Critics observe that this scheme would be expensive, (although no cost has been quoted) and would fail to serve Torbay. Tavistock (population 12,627), and Okehampton (population 7,138) are the largest communities that would be served by such a re-opening outside of emergency periods. See also Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury Notes References Further reading External links Bere Alston & Calstock Light Railway (Colonel Stephens Society) Plymouth, Devonport & SWJ (The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum) Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway (Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History) Plymouth Devonport & South Western Junction Railway - Callington Branch (Bruce Hunt) An Outline History of the Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway (Chris Osment) Closed railway lines in South West England Rail transport in Devon Rail transport in Cornwall Railway lines opened in 1890 Minor British railway companies