what difference will it make i to the people of okehampton. difference. this - to the people of okehampton. it ii make a big difference. this morning already they were off shopping in exeter, people were on the train. it will definitely help the tourist industry and this is the first reopened line to delve into dartmoor properly, as it were. but we want to see it go further, we want to see other lines reopen. we want the line extended west was to reach plymouth. the only eastwards line at left is the one right on the coast which goes through donnish, which is vulnerable to wave damage and climate change and alternative line seems like a good idea. one caveat is this line costs £40 million to reopen which seems to us to be a huge amount of money considering the track was still there and the track bed was intact. we do think network rail should look at these costs. we want to see lots more rail lines reopen but keeping the cost down. why do you think it has cost so much? i why do you think it has cost so much? ., �* ~ ., , why do you think it ha

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well, i arrived on okehampton in 1805 and ice of it well, i arrived on okehampton in 1975 and i saw it be open as part of the government's restoring your railway scheme but this week we have seen controversy and anger elsewhere with the scrapping of the hs2 link to leeds and the northern powerhouse line between leeds and manchester. the restoration of the dartmoor line was made easier by the fact that after closing to passenger services it continued to be used in transporting railway ballast from a nearby quarry. it also ran as a heritage railway but now it has been upgraded. it is not as easy as you think. it hasn't been in good condition- but there is a huge amount of work. we have done 11 miles of track. insulation in the past four weeks. it has actually been one - of the fastest track installations in network rail history. this is the new track construction machine, an impressive piece of kit, around a quarter a mile long. you can see what is happening is a grade on top one is back, grab the sleepers, brings it to the front of the train and then lays them in a perfectly straight li

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when the railway arrived in okehampton, the town through a huge street party to celebrate.o send the town sun is off to war. to name trains and to send the towns sons off to war. and even the line�*s closure in 1972, part of the beeching cuts, was marked with some ceremony. today, the festivities continue as scheduled passenger services return, in the world for years of campaigning. back in the summer, we filmed the new tracks being laid. fantastic. this is the moment, isn�*t it, really, when the track gets put down, the new track and it is going to be shortly, hopefully, a trained exeter. hopefully, a train to exeter. how long have you been working on this? well, i arrived on okehampton in 1975 and i saw it going largely derelict then and that was when i first became interested in it. the line is the very first to be open as part of the government�*s restoring your railway scheme but this week we have seen controversy and anger elsewhere with the scrapping of the hs2 link to leeds and the northern powerhouse line between leeds and manchester. the restoration of the dartmoo

from today, great western railway services will run between okehampton and exeter.a huge street party to celebrate. that was 150 years ago. the next century saw crowds gather for other important occasions — to name trains and to send the town's sons off to war. and even the line's closure in 1972, part of the beeching cuts, was marked with some ceremony. today, the festivities continue as scheduled — passenger services return, a reward for years of campaigning. back in the summer, we filmed the new tracks being laid. fantastic. this is the moment, isn't it, really? when the track gets put down, the new track, and it'll be shortly, hopefully, a train to exeter. just remind me, how long have you been campaigning and working on this? well, i arrived in okehampton in 1975 and i saw it going gradually derelict then, so that was when i really first became interested in it. the line is the very first to reopen as part of the government's restoring your railways scheme, but this week has seen controversy and anger elsewhere with the scrapping of the hs2 link to leeds and th

andrew plant, bbc news, okehampton.rlier in the day today in bangor. this is the radar picture from the last few hours, and it shows some showers across parts of northern ireland and more persistent showers across northern and western scotland too. they are continuing at the moment, pushing their way gradually eastwards but for much of the uk it has been a dry day and we will continue to see a lot of dry weather through the course of tonight. still quite breezy across the north of scotland,

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andrew plant, bbc news, okehampton. the temperature has dropped sharply here in belfast this evening. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas. you have been dodging the showers in belfast, we have had a few showers around today, this was the picture earlier in the day today in bangor. this is the radar picture from the last few hours, and it shows some showers across parts of northern ireland and more persistent showers across northern and western scotland too. they are continuing at the moment, pushing their way gradually eastwards but for much of the uk it has been a dry day and we will continue to see a lot of dry weather through the course of tonight. still quite breezy across the north of scotland, with further rain moving in. the clearest skies of south and east, and here temperatures will fall lowest, they could be a touch of frost for parts of east anglia and southern england as well. through the day tomorrow, a little more in the way of cloud compared to today, but a lot of dry weather still du