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On Monday 14 November 2022, the application for the Portishead Branch Line – MetroWest Phase 1 was granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport.
Nine rail schemes receive further funding to provide better access to jobs, homes and education, and level up and reconnect communities.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Funding to reopen disused railway lines, services and stations will restore community connections and improve access to jobs, homes and education.
Railway between Exeter and Okehampton offers year-round trains for the first time in almost 50 years, boosting local community and regional economy.
Headquarters for Great British Railways will be based outside of London and bring high-skilled jobs to the winning location.
Upgrade will provide more seats, services and significantly faster journey times, improving rail connections across the North and Midlands.
Major rail investment to transform services in the North and Midlands.
Train service to run on Dartmoor Line after 50 years.
Contactless pay-as-you-go ticketing to be rolled out across the commuter networks of the Midlands and North over the next 3 years.
Investment for Transpennine route upgrade, increased freight capacity between the Port of Southampton and Midlands plus new stations at Exeter and Leeds.
Line between Exeter and Okehampton set to reopen later this year, as government delivers first project of its Restoring Your Railway Fund in the south west.
Transport Secretary appoints Neil Sachdev as Chair of the East West Railway Company, overseeing delivery of a new direct rail link between Oxford and Cambridge.
Passengers set for longer platforms, new footbridge and step-free access in £31 million Feltham station upgrade.
Final round of Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund opens, inviting proposals to restore railway lines, services and stations that were closed to passengers in 1964.
Funding given on works around Stoke-on-Trent and Longton train stations, new cycling and walking schemes plus upgrades to city centre bus station.
Passengers to benefit from a £40 million investment in Stevenage train station.
Birmingham's University rail station is set for redevelopment in time for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Fund will help to develop proposals to build or reopen railway lines and stations.
National competition awards £9.4 million funding to innovative projects that will make railways cleaner, greener and more passenger-friendly.
Grangetown, Pontypool & New Inn, Llantwit Major and Neath train stations to benefit from a share of £20m funding boost to improve disabled access
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