Rail in July 2021 for £1. The council retains control of the rest of the station (platforms 1 and 2) and is responsible for maintenance of the footbridge. The station and the line reopened on 20 November 2021 with a train every two hours and was increased to hourly in May 2022. Facilities Although Okehampton is not a staffed station it has a ticket machine, help point, public address system, information screens, CCTV and WiFi. In May 2021, GWR said they would work with the local community to add new facilities including a cafe, Dartmoor National Park visitor centre, a shop, and toilets. Services All services at Okehampton are operated by Great Western Railway. The service is one train per hour to , with most services continuing to . Future Both Railfuture and Anthony Steen (who was MP for Totnes at the time) have proposed the reinstatement of the line between Okehampton and Bere Alston, thereby reconnecting the station with Plymouth. The reopening of the link would restore the continuous circuit of railway linking the towns around Dartmoor. On 18 March 2008, Devon County Council backed a separate proposal by developers Kilbride Community Rail to construct 750 houses in Tavistock that included reopening part of this route from Bere Alston to a new railway station in Tavistock. The line's reopening would provide an alternative route to Plymouth and the Cornish Main Line in the event of engineering work or storms on the sea wall near Dawlish, although that would entail a reversal by GWR trains at Exeter St Davids and at Plymouth for all trains continuing to Cornwall. Reopening the line would also maintain rail links in the long-term should the line around Dawlish succumb to the sea, as it did on 5 February 2014. Connections The Devon Coast to Coast Cycleway Route 27 created by Sustrans passes the station. A dedicated service 118 rail link bus service links Okehampton station with the town centre and Tavistock. It is timed to connect with train services at the station. References Citations Sources External links Dartmoor Line website Dartmoor Railway Association website Railway stations in Devon Heritage railway stations in Devon Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1972 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1997 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 2019 Railway stations