Proposals to restore passenger trains on the Ivanhoe line will run to Derby and not Leicester as work on the case maximises the value that restoration will bring. Click here
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Proposals to restore passenger trains on the Ivanhoe line will run to Derby and not Leicester as work on the case maximises the value that restoration will bring. Click here
Continue readingA petition opposing the restoration of passenger trains on the Ivanhoe line has been created on the UK government website. It raises concerns about the impact of noise and house
Continue readingNine schemes will share £15m of funding following the completion of an initial business case that was supported by RYR funding in the Ideas Fund. It was released alongside a
Continue readingExtensions to the Nottingham tram system have been postponed indefinitely following the impact of Covid-19 and the plans published in the Integrated Rail Plan Click here for the article
Continue readingAshfield District Council have submitted a bid to the Restoring Your Railway fund to deliver a full outline business case for restoring passenger services on the railway line between Ashfield
Continue readingThe Peak District National Park Authority have set out their position on the restoration of the railway line between Matlock and Buxton. Organisations including Manchester & East Midlands Rail Action
Continue readingLocal residents have called for the restoration of the railway station at Pinxton as part of the restoration of the Maid Marian line, which connects the Robin Hood line with
Continue readingTwo bids to the Restoring your Railway – Ideas Fund have been submitted for two railway schemes in Lincolnshire. One of the schemes put forward is Firsby to Louth, whilst
Continue readingCampaigners have submitted a Restoring your Railways – Ideas Fund bid to restore a railway line between Rugby and Leicester with new stations at Lutterworth, Cosby and Broughton Astley. The
Continue readingThe Light Rail Tram Association has called for the Nottingham Tram network to be used as a seed to expand light rail across the East Midlands. This would include extending
Continue readingThe Campaign for the reopening of the Ivanhoe Line is to engage business who could benefit from the restoration of the passenger services on the railway line connecting Burton and
Continue readingA campaign group is planning to submit a Restoring Your Railway fund bid to enable a regular railway service north out of Corby. A new 3 mile chord (because housing
Continue readingRail based schemes feature heavily in a £2.7bn three phase plan to boost connectivity to East Midlands HS2 station at Toton. Phase one of the scheme, which could be implemented
Continue readingTen bids to the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund are to share £500,000 to develop proposals to enhance, build or reopen railway lines and stations. The funding will provide up to
Continue readingThe Office of Rail and Road released the estimate of station usage figures for 2018-19 in January 2020 enabling a review of passenger numbers at the recent additions to the
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