JohnRegular
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I cannot imagine that demand for rail travel to Exeter is strong, or else it wouldn't need to be so heavily subsidised.
You say this, but according to several other posters, trains on the Barnstaple line are regularly very busy.
My own experience with the line is minimal so I can't comment myself, but I don't think it's useful to (presumably) read other posters saying that they've often experinced busy trains there, and say 'well I can't imagine there's really any demand'.
That it requires heavy subsidy is not in and of itself evidence that services are poorly used; the popular wisdom on this forum that XC services operate at a loss (if true) is certainly not evidence that voyagers are carting around fresh air all day!