Transport minister Huw Merriman has met with MPs in Lancashire to discuss the potential reinstatement of passenger services to the northern section of the Ribble Valley line.
The section of the Ribble Valley line north of Blackburn was closed to passenger services in 1962 but remained open for freight. In 1994,…
North Somerset Council’s cabinet has been recommended to approve the submission of a Full Business Case for the £152M reinstatement of the abandoned Portishead Branch Line, with the aim of commencing works in August.
Plans for the Portishead Branch Line, also known as MetroWest Phase 1, will see the disused branch line…
The return of passenger services to the Northumberland line is delayed by several months as two new stations for the recommssioned line have been beset with construction delays.
Main works started in early 2022 for the return of passenger services to the line between Newcastle and Ashington, which was closed in…
Reinstating the abandoned Ivanhoe line in Leicestershire all the way into Leicester, as initially proposed, could cost an additional £271M according to Network Rail in response to a freedom of information request by NCE.
The 50km Ivanhoe line between Burton-upon-Trent and Leicester was a victim of the 1960s Beeching cuts, although…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has approved the Outline Business Case (OBC) for reopening Beeston and Tarporley after efforts from a local campaign group.
Beeston and Tarporley station first opened in 1840 on the Crewe to Chester line but was closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching Cits. Now, only…
Proposals for the redevelopment of the Ivanhoe Line will not see passenger railway reinstated all the way to Leicester, Network Rail has revealed.
The “significant infrastructure investment” required for the section of line between Coalville and Leicester South has seen the final section scrapped from Network Rail’s current plans. The transport…
Northumberland Country Council has announced that construction of three more stations as part of the Northumberland line restoration project will begin as Morgan Sindall Infrastructure has now signed the main construction contract.
The Northumberland railway line between Ashington and Newcastle was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts. In…
There is a strong case for a new railway station in the Wiltshire town of Devizes as part of a wider rail improvement programme in the county, but not for a standalone station, a feasibility study has determined.
The study was carried out by Wiltshire Council, Devizes Development Partnerhsip (DDP) and…
With the restoration of the Dartmoor Line in Devon now complete, Levelling Up funds announced this week will provide £13.4M to develop a new railway station on the route.
In November 2021, passenger trains ran along the Dartmoor Line for the first time in 50 years, making it the first success…
The government has pulled its support for reinstating the Bury to Rochdale railway line under the Restoring Your Railway Fund.
Transport secretary Mark Harper has informed local MPs that the application to restore the abandoned Bury-Heywood-Rochdale line will not progress further owing to “cost and wider capacity challenges”. He added that…
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