Network Rail will be taking the lead on the next stage of work to deliver railway stations serving Wellington and Cullompton following a £5m award from the Restoring Your Railway
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Category: Cullompton
Cullompton and Wellington move forward with DfT submission
The Devon and Somerset Metro board submitted the Strategic Outline Business Case for reopening the railway stations at Cullompton and Wellington to the Department for Transport. The SOBC was funded
Continue readingRecommendation made to seek more funding for Cullompton
Councillors at Mid Devon Council are being recommended to support further work to explore more funding opportunities for Cullompton railway station. The project to restore Cullompton and Wellington railway stations
Continue readingFirst round winners of Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund announced
Ten 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 readingCouncil meets to establish governance for Cullompton and Wellington
Mid Devon Council Cabinet is meeting on Thursday 26 March to establish the governance to take forward work on proposed railway stations at Cullompton and Wellington. A bid has been
Continue readingMP submits Wellington (Somerset) funding bid
The MP for Taunton Deane has submitted a bid to the Restoring Your Railway fund to progress the proposed railway station serving Wellington. The station is expected to be part
Continue readingPlans to reopen Wellington progressing
Work is continuing on the studies to reopen the railway station at Wellington. The proposal is being undertaken as part of a bigger project that will also reopen the railway
Continue readingPlan for Cullompton moving in right direction
A local MP has advised that the plans for railway stations at Cullompton and Wellington are moving in the right direction. A site for a railway station at Cullompton has
Continue readingCullompton railway station studies funded
A combination of town and district councils have allocated a combined total of £100,000 funding for early feasibility studies for a proposed railway station at Cullompton. Click here for the
Continue readingCouncil signals interest in developing Cullompton Railway Station
Devon County Council has signalled that it will work with Somerset Council to reopen a station at Cullompton that will act as a hub for the nearby area. Click here
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