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Portishead line

DB cargo 66655 with a Margam to Portbury empty steel train passing the junction to Portishead, on the edge of Pill village. GARY ESSEX.

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Portishead line go-ahead - DfT set to confirm backed rail projects

The government has confirmed the final funding for the Portishead branch as it prepares to announce rail projects it is backing.

Portishead line 8 Jul

News

'At last': Portishead campaign group delight as prospect of reopening draws nearer after 25-year wait

Final funding in place to reopen line, subject to government approval in upcoming Spending Review.

Portishead line 17 Feb

News

Work to restore Portishead passenger services set to start this summer – hopes of 2027 opening

Deal agreed to allow final £30 million needed to restore passenger services to the branch for the first time since 1964.

Portishead line 11 Feb

Feature

The latest blow to Portishead’s reopening hopes

After the new government’s axing of Restoring Your Railway funding, will trains ever run along the line to Portishead? Andrew Mourant reports.

Passengers 2 Dec

News

FEATURE: Reversing Beeching: Portishead prepares

GREG MORSE presents the history of a Beeching closure that’s due to reopen

Portishead line 31 Mar

News

Portishead plan submitted to Planning Inspectorate

Application made to reopen Portishead branch

Portishead line 3 Dec

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Portishead line

Portishead line go-ahead - DfT set to confirm backed rail projects

'At last': Portishead campaign group delight as prospect of reopening draws nearer after 25-year wait

Work to restore Portishead passenger services set to start this summer – hopes of 2027 opening

The latest blow to Portishead’s reopening hopes

FEATURE: Reversing Beeching: Portishead prepares

Portishead plan submitted to Planning Inspectorate

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No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

GB Railfreight planning to repurpose at least 12 more Class 66s for heavy trainloads

Portishead line

Portishead line go-ahead - DfT set to confirm backed rail projects

'At last': Portishead campaign group delight as prospect of reopening draws nearer after 25-year wait

Work to restore Portishead passenger services set to start this summer – hopes of 2027 opening

The latest blow to Portishead’s reopening hopes

FEATURE: Reversing Beeching: Portishead prepares

Portishead plan submitted to Planning Inspectorate

Most read

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

GB Railfreight planning to repurpose at least 12 more Class 66s for heavy trainloads

DB Cargo UK discussing transferring drivers to rival as it deals with Network Rail contract loss

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

UK "fails to provide trains people want or like"

All three West Coast Main Line open access bid rejected

Why the Class 67s have been running on borrowed time for nearly the whole of their lives

Delay in EMR Class 810 delivery could affect other operators