New Station calendar

[Baxenden Bank]

Thank you to my predecessors for initially creating and then taking on the updating of this thread.

This first post lists only those stations considered to have a good chance of being delivered in a reasonable timescale. I have taken the list ‘as is’ at December 2020 and will update it when there is new information from a reliable source, which essentially means a public statement by Network Rail or a TOC. Statements by a funding body, a development partner, a Local Authority or Government will also be considered.

Post 254 provides a list of all the stations discussed in this thread up to the end of December 2020 (65 in total). In preparing to take over the thread I have identified over 150 ‘proposed stations’ plus a number of ‘proposed lines’ where individual stations are not listed. Some of these proposals are very speculative (wouldn’t it be a good idea if …..), others were serious proposals which appear to have fallen by the wayside.

For the latest updates please refer to the latest thread posts, for the up-to-date comprehensive summary refer to the following table.

There is a separate thread for the more speculative proposals: New Stations and Schemes - a comprehensive list of speculative proposals

Opened in 2026		Status	Location	Baker Atlas page / grid ref	Notes
Northumberland Park [NOP]		opened 22 February 2026	Northumberland Line	54 B1	Discussion here
Darlaston [DAS]		opened 19 March 2026	between Walsall and Wolverhampton	76 A2	Discussion here.
Willenhall [WIA]		opened 19 March 2026	between Walsall and Wolverhampton	24 A2	Discussion here
Bedlington [BEJ]		opened 29 March 2026	Northumberland Line	54 A1	Discussion here
Kings Heath [KIH]		opened 7 April 2026	between Birmingham New Street and Kings Norton (Camp Hill Route)	24 B2	Latest discussion here
Moseley Village [MOV]		opened 7 April 2026	between Birmingham New Street and Kings Norton (Camp Hill Route)	77 D1	Latest discussion here
Pineapple Road [PIR]		opened 7 April 2026	between Birmingham New Street and Kings Norton (Camp Hill Route)	24 B2	Latest discussion here
Cambridge South [CMS]		opened 28 June 2026	between Cambridge and Shelford	27 C1	Discussion here
Okehampton Interchange [OKI]		opened 1 August 2026	between Sampford Courteney and Okehampton	4 D1	Being discussed here and here.
2026 and beyond (dated)	Anticipated opening date	Status	Location	Baker Atlas page / grid ref	Notes
Balgray [BGY] (was Barrhead South)	27 September 2026	under construction	between Whitecraigs and Neilston	86 C1	Discussion here.
Bristol Brabazon [BBZ] (was North Filton)	2026	under construction	between Filton Abbey Wood and St Andrews Road	75 B2	Discussion here.
Winslow [WNO]	no date given	under construction	between Bicester and Bletchley	26 D1	Discussion here Previously 'late 2024'
White Rose [WRO]	January 2027 (possibly)	construction paused	between Cottingley and Morley	42 B1	Discussion here. New Stations Fund - 'round 4', was 'delayed', previously 'later in 2024', prior to that 'early 2024'.
Charfield	Spring 2027	under construction	between Yate and Cam & Dursley	16 B1	Discussion here
Butetown [BUN]	mid 2027	under construction	between Queen Street and Cardiff Bay	74 B2	General South Wales Metro discussion here. A completion date of mid 2027 is now being suggested, originally 2024.
Ravensthorpe [RVN] (relocation)	Summer 2028	route works commenced	between Mirfield and Dewsbury	42 B1	Relocation as part of Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade
Pill [PIA]	late 2028	route works commenced	branch from Parson Street	15 C2	Discussion here
Portishead [POH]	late 2028	route works commenced	branch from Parson Street	15 C2	Discussion here
Birmingham Curzon Street	2036 - 2039	under construction	HS2	24 A2	Previously 2029 - 2033
Birmingham Interchange	2036 - 2039	route works commenced	HS2	25 B1	Discussion here previously 2029 - 2033
Old Oak Common	2036 - 2039	under construction	HS2	96 B1	Previously 2029 - 2033
Other proposals being progressed		Status	Location	Baker Atlas page / grid ref	Notes
Cardiff Parkway	undated	planning permission granted	between Cardiff Central and Newport	15 C1	Discussion here. All previous completion dates (2022, 2023 and 2024) have passed with no spades in the ground.
Cottam Parkway	undated	planning permission granted	between Preston and Salwick	40 B2	Discussion here. A completion date of '2030 at the latest' has been suggested.
Cowley	undated	proposed	freight branch south of Oxford	17 B2	Discussion here. A completion date of 2030 has been suggested.
Crwys Road	undated	prior approval granted	between Queen Street and Heath High Level	74 B2	General South Wales Metro discussion here. Completion dates of 2023, 2024, 2025 and now 2028 have been stated.
Cullompton	undated	proposed	between Tiverton Parkway and Exeter St Davids	4 C2	Transport funding announcement, July 2025. A completion date of 2028 has been suggested.
East Leeds Parkway / Thorpe Park	undated	proposed	between Cross Gates and Garforth	42 A2	New Stations Fund - 'round 4'. A completion date of 2025 was envisaged. A new consultation has launched, discussion here.
Edginswell	undated	planning permission granted	between Newton Abbot and Torre	3 B2	New Stations Fund - round 3. A completion date of 2024 was suggested.
Elland [ELN]	undated	planning permission granted	between Brighouse and Halifax / Sowerby Bridge	42 B1	Discussion here. Completion dates of 2024, 2025, 2026, 2028 and now 2029 have been stated.
Gabalfa	undated	proposed	between Cathays and Llandaf	74 B2	A completion date of 2028 has been suggested.
Golborne	undated	planning permission granted	between Wigan North Western and Warrington / Newton-le-Willows / Patricroft	41 C1	Discussion here. A completion date of 2027 has been suggested.
Haxby P & R	undated	planning application submitted	between York and Malton	48 D2	Discussion here. New Stations Fund - round 3. A completion date of 2026 has been suggested.
Henbury	undated	planning permission granted	between Filton Abbey Wood and St Andrews Road	75 B1	A completion date of 2028 (previously 2025/26) has been suggested.
Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway	undated	proposed	between Horsforth and Bramhall Tunnel	42 A1	Most recent discussion here. A completion date of 2025 was previously suggested.
Littlemore	undated	announced	freight branch south of Oxford	17 B2	Discussion here. A completion date of 2030 has been suggested.
Liverpool Baltic [LVB]	undated	planning permission granted	between Liverpool Central and Brunswick	80 C2	Most recent discussion here. Completion dates of 2027, 2028 and now 2029 have been suggested.
Surrey Canal [SCE] [was Surrey Canal Road or New Bermondsey]	undated	planning permission granted	between Queens Road Peckham and Surrey Quays	97 C2	Discussion here. A completion date of early 2025 was previously suggested.
Waterbeach [WBC] (relocation)	undated	planning permission granted	between Waterbeach (current) and Ely	27 C2	A completion date of 2027 has been suggested.
Waverley (South Yorkshire)	undated	proposed	between Darnall and Woodhouse	79 C2	Restoring Your Railway: Ideas Fund Round Two.
Wellington [WLQ]	undated	proposed	between Taunton and Tiverton Parkway	5 B1	Transport funding announcement, July 2025. Completion dates of 2025, 2026 and now 2028 have been suggested.
Wixams	undated (was 2026)	construction paused	between Bedford and Flitwick	26 D2	Old discussion here, current discussion here. Construction paused, the Universal theme park proposals (may) significantly impact the proposed station.

Note: Updates will be mentioned in a new post at the end of the thread, and reflected in the above table.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Below is a summary of the information, now duly updated, of what the original thread originator had in mind in 2018. It is NOT intended to be used in conjunction with with the first posting on the thread information.

ALREADY OPENED

2019
Opened 3 June: Meridian Water [MRW]
Opened 15 December: Warrington West [WAW] , Robroyston [RRN]

2020
Opened 23 February: Worcestershire Parkway [WOP]
Opened 29 June: Horden [HRE]
Opened 15 October : Kintore [KTR]

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2021

Expected by end of the year (in no particular order) : Bow Street; Reading Green Park; Portway (choices of suffix);Barking Riverside;


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2022 (and beyond) Elizabeth Line stations and HS2 stations:-
Elizabeth Line stations at : Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Canary Wharf, Custom House, Woolwich (the last three on the Abbey Wood branch line). These stations had been held up awaiting final funding confirmation)

HS2 stations at: Old Oak Common, Birmingham Interchange and Birmingham Curzon Street; Manchester Airport/Interchange

There were numerous suggestions for other stations made in earlier postings besides these which time will make clearer in the months to come.

 

[telstarbox]

2019 hopefully - Bond Street Crossrail, Tottenham Court Road Crossrail, Canary Wharf Crossrail, Custom House Crossrail and Woolwich.

 

[PR1Berske]

2019 hopefully - Bond Street Crossrail, Tottenham Court Road Crossrail, Canary Wharf Crossrail, Custom House Crossrail and Woolwich.

I've added these to the original post

 

[Network Turbo]

Thanks for making this thread, PR1Berske. Good to have a list that can be referred to.

I also found this website through google just now. It's very useful too- https://trundleage.co.uk/
Contains a list of recently opened stations as well as planned stations.

 

[bussnapperwm]

A few more that are to open during the WM franchise to be added to this list post 2020 (as part of franchise promises)

• Darlaston - confirmed by Transport for West Midlands
• Brierley Hill (Moor Street - near to Kingswinford Junction/Moor Street Goods Yard) - confirmed by Councillor Patrick Harley, leader of Dudley Council on his monthly Facebook Q&A
• Brierley Hill (Canal Street Midland Metro Interchange) - same source as above
• Moseley, Kings Heath and Hazelwell are planned for the Camp Hill line plus the island platform at King's Norton

 

[Jack Jolley]

Skelmersdale near St Helens on Merseyside planned

https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/abo...elmersdale-rail-link-take-a-step-forward.aspx

 

[PR1Berske]

Skelmersdale near St Helens on Merseyside planned

https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/abo...elmersdale-rail-link-take-a-step-forward.aspx

Thought about that but how quiet things have got about that, I've noticed!

 

[Condor7]

I thought this thread might be about a wall calendar featuring photos of different stations each month. What a shame, I would have gone for one of those.

 

[Bald Rick]

I thought this thread might be about a wall calendar featuring photos of different stations each month. What a shame, I would have gone for one of those.

Exactly my thought!

 

[chrissawer]

Elland station (West Yorkshire) is still planned for 2020-2021 I believe

 

[lincolnshire]

Rotherham Parkgate ? Is it a station or a tram terminus point / stop.

As by what I have seen you couldn,t stop a train there as the platforms are too low, its just for trams.
Its like the platforms at Rotherham Central at the far ends of the existing platforms they are a lot lower and are just for trams to stop at.

 

[PR1Berske]

I thought this thread might be about a wall calendar featuring photos of different stations each month. What a shame, I would have gone for one of those.

Genuinely didn't think of that!

 

[Andyjs247]

Post 2020 you can add Winslow (also the High Level platforms at Bletchley). These are due to open hopefully in 2023 as part of EWR2

 

[gtis]

Rotherham Parkgate ? Is it a station or a tram terminus point / stop.

As by what I have seen you couldn,t stop a train there as the platforms are too low, its just for trams.
Its like the platforms at Rotherham Central at the far ends of the existing platforms they are a lot lower and are just for trams to stop at.

Yes it’s just a tram stop
Neil

 

[Mikey C]

Barking Riverside is currently planned for 2021

 

[Pshambro]

I've had the idea to start this thread to have in one place a breakdown of when new stations are due to be built onto the network. I'm using currently information from various threads on here, rather than going too far into Google just yet.

Any information and what not would go towards something useful I think


2018
Likely:Rotherham Parkgate

2019
Likely: Warrington West; Robroyston; Worcestershire Parkway; Kintore; Meridian Water (ex. Angel Road); Bond Street Crossrail, Tottenham Court Road Crossrail, Canary Wharf Crossrail, Custom House Crossrail and Woolwich
Maybe: Dalcross; Winchburgh; Reading Green Park

Beyond 2020
Portway Parkway; East Linton; Renton

Lets not forget the shiny new ones on HS2 that you (personally) will never visit

 

[InOban]

I believe the funding for Kintore is committed, but Robroyston is to be funded by a £15k levy on each of the planned new houses, and so must depend on how rapidly they are built. Maybe someone who uses the route can tell us if work has started.

 

[fgwrich]

Where do we stand with regards to the 2 Devon openings of Marsh Barton and Kingskerswell? Or have they sadly now stalled?

 

[Supercoss]

2021. Brent Cross West
On Thameslink North route between Cricklewood & Hendon .

 

[reddragon]

Reading Green Park is now Summer 2019

 

[PR1Berske]

Thanks for the info and updates. I'm away from my laptop for a day or so, once we're reunited, I'll post a new timetable

 

[Stopper]

I suspect nothing will happen on the Winchburgh front until the post-electrification Newbridge timetabling disaster has been sorted/confirmed.

Winchburgh will be a well-used and much needed station provided it gets a decent service, which the currently proposed one is not.

Kintore is also a great addition and a station that will likely be well served.

 

[PR1Berske]

The original post has been updated I've removed Rotherham as that appears not to be a mainline railway station.

 

[LewFinnis]

Another one 'in the pipeline' if the money can be found is Thanet Parkway off the A299 near Minster. Might become Thanet International if Manston Airport ever re-opens!

 

[Clip]

Another one 'in the pipeline' if the money can be found is Thanet Parkway off the A299 near Minster. Might become Thanet International if Manston Airport ever re-opens!

I doubt that will ever be built and same goes for Manston to reopen as an airport

 

[swt_passenger]

I’m also surprised the OP didn’t include the HS2 stations. Doesn’t he think they’ll be built?

 

[The Planner]

Willenhall will be post 2020 and Im still dubious over the Brierley Hill ones regardless of what a councilor may say.

 

[AlanFry1]

How about the new station near Surrey Quays?

 

[davetheguard]

Reading Green Park is now Summer 2019

I got a glimpse of construction looking well advanced from a Voyager passing the site of Worcestershire Parkway last week; anything to be seen from the train at Reading Green Park yet?