The Department for Transport is two thirds through its £500 million Restoring Your Railway Fund. The Fund is now closed for any further bids and the funding is being split in 3 ways to offer support to projects at different phases of development:
Ideas Fund
This will provide support to proposals to reinstate axed local services. These should be sponsored by MPs working with local authorities and community groups.
Advanced proposals
As well as looking for new ideas, the £500 million fund will be used to help accelerate the development of closed lines and stations which are already in the process of being considered for restoration.
Proposals for new and restored stations
A new round of the New Stations Fund will support both the development of new stations and the restoration of old station sites.
List, by funding round, of all the bids made to the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund. Round 3 bids are currently under assessment, and bid names may be subject to change following initial assessment. The following bids have been put forward for further consideration.
Region Scheme
East Midlands
Mablethorpe
Reconnecting Ruddington
Reinstatement of the line between Bedford and Northampton
Firsby - Louth
Peaks and Dales Line
Cosby to Lutterworth
Reinstatement of Maldon to Witham Line
To reinstate the King’s Lynn to Hunstanton Railway
To re-open the Wymondham-Dereham line
Welland Valley Rail (Kettering-Peterborough-Wisbech)
Re-opening Sawston Station
Re-opening Harston station
Haverhill
Gilsland Station
North East
Newcastle - Berwick-upon-Tweed
Belford Station
The Bishop Line and the Weardale Railway
Reinstatement of Bensham Curve
Reinstatement of Nexus Metro Expansion – Cobalt Business Park Line
Reinstatement of Leamside line (Local Services)
North West
Kenyon Junction Station
Pendle
Ledsham Station
East Didsbury to Stockport
Ashton to Stockport Line
The Middlewich Line
Reconnect Rawtenstall and Manchester
Lakes Line
Reinstating Carlisle to Silloth railway
Reintroduce Burscough Curves
Reinstatement of Penrith to Keswick line
To re-open Midge Hall Station
South East
Lewes - Uckfield & Tumbridge Wells - Eridge / Ashurst
Hayling Branch Line
Building a better-connected West Oxfordshire - a transformational
project for the wider Oxford economic region
Grove Station
Ludgershall Link
South West
Lynton - Barnstaple Railway
Carn Brea Station
Barnstaple Branch Line "Taw Link"
Stonehouse Bristol Road
Marazion Railway Station
Tavistock Okehampton
Bude Okehampton
Saltford Station (Bath & North Somerset)
Sharpness Branch Line
Re-instate the Helston Railway Link connecting Helston to the main
South West rail line
Wilton Junction Station
To reinstate the Radstock railway
To reinstate the Ashburton and Buckfastleigh Junction Railway
Shepton Mallet to Somerset
Pilning Station Enhancements
Corsham Station
Gravity Site - Bristol to Exeter Mainline Railway
New train service to Bishops Lydeard on the West Somerset Railway.
Extension of the Riviera Line
New station south of Gloucester
Fowey to Lostwithiel
Reopening Brent Station
Tavistock to Plymouth Rail Reinstatement
Wales
Bangor - Afonwen Railway
To restore services on the Anglesey Central Railway between Gaerwen
and Amlwch
West Midlands
Castle Bromwich - Fort Parkway
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Telford Central
Oswestry - Gobowen Line
Etruria Station
Tettenhall area station
Coventry area stations study
The Stourbridge Dasher - Stourbridge - Brierley
Lichfield - Burton on Trent / Derby
Galley Common/Stockingford Station (Nuneaton to Birmingham)
Sutton Park Line
Reinstatement of the Stoke-Leek line
Reinstatement of rail sidings at the former Ironbridge Power Station
Yorkshire and Humberside
South Yorkshire Joint Railway
Harrowgate-Ripon-Northallerton
East Ardsley Station
Upper Wensleydale Railway
Boulby Branch Line/Saltburn Line
Askern Line
Reinstatement of the North Midland Line between Barnsley to Wakefield
via Royston
Don Valley Line
Beverley to York Line
Sheaf Valley New Stations and Station Improvements