Restoring Your Railway Fund – Applications

Ideas Fund – Applications

The Restoring Your Railway – Ideas Fund has inspired many applications to enhance and expand the rail network across England and Wales. Applications have included reopening railway lines, creating new rail-based corridors, adding new railway stations, operating passengers trains on existing freight lines and heritage railways plus the creation of new services on the existing rail network.

Across the three rounds, 185 applications have been made with a number in round 3 being resubmissions of unsuccessful applications from round 1 and round 2

Round 1 Applications

On 8 September 2020, the Department for Transport shared the full list of applications for round 1 and round 2 of the Ideas Fund

East Midlands

To reinstate the Peaks and Dales Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To reintroduce passenger services on the Leicester to Burton (Ivanhoe) line	Further Details	Latest News

East of England

To reinstate the Maldon to Witham line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the passing loop between St Albans Abbey and Watford Junction (Abbey Line)	Further Details	Latest News

North East

To enhance services between Morpeth and Berwick	Further Details	Latest News
To reintroduce passenger services to former freight alignment to link existing Metro lines at Cobalt	Further Details	Latest News
To open a new station at Gilsland-Tyne Valley Line	Further Details	Latest News
To open a new station to serve the village of Belford-Northumberland	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Bensham Curve and freight line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Leamside South of Tyne & Wearside Loop	Further Details	Latest News

North West

To reinstate Glazebrook Junction to Skelton Junction	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Walkden to Bolton line	Further Details	Latest News
To introduce an orbital passenger rail route between Stockport and Ashton	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Keswick to Penrith Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Burscough Curves	Further Details	Latest News
To re-double from Oldham Mumps to Grotton Greenfield	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Rose Hill (Marple) to Maple Grove Line, Stockport	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Bolton-Radcliffe and Bolton to Bury lines	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the East Didsbury to Stockport line	Further Details	Latest News
To reconnect stations in the Rossendale Valley area	Further Details	Latest News
To re-double the mid-Cheshire line, Altrincham-Stockport	Further Details	Latest News
To repurpose the Warrington to Stockport line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Bury-Heywood-Rochdale lines	Further Details	Latest News
To reintroduce passenger services between Clitheroe and Hellifield and explore freight options	Further Details	Latest News

South East

To operate Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) along former rail alignment	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the Lewis to Uckfield & Tunbridge Wells to Eridge/Ashurst – Brighton Main Line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the branch lines on the Isle of Wight	Further Details	Latest News
To introduce passenger services on the Totton-Fawley (Waterside) line	Further Details	Latest News

South West

To reinstate the Helston Railway Link	Further Details	Latest News
To double-track majority of Thingly Junction to Bradford Junction	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open Stonehouse Bristol Road	Further Details	Latest News
To extend the light railway to the Barnstable Branch (Chivenor Braunton)	Further Details	Latest News
To extend the Lostwithiel to Carne Point (Fowey) rail line	Further Details	Latest News
To restore the Newton Abbot to Heathfield railway link	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the Tavistock-Okehampton line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Cirencester-Kemble line	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the Sharpness branch line	Further Details	Latest News
To restore the line to Gravity innovation campus	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate rail access to Devizes via a new station at Lydeway	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the Wellington and Cullompton Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To introduce a Westbury Station Hub	Further Details	Latest News

West Midlands

To re-open the Stoke-Leek line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the rail sidings at the former Ironbridge Power Station	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Oswestry to Gobowen line (Cambrian Heritage Railways)	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate pax service on the currently freight only branch line between Stourbridge and Brierly Hill	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open Pontrilas station	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open stations on the Sutton Park line	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open a Tettenhall area station	Further Details	Latest News
To open a new station at Galley Common (Nuneaton)	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate pax services on Lichfield-Alrewas-Burton-on-Trent rail line	Further Details	Latest News
To open new stations at Foleshill, Coundon Road & Biley/Willenhall	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate Etruria station	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the Meir station between Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire	Further Details	Latest News
To open new stations at Castle Bromwich and Fort Parkway	Further Details	Latest News

Yorkshire and Humberside

To reinstate the line for Barnsley to Wakefield via Royston – North Midland Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To operate regular local passenger services over the Doncaster-Askern line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Wortley Curve	Further Details	Latest News
To introduce passenger services between Sheffield and Stocksbridge on freight route	Further Details	Latest News
To introduce passenger services on the Barrow Hill line between Sheffield and Chesterfield	Further Details	Latest News

Successful Round one applications

• reopening Meir Railway Station between Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire
• passenger services on the Barrow Hill line between Sheffield and Chesterfield
• passenger services on the Leicester to Burton (Ivanhoe) line
• reinstatement of branch lines on the Isle of Wight (restoring rail connections to Newport and Ventnor)
• reinstatement of passing loop between St Albans Abbey and Watford Junction (Abbey Line)
• reopening of Wellington and Cullompton stations
• passengers services on the Bury-Heywood-Rochdale corridor
• regular passenger services on the Clitheroe to Hellifield railway line
• reinstatement of rail access to Devizes via a new station at Lydeway
• passenger services on the Totton-Fawley (Waterside) line

Round 2 Applications

East Midlands

To increase stopping services at Radcliffe-on-Trent and Bottesford stations on the Poacher line between Grantham and Nottingham	Further Details	Latest News
To increase services to Nottingham and Leicester, via Syston and Loughborough from Melton Mowbray	Further Details	Latest News

East of England

To re-open the Wymondham-Dereham line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the King’s Lynn to Hunstanton Railway	Further Details	Latest News

North East

To introduce a new fixed public transit transport system between Consett and Newcastle	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open a station at Ferryhill	Further Details	Latest News

North West

To introduce a passing loop and associated signaling to the South Fylde line	Further Details	Latest News
To open a two platform railway station at Kenyon Junction station	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open Golborne Railway Station	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Bolton-Radcliffe / Bolton-Bury	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open Midge Hall Station	Further Details	Latest News
To re-double the Mid Cheshire Line between Stockport and Altrincham and associated station reopenings	Further Details	Latest News
To re-double the Stockport to Ashton Line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate passenger services between Glazebrook Junction and Skelton Junction	Further Details	Latest News
To introduce a Metrolink/Tram Train service extending the existing service from East Didsbury to Stockport	Further Details	Latest News

South East

To restore the rail connection between Horsham to Worthing with a chord approximately 1km in length	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open Camberwell Station, London SE5	Further Details	Latest News
To unlock capacity and services through Bramley (Hants)	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the dismantled railway between Oakley and the former Aston Rowant station	Further Details	Latest News
To introduce step free access at the Carshalton Beeches	Further Details	Latest News
To open a Wantage and Grove Station and associated train service	Further Details	Latest News

South West

To introduce a passenger service to Shepton Mallet in Somerset	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Radstock railway	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the former St Anne’s Park railway station on the Great Western Main Line from Bristol Temple Meads towards Bath	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the Primrose Line	Further Details	Latest News
To enhance services on the Newquay Line	Further Details	Latest News
To support frequency enhancements to Falmouth	Further Details	Latest News
To restore secondary services on the Great Western Main line	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the Goodrington and Churston Stations	Further Details	Latest News
To open a new station for Langport and Somerton area	Further Details	Latest News
To open Charfield Station	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate Bodmin to Wadebridge railway and associated work	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Ashburton and Buckfastleigh Junction Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To enhance Bristol West capacity	Further Details	Latest News
To extend Light railway to the Barnstaple Branch (Chivenor Braunton) “TawLink”	Further Details	Latest News
To restore the rail link and establish a safe cycle path between Cirencester, the University and Kemble	Further Details	Latest News
To introduce a heritage line and potentially a year-round passenger service between Swanage and Wareham	Further Details	Latest News
To improve railway services at Pilning station, as well as to reinstate the footbridge to platform 2	Further Details	Latest News
To increase service provision from Bodmin General to Bodmin Parkway	Further Details	Latest News

Wales

To open a station in Magor and Undy in South Monmouthshire	Further Details	Latest News
To restore services on the Anglesey Central Railway between Gaerwen and Amlch	Further Details	Latest News

West Midlands

To reconnect Ashfield Communities through the Maid Marian Line	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the Stratford upon Avon to Honeybourne-Worcester/Oxford (SWO) Railway Line	Further Details	Latest News

Yorkshire and Humber

To reinstate the Beverley to York rail line	Further Details	Latest News
To restore a daily train service on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Upper Wensleydale Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To restore passenger rail to the Sheaf Valley	Further Details	Latest News
To restore a South Humber Link	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the South Yorkshire Joint Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To open a new station at Waverley	Further Details	Latest News

Round 3 Applications

East Midlands

Mablethorpe	Further Details	Latest News
Reconnecting Ruddington	Further Details	Latest News
Reinstatement of the line between Bedford and Northampton	Further Details	Latest News
Firsby – Louth	Further Details	Latest News
Peaks and Dales Line	Further Details	Latest News
Corby to Lutterworth	Further Details	Latest News

East of England

Reinstatement of Maldon to Witham Line	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the King’s Lynn to Hunstanton Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open the Wymondham-Dereham line	Further Details	Latest News
Welland Valley Rail (Kettering-Peterborough-Wisbech)	Further Details	Latest News
Re-opening Sawston Station	Further Details	Latest News
Re-opening Harston station	Further Details	Latest News
Haverhill	Further Details	Latest News

North East

Gilsland Station	Further Details	Latest News
Newcastle – Berwick-upon-Tweed	Further Details	Latest News
Belford Station	Further Details	Latest News
The Bishop Line and the Weardale Railway	Further Details	Latest News
Reinstatement of Bensham Curve	Further Details	Latest News
Reinstatement of Nexus Metro Expansion – Cobalt Business Park Line	Further Details	Latest News
Reinstatement of Leamside line (Local Services)	Further Details	Latest News

North West

Kenyon Junction Station	Further Details	Latest News
Pendle	Further Details	Latest News
Ledsham Station	Further Details	Latest News
East Didsbury to Stockport	Further Details	Latest News
Ashton to Stockport Line	Further Details	Latest News
The Middlewich Line	Further Details	Latest News
Reconnect Rawtenstall and Manchester	Further Details	Latest News
Lakes Line	Further Details	Latest News
Reinstating Carlisle to Silloth railway	Further Details	Latest News
Reintroduce Burscough Curves	Further Details	Latest News
Reinstatement of Penrith to Keswick line	Further Details	Latest News
To re-open Midge Hall Station	Further Details	Latest News

South East

Lewes – Uckfield & Tumbridge Wells – Eridge / Ashurst	Further Details	Latest News
Hayling Branch Line	Further Details	Latest News
Building a better-connected West Oxfordshire – a transformational project for the wider Oxford economic region	Further Details	Latest News
Grove Station	Further Details	Latest News
Ludgershall Link	Further Details	Latest News

South West

Lynton – Barnstaple Railway	Further Details	Latest News
Carn Brea Station	Further Details	Latest News
Barnstaple Branch Line “Taw Link”	Further Details	Latest News
Stonehouse Bristol Road	Further Details	Latest News
Marazion Railway Station	Further Details	Latest News
Tavistock Okehampton	Further Details	Latest News
Bude Okehampton	Further Details	Latest News
Saltford Station (Bath & North Somerset)	Further Details	Latest News
Sharpness Branch Line	Further Details	Latest News
Re-instate the Helston Railway Link connecting Helston to the main South West rail line	Further Details	Latest News
Wilton Junction Station	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Radstock railway	Further Details	Latest News
To reinstate the Ashburton and Buckfastleigh Junction Railway	Further Details	Latest News
Shepton Mallet to Somerset	Further Details	Latest News
Pilning Station Enhancements	Further Details	Latest News
Corsham Station	Further Details	Latest News
Gravity Site – Bristol to Exeter Mainline Railway	Further Details	Latest News
New train service to Bishops Lydeard on the West Somerset Railway.	Further Details	Latest News
Extension of the Riviera Line	Further Details	Latest News
New station south of Gloucester	Further Details	Latest News
Fowey to Lostwithiel	Further Details	Latest News
Reopening Brent Station	Further Details	Latest News
Tavistock to Plymouth Rail Reinstatement	Further Details	Latest News

Wales

Bangor – Afonwen Railway	Further Details	Latest News
To restore services on the Anglesey Central Railway between Gaerwen and Amlwch	Further Details	Latest News

West Midlands

Castle Bromwich – Fort Parkway	Further Details	Latest News
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Further Details	Latest News
Telford Central	Further Details	Latest News
Oswestry – Gobowen Line	Further Details	Latest News
Etruria Station	Further Details	Latest News
Tettenhall area station	Further Details	Latest News
Coventry area stations study	Further Details	Latest News
The Stourbridge Dasher – Stourbridge – Brierley	Further Details	Latest News
Lichfield – Burton on Trent / Derby	Further Details	Latest News
Galley Common/Stockingford Station (Nuneaton to Birmingham)	Further Details	Latest News
Sutton Park Line	Further Details	Latest News
Reinstatement of the Stoke-Leek line	Further Details	Latest News
Reinstatement of rail sidings at the former Ironbridge Power Station	Further Details	Latest News

Yorkshire and Humber

South Yorkshire Joint Railway	Further Details	Latest News
Harrogate-Ripon-Northallerton	Further Details	Latest News
East Ardsley Station	Further Details	Latest News
Upper Wensleydale Railway	Further Details	Latest News
Boulby Branch Line/Saltburn Line	Further Details	Latest News
Askern Line	Further Details	Latest News
Reinstatement of the North Midland Line between Barnsley to Wakefield via Royston	Further Details	Latest News
Don Valley Line	Further Details	Latest News
Beverley to York Line	Further Details	Latest News
Sheaf Valley New Stations and Station Improvements	Further Details	Latest News

Accelerating Existing Proposals – Applications

There are potential applications lined up or expected to apply for this fund.

Corsham (South West) – Source – Updates

Wilton Parkway (South West) – Source – Updates

Brighton Mainline 2 – Kent and Sussex phases (South East) – Source