anyone is welcome to come and join us for all or part of the day. We have a few guests coming along to be interviewed about the railway and tourist attractions. We also have a number of our colleagues from Railcam joining us for the day!
This is the schedule for the day which I am thankful to say was put together by Jamie, my opposite number at Railcam.
DEVON IN A DAY – 15th June 2019
1C73 Dawlish to Plymouth
09:32 d Dawlish
09:39 d Teignmouth
09:47 d Newton Abbot
10:00 d Totnes
10:26 a Plymouth
2G74 Plymouth to Gunnislake
10:56 d Plymouth
10:59 d Devonport
11:01 d Dockyard
11:03 d Keyham
11:07 d St Budeaux Victoria Road
11:14 d Bere Ferrers
11:22 d Bere Alston
11:29 d Calstock
11:42 a Gunnislake
2P85 Gunnislake to Plymouth
11:51 d Gunnislake
12:03 d Calstock
12:12 d Bere Alston
12:17 d Bere Ferrers
12:25 d St Budeaux Victoria Road
12:28 d Keyham
12:30 d Dockyard
12:32 d Devonport
12:36 a Plymouth
1A86 Plymouth to Newton Abbot
13:14 d Plymouth
13:42 d Totnes
13:53 a Newton Abbot
2T18 Newton Abbot to Paignton
14:43 d Newton Abbot
14:51 d Torre
14:54 d Torquay
15:01 a Paignton
2F45 Paignton to Exmouth
16:12 d Paignton
16:17 d Torquay
16:20 d Torre
16:30 d Newton Abbot
16:38 d Teignmouth
16:43 d Dawlish
16:54 d Dawlish Warren
16:58 d Starcross
17:08 d Exeter St Thomas
17:16 d Exeter St Davids
17:20 d Exeter Central
17:22 d St James’ Park
17:25 d Polsloe Bridge
17:29 d Digby & Sowton
17:32 d Newcourt
17:36 d Topsham
17:39 d Exton
17:41 d Lympstone Commando
17:44 d Lympstone Village
17:48 a Exmouth
2B84 Exmouth to Barnstaple
18:23 d Exmouth
18:27 d Lympstone Village
18:34 d Topsham
18:37 d Newcourt
18:40 d Digby & Sowton
18:49 d Exeter Central
18:53 d Exeter St Davids
19:01 d Newton St Cyres
19:08 d Crediton
19:15 d Yeoford
19:20 d Copplestone
19:23 d Morchard Road
19:43 d Eggesford
19:58 d Umberleigh
20:07 a Barnstaple
2R98 Barnstaple to Exeter St Davids
20:24 d Barnstaple
20:33 d Umberleigh
20:49 d Eggesford
20:58 d Morchard Road
21:02 d Copplestone
21:06 d Yeoford
21:16 d Crediton
21:20 d Newton St Cyres
21:29 a Exeter St Davids
2T29 Exeter St Davids to Dawlish
21:50 d Exeter St Davids
21:53 d Exeter St Thomas
22:01 d Starcross
22:06 d Dawlish Warren
22:09 a Dawlish
Please do come along and support us if possible. It is always fantastic to meet our supporters and chat about what you would like to see on our site and what projects we could undertake in the future.
We hope it will be a fun and educational day in equal measures and we are grateful of the support from both GWR and Devon’s top tourist attractions in making this more achievable.
Looks good however isn’t the line towards Waterloo as far as Axminster also in Devon…?
Yes Adam, as is St Budeau Ferry road and Tiverton. This isn’t a visit every station run. It’s to promote the use of the ranger in general for residents and visitors. The railway to Axminster is included in the ranger but not part of the GWR route who are working with us. To include what we have has meant a few extended stops too which counts out visiting every station.
I will be happy to come along! Could you Bob me an email to give me the details?