Sadly the same is true of much on the inland rail route - it would have to be a much longer route to Okehampton and a lot of the old land is either gone or converted to cycle routes. Still makes more sense than playing King Canute with the current route. Interestingly when it is closed the express "replacement Bus" that runs from Taunton (or Collumpton, I can't remember) directly to Plymouth are faster than the train. From Exeter the bus serves the intermediate stops and takes a lonnnnnng time.
Plymouth airport, fine in theory, but the high ground meant it was often closed by poor visibility. It was also sold to Sutton Harbour Holdings, a property development company, so it was pretty much doomed from then on. Probably should have been developed years ago and rebuilt on the now developed land near the A38.
Having driven the A38 daily for a decade or so, it only jammed around Ashburton because for some reason people kept hitting each other. Usually at least once a week somewhere along the Lee Mill stretch - the joys of tractors and trailers on a 70 limit trunk road. I do recall one night seing a lorru indicating right along that stretch. 2 indicators on the top and bottom of the vehicle. I flashed main beam to let them out and realised it was actually a transit with its hazard lights on, on its side
Paul
