{"id":31770,"date":"2021-11-16T16:02:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31770"},"modified":"2021-11-15T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:23:07","slug":"seven-abandoned-railways-set-to-follow-dartmoor-line-back-into-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31770","title":{"rendered":"Seven abandoned railways set to follow Dartmoor line back into service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"trains\"New Civil Engineer has offered updates on the new schemes set to be rvioved as part of the government\u2019s Restoring Your Railway fund, launched in January 2020.<\/h3>\n

image: for illustration puposes only<\/em><\/h6>\n

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…successful proposals to be awarded up to \u00a350,000…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

New Civil Engineer writes (18 Oct 2021):<\/p>\n

Last week the Dartmoor line, connecting Okehampton to Exeter,\u00a0became the first former line to open<\/a>\u00a0under the government\u2019s Restoring Your Railway fund,\u00a0launched in January 2020 to reinstate axed local services and restore closed stations.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It is the first of a number of schemes to revive abandoned routes, with\u00a0Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines emphasising that restoring such lines is among key solutions to secure the future of the industry given the pandemic-driven decrease in commuting.<\/a><\/p>\n

Many of these schemes fall under the Department for Transport (DfT)’s Restoring your Railways Fund.<\/p>\n

In March the DfT revealed the\u00a085 rail schemes competing for investment under the third and final round of the fund,<\/a>\u00a0with successful proposals to be awarded up to \u00a350,000 each to progress plans to reinstate stations and restore passenger services closed during the Beeching cuts.<\/p>\n

In the last funding round, backers of 15 proposals were awarded cash to develop their business cases.<\/a>\u00a0Ten schemes won backing in the first round.<\/p>\n

Here is a rundown of the next routes set to be given a new lease of life….<\/p>\n

[Northumberland line, York to Beverley line, Levenmouth rail link, Portishead line]<\/p>\n

Three other recommendations<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Transport thinktank Greengauge21 has also thrown its support behind three other “missing” rail main lines that could be reopened.<\/p>\n

It said that, as well as the\u00a0restoring of closed branch lines under the government\u2019s Restoring Your Railway Fund<\/a>, there are other lines of \u201cnational significance\u201d which should also be brought back into use.<\/p>\n

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