A mothballed quarry, potentially supplying the HS2 project, could be the surprise beneficiary of a development promoted by the UK government to reverse an overzealous rationalisation programme of the 1960s and 1970s. Forthcoming reinstatement of regular passenger services between the south west city of Exeter and the town of Okehampton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, has prompted speculation that Meldon Quarry, a short distance west of the intended terminus, could be reactivated, and light goods could be carried too.