New railway station for Devon town
A campaign to build a new station on the main line at Cullompton has been going on for years and campaigners say it is key to unlocking the building of 5,000 homes nearby in the Culm Garden Village development.
The town's MP, Richard Foord, said there was an "irrefutable business case" for reopening the station and also welcomed the reopening of Wellington station further up the line in Somerset.
The Chancellor made no mention of the scheme in the Spending Review on Wednesday but HM Treasury officials confirmed the funding to MPs later in the day.
The new station will be built next to the motorway services at junction 28 of the M5.
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