THE report from the Campaign to Protect Rural England points to some of the advantages of re-opening the rail link from Exeter to Plymouth. Interestingly it does not list this line as being one of the 'dead ends' which should be re-opened nor the disturbance that fast trains would cause when roaring through the national park. Regrettably Dr Ireland has quoted again a possible journey time of 53 minutes from Exeter to Plymouth. This may well be of advantage to long distance travellers to Cornwall but can be of no possible advantage to Okehampton or Tavistock since to keep to this schedule they would not stop. We would have the disruption without the advantages. There are obvious advantages of a local rail service while keeping the leisure facility of the Granite Way for walkers and cyclists, over 50 of whom used it between 10am and 11am on a recent Saturday, together with one wheelchair user and one horse-rider. Let us not get carried away with a 'fast' service. We would lose what we have with any gain. Alan Finch Folly Gate Okehampton IT is very easy for the Campaign to Protect Rural England to recommend a railway line through the definitely non-rural Tavistock. They should have studied the town first.  It has changed a lot since Dr Beeching closed both railway lines in 1962. They might then have been able to answer my one short question  –– where ? Rod Smith Lydford.