Given the Government's new Rail Strategy has an objective of encouraging schemes for new rail links to be developed so as to create a pipeline of projects bring forward, I thought it might be interesting to look at the last (arguably much more structured) work done to create such a pipeline.
The list of projects is below - it would be good if we could nail down the definitive status of them all, so if you know of an update that would be appreciated!
New Rail and Station Schemes
1. Aldridge - Sutton Park line
2. Ashington and Blyth - Blyth and Tyne line - Northern required by franchise agreement to fully and effectively cooperate
3. Bordon - Borden Light Railway
4. Brixham - Paignton and Dartmouth Railway
5. Brownhills - South Staffordshire line
6. Cranleigh - Cranleigh line
7. Fleetwood - Fleetwood Branch line
8. Hythe - Fawley Branch line
9. Coalville - Leicester to Burton freight line
10. Rawtenstall - East Lancashire Railway
11. Ringwood - New Forest
12. Skelmersdale - Skelmersale branch
13. Washington - Leamside line
14. Wisbech - Wisbech and March line
(15. Portishead - Portishead branch line)
Proposed Parkway Stations
1. Rushden - Midland Mainline
2. Peterlee - Durham Coast - Funding Agreed
3. Kenilworth - Coventry to Leamington line - Under Construction
4. Ilkeston - Midland Mainline - Open
5. Clay Cross/North Wingfield - Erewash Valley line
6. Ossett Parkway - Healey Mills
7. Wantage and Grove Parkway - Great Western Mainline
Potential Link Lines
1. Bishop Stortford – Braintree – Colchester
2. Burscough Curves
3. Chessington South - Leatherhead
4. Glazebrook – Partington[3]
5. Lewes – Uckfield
6. Matlock – Buxton
7. March – Spalding
8. Oxford – Bletchley with Manton curve
9. Northampton – Bedford
10. Rugby – Peterborough
11. Skipton – Colne
12. Stafford – Wellington
13. Stourbridge – Walsall
14. Whelley Lines
15. Willingdon Chord
16. Woodhead Route
The report can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/2013072...documents/ConnectingCommunitiesReport_S10.pdf
The list of projects is below - it would be good if we could nail down the definitive status of them all, so if you know of an update that would be appreciated!
New Rail and Station Schemes
1. Aldridge - Sutton Park line
2. Ashington and Blyth - Blyth and Tyne line - Northern required by franchise agreement to fully and effectively cooperate
3. Bordon - Borden Light Railway
4. Brixham - Paignton and Dartmouth Railway
5. Brownhills - South Staffordshire line
6. Cranleigh - Cranleigh line
7. Fleetwood - Fleetwood Branch line
8. Hythe - Fawley Branch line
9. Coalville - Leicester to Burton freight line
10. Rawtenstall - East Lancashire Railway
11. Ringwood - New Forest
12. Skelmersdale - Skelmersale branch
13. Washington - Leamside line
14. Wisbech - Wisbech and March line
(15. Portishead - Portishead branch line)
Proposed Parkway Stations
1. Rushden - Midland Mainline
2. Peterlee - Durham Coast - Funding Agreed
3. Kenilworth - Coventry to Leamington line - Under Construction
4. Ilkeston - Midland Mainline - Open
5. Clay Cross/North Wingfield - Erewash Valley line
6. Ossett Parkway - Healey Mills
7. Wantage and Grove Parkway - Great Western Mainline
Potential Link Lines
1. Bishop Stortford – Braintree – Colchester
2. Burscough Curves
3. Chessington South - Leatherhead
4. Glazebrook – Partington[3]
5. Lewes – Uckfield
6. Matlock – Buxton
7. March – Spalding
8. Oxford – Bletchley with Manton curve
9. Northampton – Bedford
10. Rugby – Peterborough
11. Skipton – Colne
12. Stafford – Wellington
13. Stourbridge – Walsall
14. Whelley Lines
15. Willingdon Chord
16. Woodhead Route
The report can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/2013072...documents/ConnectingCommunitiesReport_S10.pdf