Campaign group Traws Link Cymru has launched a £5,000 crowdfunding appeal on justgiving.com in a bid to raise funds to support the work to reopen the Beeching-axed West Wales Rail Corridor.
Traws Link Cymru was formed in 2013 to work on reopening the railway lines between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen and Afon…
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Greengauge21 highlights railway main lines that could be restored
Transport thinktank Greengauge21 has thrown its support behind three "missing" rail main lines that could be reopened.
It said that, as well as the restoring of closed branch lines under the government’s Restoring Your Railway Fund, there are other lines of “national significance” which should also be brought back into use.…
Dartmoor Line will be first abandoned railway restored under DfT scheme
Regular passenger services will be restored on the Dartmoor line between Exeter and Okehampton for the first time in almost 50 years as a result of a £40.5M investment under the government’s Restoring Your Railway fund.
Services are expected to restart later this year. The line will be the first project…
In full: The 85 abandoned rail schemes vying for restoration funding
The Department for Transport (DfT) has now revealed the 85 rail schemes competing for investment under the third and final round of the Restoring Your Railway ideas fund.
The funding round closed last week, with more than 85 bids received to restore old railway lines to their former glory. The bids…
More than 85 abandoned railways put forward for restoration
The third and final round of the Restoring Your Railway ideas fund has now closed, with more than 85 bids received to restore old railway lines to their former glory.
Led by the Department for Transport (DfT), successful proposals will be awarded up to £50,000 each to progress plans to reinstate…
Latest funding round begins to restore abandoned railways to former glory
The third round of the government’s Restoring Your Railway Fund is open for applications.
Led by the Department for Transport (DfT), successful proposals will be awarded up to £50,000 each to progress plans to reinstate stations and restore passenger services closed during the 1960s Beeching cuts. The Restoring Your Railway initiative…
15 abandoned rail schemes win funding to be restored to former glory
The Department for Transport (DfT) has revealed the 15 successful bidders for investment under the second round of the Restoring your Railway Fund.
The rail projects will be awarded up to £50,000 each to progress plans to reinstate historic stations and restore passenger services closed during the 1960s Beeching cuts. Five…
DfT snubs plans to reopen forgotten South London station
A bid for investment to reopen Camberwell Station in South London has been unsuccessful.
The Department for Transport (DfT) revealed 15 successful bidders on the second round of its Restoring your Railway Fund but the South London station, which closed in 1924, was not among them. The economic case for reopening…