Rail plans for Tavistock

There are some very interesting plans afoot to bring the railway back to Tavistock. The Kilbride Group is proposing to reinstate the old railway line from Bere Alston to Tavistock, which would potentially provide an hourly rail service from Tavistock into Plymouth, with a journey time of about half an hour.

For those who regularly commute from Tavistock into Plymouth, this would provide a much-needed alternative to the congested road trip into the city. And of course it would also give Tavistock a welcome tourism boost.

And perhaps most importantly in the context of the climate-change debate, it would have the potential to dramatically reduce the number of cars trips between the Tavistock area and Plymouth. Let's hope that local and national government recognise that this is a real opportunity to divert a small slice of the income generated from road tax and fuel duty into sustainable public transport.

For more information visit http://www.kilbridegroup.com/tavistock/