Waterside Line consultation website launches

Network Rail have launched the website that will be used to support a consultation into proposals to restore the Waterside Line. The consultation will run between Monday 8 August and

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MP raises concerns about Fawley funding

An MP has written to the Rail Minister expressing concerns about the onward push forwards with work to restore a regular service on the Fawley branch. He has expressed concerns

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Hampshire County Council opens consultation into Waterside transport strategy

Hampshire County Council are seeking responses regarding the Waterside corridor transport strategy that it has shared for consultation. It includes the reintroduction of passenger rail services on the Waterside line

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Fawley Explorer investigates restoration of passenger services on Waterside line

South Western Railway has operated a special train today (Tuesday 28 July) to investigate the potential reopening of the Fawley branch line. The line was one of the ten successful

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Council submits bid for Waterside line feasibility study

Hampshire Council has submitted a bid to the Restoring Your Railway fund to restore passengers train services on the Waterside line between Hythe and Totton. Source: BBC

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Council meeting clash over Waterside line proposal

Councillors have clashed over proposals to reopen the railway line serving Hythe and Fawley. The line has been reviewed twice in the past decade with business cases not showing sufficient

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Fresh look at Waterside line

Hampshire County Council appears to have commenced work to review the feasibility of a new railway linking Southampton with Hythe. Work was formally shelved on the proposal in January 2014.

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Campaigners push for Hythe reopening as last railway wagons removed from Fawley

The last railway wagons have been removed from Fawley oil refinery leading to calls to reopen the line to Hythe also known as the Waterside branch. Click here for the

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Hampshire Chamber of Commerce backs Waterside Line

Hampshire Chamber of Commerce has backed the reopening of the Waterside line despite it being rejected in a recent feasibility study. Click here for the story

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Five Years On – Hythe and Brixham

June 2014 marks five years since the publication of the Connecting Communities report into potential opportunities to expand the rail network. This blog will be publishing a set of posts

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Council formally shelves Waterside line

Hampshire Council has formally shelved the reopening of the Waterside line that runs from Southampton to Totton and Hythe. Click here for the story

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Council shelves Waterside line reopening

Hampshire Council is set to shelve plans to reopen a railway line serving Hythe and Hounsdown after a report was published that stated that the line was unlikely to generate

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