Updates about proposed railway stations and infrastructure from across the UK
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
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To reintroduce passenger services on the Leicester to Burton (Ivanhoe) line
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East of England
To reinstate the Maldon to Witham line
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To reinstate the passing loop between St Albans Abbey and Watford Junction (Abbey Line)
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North East
To enhance services between Morpeth and Berwick
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To reintroduce passenger services to former freight alignment to link existing Metro lines at Cobalt
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To open a new station at Gilsland-Tyne Valley Line
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To open a new station to serve the village of Belford-Northumberland
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To reinstate the Bensham Curve and freight line
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To reinstate the Leamside South of Tyne & Wearside Loop
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North West
To reinstate Glazebrook Junction to Skelton Junction
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To reinstate the Walkden to Bolton line
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To introduce an orbital passenger rail route between Stockport and Ashton
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To reinstate the Keswick to Penrith Railway
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To reinstate the Burscough Curves
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To re-double from Oldham Mumps to Grotton Greenfield
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To reinstate the Rose Hill (Marple) to Maple Grove Line, Stockport
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To reinstate the Bolton-Radcliffe and Bolton to Bury lines
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To reinstate the East Didsbury to Stockport line
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To reconnect stations in the Rossendale Valley area
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To re-double the mid-Cheshire line, Altrincham-Stockport
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To repurpose the Warrington to Stockport line
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To reinstate the Bury-Heywood-Rochdale lines
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To reintroduce passenger services between Clitheroe and Hellifield and explore freight options
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South East
To operate Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) along former rail alignment
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To re-open the Lewis to Uckfield & Tunbridge Wells to Eridge/Ashurst – Brighton Main Line
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To reinstate the branch lines on the Isle of Wight
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To introduce passenger services on the Totton-Fawley (Waterside) line
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South West
To reinstate the Helston Railway Link
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To double-track majority of Thingly Junction to Bradford Junction
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To re-open Stonehouse Bristol Road
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To extend the light railway to the Barnstable Branch (Chivenor Braunton)
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To extend the Lostwithiel to Carne Point (Fowey) rail line
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To restore the Newton Abbot to Heathfield railway link
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To re-open the Tavistock-Okehampton line
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To reinstate the Cirencester-Kemble line
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To re-open the Sharpness branch line
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To restore the line to Gravity innovation campus
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To reinstate rail access to Devizes via a new station at Lydeway
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To re-open the Wellington and Cullompton Railway
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To introduce a Westbury Station Hub
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West Midlands
To re-open the Stoke-Leek line
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To reinstate the rail sidings at the former Ironbridge Power Station
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To reinstate the Oswestry to Gobowen line (Cambrian Heritage Railways)
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To reinstate pax service on the currently freight only branch line between Stourbridge and Brierly Hill
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To re-open Pontrilas station
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To re-open stations on the Sutton Park line
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To re-open a Tettenhall area station
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To open a new station at Galley Common (Nuneaton)
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To reinstate pax services on Lichfield-Alrewas-Burton-on-Trent rail line
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To open new stations at Foleshill, Coundon Road & Biley/Willenhall
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To reinstate Etruria station
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To re-open the Meir station between Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire
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To open new stations at Castle Bromwich and Fort Parkway
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Yorkshire and Humberside
To reinstate the line for Barnsley to Wakefield via Royston – North Midland Railway
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To operate regular local passenger services over the Doncaster-Askern line
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To reinstate the Wortley Curve
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To introduce passenger services between Sheffield and Stocksbridge on freight route
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To introduce passenger services on the Barrow Hill line between Sheffield and Chesterfield
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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
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To increase services to Nottingham and Leicester, via Syston and Loughborough from Melton Mowbray
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East of England
To re-open the Wymondham-Dereham line
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To reinstate the King’s Lynn to Hunstanton Railway
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North East
To introduce a new fixed public transit transport system between Consett and Newcastle
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To re-open a station at Ferryhill
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North West
To introduce a passing loop and associated signaling to the South Fylde line
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To open a two platform railway station at Kenyon Junction station
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To re-open Golborne Railway Station
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To reinstate the Bolton-Radcliffe / Bolton-Bury
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To reinstate the Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station
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To re-open Midge Hall Station
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To re-double the Mid Cheshire Line between Stockport and Altrincham and associated station reopenings
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To re-double the Stockport to Ashton Line
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To reinstate passenger services between Glazebrook Junction and Skelton Junction
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To introduce a Metrolink/Tram Train service extending the existing service from East Didsbury to Stockport
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South East
To restore the rail connection between Horsham to Worthing with a chord approximately 1km in length
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To re-open Camberwell Station, London SE5
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To unlock capacity and services through Bramley (Hants)
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To reinstate the dismantled railway between Oakley and the former Aston Rowant station
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To introduce step free access at the Carshalton Beeches
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To open a Wantage and Grove Station and associated train service
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South West
To introduce a passenger service to Shepton Mallet in Somerset
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To reinstate the Radstock railway
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To re-open the former St Anne’s Park railway station on the Great Western Main Line from Bristol Temple Meads towards Bath
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To re-open the Primrose Line
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To enhance services on the Newquay Line
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To support frequency enhancements to Falmouth
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To restore secondary services on the Great Western Main line
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To re-open the Goodrington and Churston Stations
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To open a new station for Langport and Somerton area
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To open Charfield Station
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To reinstate Bodmin to Wadebridge railway and associated work
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To reinstate the Ashburton and Buckfastleigh Junction Railway
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To enhance Bristol West capacity
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To extend Light railway to the Barnstaple Branch (Chivenor Braunton) “TawLink”
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To restore the rail link and establish a safe cycle path between Cirencester, the University and Kemble
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To introduce a heritage line and potentially a year-round passenger service between Swanage and Wareham
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To improve railway services at Pilning station, as well as to reinstate the footbridge to platform 2
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To increase service provision from Bodmin General to Bodmin Parkway
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Wales
To open a station in Magor and Undy in South Monmouthshire
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To restore services on the Anglesey Central Railway between Gaerwen and Amlch
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West Midlands
To reconnect Ashfield Communities through the Maid Marian Line
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To re-open the Stratford upon Avon to Honeybourne-Worcester/Oxford (SWO) Railway Line
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Yorkshire and Humber
To reinstate the Beverley to York rail line
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To restore a daily train service on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
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To reinstate the Upper Wensleydale Railway
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To restore passenger rail to the Sheaf Valley
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To restore a South Humber Link
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To reinstate the South Yorkshire Joint Railway
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To open a new station at Waverley
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Round 3 Applications
East Midlands
Mablethorpe
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Reconnecting Ruddington
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Reinstatement of the line between Bedford and Northampton
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Firsby – Louth
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Peaks and Dales Line
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Corby to Lutterworth
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East of England
Reinstatement of Maldon to Witham Line
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To reinstate the King’s Lynn to Hunstanton Railway
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To re-open the Wymondham-Dereham line
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Welland Valley Rail (Kettering-Peterborough-Wisbech)
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Re-opening Sawston Station
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Re-opening Harston station
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Haverhill
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North East
Gilsland Station
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Newcastle – Berwick-upon-Tweed
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Belford Station
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The Bishop Line and the Weardale Railway
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Reinstatement of Bensham Curve
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Reinstatement of Nexus Metro Expansion – Cobalt Business Park Line