STUDENT volunteers from the University of Plymouth spent last Saturday revamping a disused signal box and platform at Bere Alston station on the Tamar Valley Line.
They spent the day repainting the old signal box in heritage colours as well as cutting back foliage, weeding and adding some winter colour with new planters.
The action day was part of a series of projects to improve the stations along the Tamar Valley and Looe Valley Lines as part of the Volunteer in Plymouth Rural Stations project.
Rebecca Catterall from the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership, which works with the volunteering department at the university on these projects, said the students had made a huge difference to stations along the Looe Valley Line in Cornwall and they were very excited about the new project in Bere Alston.
The Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership works to promote the Tamar Valley Line and the places it serves and to seek improvements to the line. It is a non-profit partnership between the County Councils, Caradon District Council, West Devon Borough Council, Plymouth City Council, local parish councils, the university and the rail industry.
Volunteering in Plymouth is a student-led society at the university with approximately 600 volunteers involved in community-based projects ranging from beach cleans to conservation projects, serving meals and chatting at an older people's lunch club and working with children with disabilities.