Okehampton Town Council has voted to give £300 to rail campaign group Connect Bude and write a letter of support for their bid to reinstate the line from Bude via Holsworthy and Halwill Junction to Okehampton.

The council on Monday offered support to Connect Bude, who with partners Bude Coastal Community Team and Bude Climate Partnership are making a bid to the Department for Transport’s Restoring Our Railway ideas fund, deadline March 5. They are seeking £50,000 funding from the Government to make a business case and conduct feasibility studies for their line, in the wake of the news that Okehampton’s mainline rail link will be restored.