Railway re-opening

ScotRail Class 158 unit at Tweedbank. ALAMY.

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Project managers appointed for £10m Borders Railway feasibility study

A £10m study was announced in February.

Scotland 27 May

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'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

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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

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Daily passenger trains to return to Okehampton this year

Great Western Railway to run a daily tExeter Central-Okehampton service from later this year with an initial two-hourly frequency

19 Mar

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DfT: bi-mode could encourage line reopenings

Using lightweight, refreshed and re-purposed vehicles could help the case for reopening railways says DfT

31 Oct

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Government launches East West Railway Company

Government forms company designed to speed up East West Rail construction

19 Dec

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Campaigners hit out at “pessimistic” forecasts

Campaigners seeking to re-open Thornton North Junction-Methil line say “ludicrously pessimistic” passenger forecasts could threaten that and similar projects.

27 Jun

Chiltern Railways 168214 at Oxford Parkway on October 26 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Bedford-Sandy backed for East West Rail Central Section

The Bedford-Sandy-Cambridge corridor was confirmed today (March 29) as the preferred option for the East West Rail Central Section.

29 Mar

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Portishead re-opening delayed

The re-opening of the railway to Portishead could be set back by as much as a year, to early 2020.

22 Jan

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Major improvements for South West railway?

Major South West rail improvements including increased capacity and an alternative route to the coastal line between Exeter and Newton Abbot are moving closer.

26 Oct