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BBC News-20211120-13:27:00

okehampton and exeter. it's part of a government scheme to restore abandoned railway lines. john maguire reports. when the railway arrived in okehampton, the town through 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 sun is 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. ., ., ., , ., , exeter. how long have you been workin: exeter. how long have you been working on _ exeter. how long have you been working on this? _ exeter. how long have you been working on this? well, - exeter. how long have you been working on this? well, i - exeter. how long have you been working on this? well, i arrived | exeter. how long have you been i working on this? well, i arrived on okehampton _ working on this? well, i arrived on okehampton in — working on this? well, i arrived on okehampton in 1805 _ working on this? well, i arrived on

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BBC News-20211120-13:28:00

okehampton in 1805 and _ working on this? well, i arrived on okehampton in 1805 and ice i working on this? well, i arrived on okehampton in 1805 and ice of i working on this? well, i arrived on okehampton in 1805 and ice of it l okehampton in 1805 and ice of it going _ okehampton in 1805 and ice of it going largely derelict then and that was when _ going largely derelict then and that was when i first became interested in it _ was when i first became interested in it. , , , ., in it. the line is the very first to be 0 en in it. the line is the very first to be open as _ in it. the line is the very first to be open as part _ in it. the line is the very first to be open as part of _ in it. the line is the very first to be open as part of the - in it. the line is the very first to i 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 van is a heritage railway but now it has been upgraded. —— ran as. it railway but now it has been upgraded. -- ran as.- railway but now it has been upgraded. -- ran as. it is not as eas as upgraded. -- ran as. it is not as easy as you _ upgraded. -- ran as. it is not as easy as you think. _ upgraded. -- ran as. it is not as easy as you think. it _ upgraded. -- ran as. it is not as easy as you think. it has - upgraded. -- ran as. it is not as easy as you think. it has been . upgraded. -- ran as. it is not asj easy as you think. it has been in good _ easy as you think. it has been in good condition— easy as you think. it has been in good condition but— easy as you think. it has been in good condition but there - easy as you think. it has been in good condition but there is i easy as you think. it has been in good condition but there is a - easy as you think. it has been in. good condition but there is a huge amount_ good condition but there is a huge amount of— good condition but there is a huge amount of work. _ good condition but there is a huge amount of work. we _ good condition but there is a huge amount of work. we have - good condition but there is a huge amount of work. we have done i amount of work. we have done 11 miles_ amount of work. we have done 11 miles of— amount of work. we have done 11 miles of track_ amount of work. we have done 11 miles of track insulation - amount of work. we have done 11 miles of track insulation in - amount of work. we have done 11 miles of track insulation in the i miles of track insulation in the past _ miles of track insulation in the past four— miles of track insulation in the past four weeks. _ miles of track insulation in the past four weeks. it _ miles of track insulation in the past four weeks. it has - miles of track insulation in the i past four weeks. it has actually been _ past four weeks. it has actually been one — past four weeks. it has actually been one of— past four weeks. it has actually been one of the _ past four weeks. it has actually been one of the fastest - past four weeks. it has actually been one of the fastest track. been one of the fastest track installations— been one of the fastest track installations in— been one of the fastest track installations in network- been one of the fastest track installations in network raili installations in network rail history _ installations in network rail histo . , history. misses the new track construction _ history. misses the new track construction machine, - history. misses the new track construction machine, an - history. misses the new track - construction machine, an impressive piece of kit around a quarter a mile

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