Devon County Councillor Lois Samuel announced this week (September 26) that she had met with the Secretery of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Jacob Rees-Mogg to encourage him to support the Okehampton Parkway Station campaign.

As part of the meeting Cllr Samuel emphasised the need for a second Okehampton station which supporters say will reduce traffic in the town and increase connectivity.

West Devon Borough Council has now put in a second bid for funding to construct the new station, but it has not yet heard the results.

Okehampton Station re-opened in November last year after it was closed nearly 50 years ago.