New Station calendar

[och aye]

If that was the opening day crowd, I dread to think what the annual usage after 3-5 years will be. Unless somebody's planning a very large expansion of Inverness around the Airport.

That was just the "official" opening, as stated in the article, passenger services will begin tomorrow.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Now this gave me a quandry, should I put 2nd or 3rd in as the opening date?
I have looked in Quick: Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. He uses:

Opening date. The date given is that when fare-paying passengers were first carried on a train shown in the ordinary public timetable.

So 3rd it is.

I have deleted the openings for last year from post #1. For the record the details were:

Opened in 2022		Status	Location	Notes
Reston [RSN]		Opened 23 May 2022	between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar	Discussion here.
Canary Wharf [CWX]		Opened 24 May 2022	Crossrail / Elizabeth Line - Abbey Wood branch
Custom House [CUS]		Opened 24 May 2022	Crossrail / Elizabeth Line - Abbey Wood branch
Tottenham Court Road [TCR]		Opened 24 May 2022	Crossrail / Elizabeth Line
Woolwich [WWC]		Opened 24 May 2022	Crossrail / Elizabeth Line - Abbey Wood branch
Barking Riverside [BGV]		Opened 18 July 2022	branch from Barking	Discussion here.
Bond Street [BDS]		Opened 24 October 2022	Crossrail / Elizabeth Line

 

[Snow1964]

Not really worth a separate thread yet as it is early days, but a joint DfT and Welsh Government study is looking at 5 brand new stations between Cardiff and Severn tunnel.

• the study, backed by £2.7 million of UK government funding, will look at options for new railway stations and rail services on the South Wales Main Line
• this project will focus on relieving congestion on the M4, a vital connector between south Wales and the rest of the UK

The UK and Welsh governments have today announced they are working together on a £2.7 million study, funded by the UK government, to develop options for new stations and services on the South Wales Main Line.

The study follows Lord Hendy’s recommendations from his review of transport connectivity across the UK, which put forward the need to relieve congestion on the M4.

A series of options will be considered as part of this study, among which is the development of 5 brand new stations between Cardiff and Severn Tunnel.

UK and Welsh governments to explore new rail links between south Wales and England

A study has been announced that will develop options for new stations and services on the South Wales Main Line.

www.gov.uk

 

[CapitalStar378]

Following the confirmation of £50m from the UK govt and a matching £50m for the Welsh Govt, Callaghan Square and Pierhead Street stations are proposed for a new line from Cardiff Central to the current Bay line. No planned date has been mentioned as yet.

 

[Dan G]

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 2023		Status	Location	Notes
Inverness Airport [IVA]		3 February 2023	between Nairn and Inverness	A official opening took place on 2 February. Discussion here.
2023 and beyond (dated)	Anticipated opening date	Status	Location	Notes
Brent Cross West [BCZ]	early 2023	under construction	between Cricklewood & Hendon	Discussion here
Marsh Barton [MBT]	early 2023	under construction	between Exeter St Thomas and Starcross	Discussion here New Stations Fund - 'round 4'
Portway Park & Ride [PRI]	early 2023	under construction	between Shirehampton and Avonmouth	Discussion here
Reading Green Park [RGP]	early 2023	under construction	between Reading West and Mortimer	Discussion here
Headbolt Lane [HBL]	Spring 2023	under construction	between Kirkby and Rainford	Latest discussion here. Earlier discussion here.
Thanet Parkway [THP]	May 2023	under construction	between Canterbury West and Margate	New Stations Fund - round 3
Kings Heath	Winter 2023	planning permission granted, funding secured	between Birmingham New St and Kings Norton (Camp Hill route)
Moseley Village	Winter 2023	planning permission granted, funding secured	between Birmingham New St and Kings Norton (Camp Hill route)
Pineapple Road (previously Hazelwell or Stirchley)	Winter 2023	planning permission granted, funding secured	between Birmingham New St and Kings Norton (Camp Hill route)
Crwys Road	2023	proposed: prior approval submitted	between Queen Street and Heath High Level	General South Wales Metro discussion here
Darlaston James Bridge	2023	planning permission granted	between Walsall and Wolverhampton
East Linton [ELT]	2023	under construction	between Dunbar and Drem	Discussion here
White Rose [WRO]	2023	under construction	between Cottingley and Morley	New Stations Fund - 'round 4'
Willenhall	2023	planning permission granted	between Walsall and Wolverhampton
Loudoun Square	Spring 2024	prior approval granted	between Queen Street and Cardiff Bay	General South Wales Metro discussion here
Cameron Bridge	Spring 2024	under construction	branch from Thornton North Junction	Discussion here
Leven / Levenmouth	Spring 2024	route works commenced	branch from Thornton North Junction	Discussion here
Ashington [ASL]	2024	under construction	proposed Northumberland Line	Discussion here. Restoring Your Railway Fund: funded for preparatory works, including land acquisition, detailed design work and early site works
Ashley Down	2024	prior approval granted	between Filton Abbey Wood and St Andrews Road	Discussion here
Bedlington [BEJ]	2024	planning permission granted	proposed Northumberland Line	Discussion here. Restoring Your Railway Fund: funded for preparatory works, including land acquisition, detailed design work and early site works
Blyth Bebside [BLI]	2024	planning permission granted	proposed Northumberland Line	Discussion here. Restoring Your Railway Fund: funded for preparatory works, including land acquisition, detailed design work and early site works
Cardiff Parkway	2024	planning permission granted	between Cardiff Central and Newport	Discussion here
Newsham [NWH]	2024	planning permission granted	proposed Northumberland Line	Discussion here. Restoring Your Railway Fund: funded for preparatory works, including land acquisition, detailed design work and early site works
Northumberland Park [NOP]	2024	planning permission granted	proposed Northumberland Line	Discussion here. Restoring Your Railway Fund: funded for preparatory works, including land acquisition, detailed design work and early site works
Seaton Delaval [SEJ]	2024	planning permission granted	proposed Northumberland Line	Discussion here. Restoring Your Railway Fund: funded for preparatory works, including land acquisition, detailed design work and early site works
Winslow	possibly late 2024	under construction	between Bicester and Bletchley	Discussion here
Surrey Canal [was Surrey Canal Road or New Bermondsey]	early 2025	planning permission granted	between Queens Road Peckham and Surrey Quays	Discussion here
Cambridge South (Addenbrookes)	2025	Transport & Works Act approved, funded	between Cambridge and Shelford	Discussion here
Beaulieu Park	2025/26	planning permission granted, funding secured	between Chelmsford and Hatfield Peverel	Discussion here
Pill	2026	Development Consent Order approved	branch from Parson Street
Portishead	2026	Development Consent Order approved	branch from Parson Street
Birmingham Curzon Street	2029 - 2033	route works commenced	HS2
Birmingham Interchange	2029 - 2033	route works commenced	HS2
Old Oak Common	2029 - 2033	route works commenced	HS2
2024 and beyond (less certainty)	Speculated opening date	Status	Location	Notes
Barrhead South	undated	proposed	between Whitecraigs and Neilston	Discussion here. A completion date of January 2025 has been suggested.
Beam Park	undated	proposed	between Dagenham Dock and Rainham	"delayed", see article linked from post #373
Beeston Castle and Tarporley	undated	proposed	between Crewe and Chester	Restoring Your Railway: Ideas Fund Round Two
Charfield	undated	proposed	between Yate and Cam & Dursley	A completion date of late 2024 has been suggested.
Cottam Parkway	undated	proposed	between Preston and Salwick	Discussion here. A completion date of 2024/25 has been suggested.
Deeside Industrial Park/Northern Gateway	undated	proposed - funded to further develop proposals	between Hawarden Bridge and Neston	New Stations Fund - round 3
East Leeds Parkway / Thorpe Park	undated	proposed	between Cross Gates and Garforth	New Stations Fund - 'round 4'
Edginswell	undated	proposed	between Newton Abbot and Torre	New Stations Fund - round 3
Elland [ELN]	undated	planning application submitted July 2021	between Brighouse and Halifax / Sowerby Bridge	Discussion here
Ferryhill	undated	proposed	between Darlington and Durham	Restoring Your Railway: Ideas Fund Round Two
Gabalfa	undated	proposed	between Cathays and Llandaf	A completion date of 2028 has been suggested.
Golborne	undated	proposed	between Wigan North Western and Warrington / Newton-le-Willows / Patricroft	Discussion here. A completion date of 2025 has been suggested.
Haxby P & R	undated	proposed - funded to further develop proposals	between York and Malton	New Stations Fund - round 3
Henbury	undated	proposed	between Filton Abbey Wood and St Andrews Road
Langport & Somerton	undated	proposed	between Castle Cary and Taunton	Restoring Your Railway: Ideas Fund Round Two
Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway	undated	proposed	between Horsforth and Bramhall Tunnel	Most recent discussion here. A completion date of May 2024 has been suggested.
Liverpool Baltic	undated	proposed	between Liverpool Central and Brunswick	Most recent discussion here. A completion date of 2025 has been suggested.
Manchester Airport	undated	proposed	HS2b
North Filton	undated	proposed	between Filton Abbey Wood and St Andrews Road	A completion date of 2026 has been suggested.
Okehampton Parkway	undated	proposed	between Sampford Courteney and Okehampton
St Anne's Gate / Park	undated	proposed	between Bristol and Keynsham	Restoring Your Railway: Ideas Fund Round Two
St Clears	undated	proposed	between Carmarthen and Whitland	New Stations Fund - round 3
Waverley (South Yorkshire)	undated	proposed	between Darnall and Woodhouse	Restoring Your Railway: Ideas Fund Round Two
Wixams	undated	proposed	between Bedford and Flitwick	Discussion here. A completion date of 2024 has been suggested.

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

Edginswell has its funding secured; it's waiting for the local authority to get its arse in gear and approve the planning permission. Extraordinary given that the funding was awarded November 2021.

Edginswell Rail Station

Find out more about the project to build a new railway station at Edginswell.

www.torbay.gov.uk

I think Wellington and Cullompton should be on this list. Their full business case is being developed by Network Rail.

Cullompton train station on track for 2025 reopening

Network Rail is leading projects to reopen stations at Cullompton and Wellington "with a view to opening both stations in 2025."

www.devonlive.com

 

[Rail Ranger]

You could add Cheadle (Greater Manchester) which has been granted Planning Permission by Stockport Council and is "set to open" in 2025. The station would be between Navigation Road and Stockport. If you do a Google search for "Cheadle station to open in 2025" you will find a Manchester Evening News article with artists' impressions. Here is a link to a Stockport Council article about funding approval: https://www.stockport.gov.uk/news/f...xpect the station to,and the new rail station.

 

[REVUpminster]

Edginswell has its funding secured; it's waiting for the local authority to get its arse in gear and approve the planning permission. Extraordinary given that the funding was awarded November 2021.

Edginswell Rail Station

Find out more about the project to build a new railway station at Edginswell.

www.torbay.gov.uk

I think Wellington and Cullompton should be on this list. Their full business case is being developed by Network Rail.

Cullompton train station on track for 2025 reopening

Network Rail is leading projects to reopen stations at Cullompton and Wellington "with a view to opening both stations in 2025."

www.devonlive.com

Torbay are still awaiting plans to be presented. The last plans were 2016 passed and expired 2019. I don't know who is designing the station but it is having lifts instead of ramps. There has not even been an artist's impression. The money they have got will not be enough.

 

[Dan G]

Torbay are still awaiting plans to be presented. The last plans were 2016 passed and expired 2019. I don't know who is designing the station but it is having lifts instead of ramps. There has not even been an artist's impression. The money they have got will not be enough.

I don't know who is literally drawing the plans but I'm told it's the responsibility of Network Rail to get the work done, and that's who Torbay Council are waiting for.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

I think Wellington and Cullompton should be on this list. Their full business case is being developed by Network Rail.

You could add Cheadle (Greater Manchester) which has been granted Planning Permission by Stockport Council and is "set to open" in 2025.

Not yet and Not yet.

There is a very long list of stations which are being 'developed' administratively. At least 615 at the latest count, if you include all the ones mentioned somewhere or other as 'a possible new station could be developed at x'. This thread is a calendar of new stations "considered to have a good chance of being delivered in a reasonable timescale", not a progressometer for all those 615.

My preference would be to only include those where there are 'shovels in the ground', failing that a signed construction contract with a firm completion date. Anything else is finger in the air stuff.

Why my reluctance? I give you:

• Beam Park: Due to be operational May 2022.
• Waterbeach (a relocation) received planning permission and was due to open in 2021.
• Edginswell: The new station is expected to open in 2018.
• Wixams: The planned date for the opening is currently July 2024 (which is around 11 years later than announced).
• The Ivanhoe line (Leicester to Burton-upon-Trent) (planned to open in the late 1990's).
• Portishead is set to be part of the Avon Metro!

Wellington and Cullompton: When their business case has been completed, submitted & agreed; funding secured; planning permission granted; tender written, sent out, returned and assessed. Then you might be realistically able to put out a tentative opening date.

Cheadle (Manchester). Is one of a number being progressed in Greater Manchester. GMTS 2040 Delivery Plan - 2021 refresh, para 119: Over the next five years, we aim to complete business cases for the early delivery of stations in the areas of Leigh, Lostock Parkway, Little Hulton, Golborne, Slattocks, Dewsnap, Gamesley, Stanley Green and Cheadle.

All of the following are bumbling along at their own pace under RYR.

Restoring Your Railway (RYR) scheme name	Possible stations
To reintroduce passenger services on the Barrow Hill line between Sheffield and Chesterfield	Beighton
	Killamarsh
	Eckington
	Barrow Hill
	Whittington
	Brimington
To reintroduce passenger services on the Leicester to Burton (Ivanhoe) line	Kirby Muxloe
	Bagworth & Ellistown
	Coalville Town
	Ashby-de-la-Zouch
	Moira
	Gresley / Castle Gresley
To re-open the Meir station between Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire	Meir
To re-open of Wellington and Cullompton stations	Wellington
To re-open of Wellington and Cullompton stations	Cullompton
To introduce passenger services on the Totton-Fawley (Waterside) line	Hounsdown
	Marchwood
	Hythe
	Hythe and Fawley Parkway
Reopened lines and new passenger services, Bolton-Radcliffe / Bolton-Bury	?
Reopened lines and new passenger services, Consett-Newcastle	Consett
	Annfield Plain
	Stanley
	Beamish
Mablethorpe and Firsby	Firsby
	Louth
	Mablethorpe
Reopen the Darlington - Weardale line to passenger services	?
Reopen the Ashton - Stockport line to passenger services	?
Reopen the Rawtenstall - Buckley Wells line to passenger services	?
Reopen the Middlewich line to passenger services	Gadbrook Park
Reopen Corsham Station	Corsham
To re-open Stonehouse Bristol Road	Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
Reinstate the line and provision of new services, Tavistock - Plymouth	Tavistock
Reopen the Gaerwen – Amlwch line, Anglesey to passenger services	Holland Park (Holland Arms?)
	Llangefni
	Llangwyllog
	Llanerchymedd
	Rhosybol and Rhosgoch
	Amlwch
Reopen the Oswestry - Gobowen line	Oswestry
	Whittington (Shrops)
Reopen the Stoke – Leek line	Fenton Manor
	Bucknall
	Milton
	Stockton Brook
	Endon
	Longsdon
	Leek
	Cheddleton ?
Reopen the Askern Branch line	Askern
Reinstate the Beverley - York line	Stamford Bridge
	Pocklington
	Market Weighton
Reopen the Don Valley line to passenger services	?
Aldridge Line Upgrade	Aldridge
Poulton to Fleetwood	Thornton Cleveleys
	Burn Naze
	Fleetwood
business case submitted outside of RYR	Abertillery
	Crumlin
business case submitted outside of RYR	Newtown St Boswells
	Hawick
	Whitrope
	Newcastleton
	Longtown

 

[REVUpminster]

I don't know who is literally drawing the plans but I'm told it's the responsibility of Network Rail to get the work done, and that's who Torbay Council are waiting for.

I would add lifts for Torquay Station plans sent to council 26 June 2020, approved 14 January 2021, some changes 10 May 2021, approved 15 July 2021. Not a thing has happened.

 

[Dan G]

Not yet and Not yet.

There is a very long list of stations which are being 'developed' administratively. At least 615 at the latest count, if you include all the ones mentioned somewhere or other as 'a possible new station could be developed at x'. This thread is a calendar of new stations "considered to have a good chance of being delivered in a reasonable timescale", not a progressometer for all those 615.

My preference would be to only include those where there are 'shovels in the ground', failing that a signed construction contract with a firm completion date. Anything else is finger in the air stuff.

Why my reluctance? I give you:

• Beam Park: Due to be operational May 2022.
• Waterbeach (a relocation) received planning permission and was due to open in 2021.
• Edginswell: The new station is expected to open in 2018.
• Wixams: The planned date for the opening is currently July 2024 (which is around 11 years later than announced).
• The Ivanhoe line (Leicester to Burton-upon-Trent) (planned to open in the late 1990's).
• Portishead is set to be part of the Avon Metro!

Wellington and Cullompton: When their business case has been completed, submitted & agreed; funding secured; planning permission granted; tender written, sent out, returned and assessed. Then you might be realistically able to put out a tentative opening date.

Cheadle (Manchester). Is one of a number being progressed in Greater Manchester. GMTS 2040 Delivery Plan - 2021 refresh, para 119: Over the next five years, we aim to complete business cases for the early delivery of stations in the areas of Leigh, Lostock Parkway, Little Hulton, Golborne, Slattocks, Dewsnap, Gamesley, Stanley Green and Cheadle.

All of the following are bumbling along at their own pace under RYR.

Restoring Your Railway (RYR) scheme name	Possible stations
To reintroduce passenger services on the Barrow Hill line between Sheffield and Chesterfield	Beighton
	Killamarsh
	Eckington
	Barrow Hill
	Whittington
	Brimington
To reintroduce passenger services on the Leicester to Burton (Ivanhoe) line	Kirby Muxloe
	Bagworth & Ellistown
	Coalville Town
	Ashby-de-la-Zouch
	Moira
	Gresley / Castle Gresley
To re-open the Meir station between Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire	Meir
To re-open of Wellington and Cullompton stations	Wellington
To re-open of Wellington and Cullompton stations	Cullompton
To introduce passenger services on the Totton-Fawley (Waterside) line	Hounsdown
	Marchwood
	Hythe
	Hythe and Fawley Parkway
Reopened lines and new passenger services, Bolton-Radcliffe / Bolton-Bury	?
Reopened lines and new passenger services, Consett-Newcastle	Consett
	Annfield Plain
	Stanley
	Beamish
Mablethorpe and Firsby	Firsby
	Louth
	Mablethorpe
Reopen the Darlington - Weardale line to passenger services	?
Reopen the Ashton - Stockport line to passenger services	?
Reopen the Rawtenstall - Buckley Wells line to passenger services	?
Reopen the Middlewich line to passenger services	Gadbrook Park
Reopen Corsham Station	Corsham
To re-open Stonehouse Bristol Road	Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
Reinstate the line and provision of new services, Tavistock - Plymouth	Tavistock
Reopen the Gaerwen – Amlwch line, Anglesey to passenger services	Holland Park (Holland Arms?)
	Llangefni
	Llangwyllog
	Llanerchymedd
	Rhosybol and Rhosgoch
	Amlwch
Reopen the Oswestry - Gobowen line	Oswestry
	Whittington (Shrops)
Reopen the Stoke – Leek line	Fenton Manor
	Bucknall
	Milton
	Stockton Brook
	Endon
	Longsdon
	Leek
	Cheddleton ?
Reopen the Askern Branch line	Askern
Reinstate the Beverley - York line	Stamford Bridge
	Pocklington
	Market Weighton
Reopen the Don Valley line to passenger services	?
Aldridge Line Upgrade	Aldridge
Poulton to Fleetwood	Thornton Cleveleys
	Burn Naze
	Fleetwood
business case submitted outside of RYR	Abertillery
	Crumlin
business case submitted outside of RYR	Newtown St Boswells
	Hawick
	Whitrope
	Newcastleton
	Longtown

Very thorough reply! But I'm a bit confused on the criteria for the second table in the first post, as many seem to be more speculative than Cullompton and Wellington.

 

[150249]

I would add lifts for Torquay Station plans sent to council 26 June 2020, approved 14 January 2021, some changes 10 May 2021, approved 15 July 2021. Not a thing has happened.

Shame really. I love Torquay Station, one of the best stations in the south west. It is really in need of lifts.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Very thorough reply! But I'm a bit confused on the criteria for the second table in the first post, as many seem to be more speculative than Cullompton and Wellington.

Indeed, it's not a pure process!

There are a couple in the 'dated' part of the table which I suspect won't happen, certainly not by the published date. Those are Cardiff Parkway and Surrey Canal. I'm sure someone posted that work had recommenced at Surrey Canal but I haven't seen anything since.

With regard to the 'undated' part, on my selection criteria I would cut most of those out. Many were in the list when I took over the thread but, so far, there has been no specific reason to remove them. But I have my ruthless pruning shears at the ready should any falter sufficiently! Hello and goodbye Beam Park? Skelmersdale I did remove as it seems extremely unlikely to progress.

 

[Dan G]

Fair!

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Snip, snip.

Beam Park has been removed from the #1 table until there is some kind of agreement that it can progress.

Darlaston James Bridge and Willenhall have slipped to 2024. Apparently at Darlaston "you can see workmen on the ground so it is definitely happening" whilst at Willenhall some buildings have been cleared, poor ground conditions are to be remediated next and construction work will start in the summer with completion next year. Willenhall to open first with Darlaston shortly afterwards.

== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: 12 Feb 2023 ==

I have moved Cardiff Parkway and Surrey Canal from the 'dated' part of the #1 table. Cardiff Parkway because the planning application was 'called in' so the opening date is less certain and Surrey Canal because the opening date was only a comment in a document rather than a firm commitment.

Following recent discussions I have retitled the 'undated' part of the #1 table to 'Other proposals being progressed'. Once I have done some editing, this will include station proposals which are a good way along the development process and are actively being progressed. Initial ideas being pushed by a campaign group, developer, local council or similar will not feature.

== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: 12 Feb 2023 ==

I have now added details for Cullompton, Lydeway, St Annes Park and Wellington. To be fair to @Dan G , they are of a similar stage of development to others in the table so ought to be added. It does make the table a bit unwieldy though. Regarding Cheadle (Stockport) @Rail Ranger , I'm (re)thinking about it. The scheme has funding and is being developed but not through Restoring Your Railway or other usual channels.

Beam Park remains on the naughty/thinking step.

There is also a proposal to relocate Hairmyres (between East Kilbride and Thorntonhall) around 2024/25.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A few years ago, councillors were discussing the possible reopening of the railway station at Coppull. The station was on the North Union Railway and opened in 1838. The station was relocated nearer to the town centre in 1895 and did not close until October 1969. The town of Coppull is situated between Chorley and Wigan.

Has anyone any updated information on how the discussions on the reopening of that station fared?

 

[Rail Ranger]

A slight correction. Coppull is between Wigan North Western and Euxton Balshaw Lane.

 

[bspahh]

Work on moving Waterbeach station has “lawfully commenced”
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co...ation-works-have-begun-says-develope-9300117/ says:

The Waterbeach Development Company has applied for a certificate of lawfulness to confirm that the permission to build the new station is still valid.

The application states that planning permission was granted in 2020 by South Cambridgeshire District Council to relocate the railway station to the north of the village.

However, the planning permission required work to begin on site within three years, otherwise the permission would expire.
The developer says work had “lawfully commenced” before the permission was due to expire on January 9, due to site layout works being undertaken.

The application says that 83 pegs were put in place in December last year marking out the access road between Cody Road and the railway line, as well as the edges of parking areas and circulation spaces at the station.

It adds that the markers are due to stay in place until further construction work takes place.

The application argues that the marking out of the access road with the pegs does constitute a “material operation” before the original application expired, and asks for the district council to confirm this.

The new station is proposed to support the Waterbeach New Town development. The project had initially been proposed to be developer-led, but the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) agreed in July last year to take on the responsibility of the £37million project in order to “unlock” the proposed 4,500 new homes.

Concerns had been raised by some members of the GCP about the risk the authority would be taking on by accepting responsibility for delivering the new station.

In a report presented to the GCP’s joint assembly earlier this month, it said the station was still forecast to be completed in 2025.

It added that a project team had been put together to deliver the scheme and that work had progressed.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Work on moving Waterbeach station has “lawfully commenced”
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co...ation-works-have-begun-says-develope-9300117/ says:

Sticking some pegs in the ground does not constitute 'commencement', same as plonking a portable hut on a site doesn't. Unless the council (as part of the development consortium), want it to of course.

Stripping all the topsoil, laying drains, kerbs and the base layer for roads may constitute commencement.

 

[flitwickbeds]

Wixams has today been (re-)granted planning permission.

Wixams: Residents pleased with railway station approval

Residents pleased after local authority agrees to put £26m towards the £39m cost of the station near Bedford.

www.bbc.co.uk

Plans for a housing development to get its own railway station have moved forward after a council approved them.

Bedford Borough Council's planning committee voted in favour of the new station at Wixams, near Bedford, almost 20 years after the estate was devised.

 

[DaveN]

Duplicate - sorry

 

[Baxenden Bank]

@Grumpy has uploaded some photographs of progress at White Rose in this thread.

Some station codes added to post #1:
Cameron Bridge [CBX]
Leven [LEV]
Ashley Down [ASD]
Cambridge South [CMS]
Beaulieu Park [BEU]
Pill [PIA]
Portishead [POH]

 

[androdas]

Full funding of Northumberland Line announced here with a video published showing the Transport Secretary at Newsham Station where construction is well underway here. Opening date is given as 'Summer 2024'

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Leven, Ashley Down and Newsham: status changed to 'under construction'.

Edit:
Planning Permission was granted for Elland on 28 February.

 

[Glenn1969]

Very thorough reply! But I'm a bit confused on the criteria for the second table in the first post, as many seem to be more speculative than Cullompton and Wellington.

They're all speculative because IMHO 95% of the business cases will be rejected either by DfT or Treasury given current financial restraint

 

[Baxenden Bank]

They're all speculative because IMHO 95% of the business cases will be rejected either by DfT or Treasury given current financial restraint

Without naming names, at least eight of the 28 in the second part of the table at #1 will be built (29%).

 

[swt_passenger]

Full funding of Northumberland Line announced here with a video published showing the Transport Secretary at Newsham Station where construction is well underway here. Opening date is given as 'Summer 2024'

Makes you wonder where all the works already commenced, that have been underway for some months, got their funding. Seems a bit late to discover everything already started was pending final approval.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Makes you wonder where all the works already commenced, that have been underway for some months, got their funding. Seems a bit late to discover everything already started was pending final approval.

The press releases (haven't watched the video) don't actually mention funding being approved.

 

[swt_passenger]

The press releases (haven't watched the video) don't actually mention funding being approved.

Thanks for the correction, I was assuming what was posted earlier was taken from the latest news.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Thanks for the correction, I was assuming what was posted earlier was taken from the latest news.

It is the latest news, issued yesterday, it just blathers on without saying anything new!

• • 1 day ago

Northumberland Line to reopen summer 2024​

The historic Northumberland Line is set to reopen next summer when passengers in the North-East will be able to reconnect with friends and family and enjoy greater access to business and education opportunities.

Transport Secretary, Mark Harper said:

“Communities in Northumberland can get ready for regular train services that will better connect people to jobs, education and opportunities while growing our economy."

Northumberland County Council Leader Glen Sanderson said:

“This is the moment we’ve been working towards, and I am so excited we’ve reached this point as we prepare to get trains rolling again through this part of our county.”

Matt Rice, Network Rail’s North & East Route Director said:

“We’re proud to be working with our industry partners on this truly revolutionary project, which will boost economic growth and bring a new lease of life to the region.”

Not only will the restoration of passenger services reconnect communities and improve connections, but it will also boost the region’s economy through improving access to jobs.

The line’s construction work alone has created almost 100 high-skilled jobs and apprenticeships, demonstrating the benefits it’s already having on the local community.

Congestion and air quality are also expected to plummet as people will be encouraged away from their cars and onto trains.

Read more about this in recent press releases: NCC press release or in the Government's press release.