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1 2 A2B Drumgelloch - Bathgate Thurso reopening in progress due Dec 2010 by the Scottish Parliament Georgemas Wick 3 GARL Glasgow Airport new rail link by the Scottish Parliament November 2002 due to open 2012 but cancelled 2009 Passenger rail Helmsdale 4 Unrecorded, refer to 63 Golspie 5 Edinburgh suburban line reopening Lairg 59 November 2002, cancelled 2009 Dornoch 6 Penicuik reopening proposal network diagram November 2002 Tain Garve 7 Borders reopening under planning Invergordon by the Scottish Parliament Dingwall 8 Blythe & Tyne and Leamside lines reopening proposal September 2002 and Feb 2008 Nairn Elgin Under construction Also Ashington & Blythe and Washington proposals by Keith ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009 Achnasheen Inverness Strathcarron Inverness Forres 9 Penrith - Keswick reopening proposal 64 Airport Huntly Plockton 10 Stanhope - Bishops Auckland Stromeferry reopening proposal or proposed November 2002 Kyle of Lochalsh Aviemore Inverurie 11 Pickering - Rillington reopening to enable through service over Yorkshire Moors railway Kingussie Dyce 12 Wensleydale Railway: Northallerton - Leaming Bar - SCOTRAIL Leyburn - Redmire Principal routes November 2002 Regional routes 13 Rippon reopening proposal Spean Aberdeen Local routes July 2004 Glenfinnan Bridge Mallaig Limited service 14 Grassington branch reopening proposal September 2002 Blair Atholl Fort William Stonehaven Under construction 15 Skipton - Colne reopening proposal Planned or proposed* September 2002 Pitlochry New station 16 York - Beverley reopening proposal Rannoch Montrose by East Riding Council December 2006 London Underground Circle Line 17 Fleetwood reopening proposal Also proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities June Arbroath Glasgow Underground 2009 Tyndrum 18 Bootle - Aintree, Edge Hill - Bootle, St Helens Junction - Oban St Helens Central and Burscough curves reopening Dalmally Crianlarich Perth proposals Dundee Airport interchange by Merseyrail January 2007 Gleneagles St Andrews Ferry interchange 19 Woodhead route reopening proposal Cupar Stocksbridge - Penistone - Hadfield Arrochar & Tarbet Dunblane 61 capacity enhancement scheme by Railtrack Stirling Markinch 20 Caernarfon - Bangor line reopening Dunfermline Leven Places with multiple stations on different lines proposal Larbert Kirkcaldy October 2004 Garelochhead Alloa Inverkeithing 21 Sandbach - Northwich reopening proposal Balloch Grahamston Edinburgh Not all lines or stations shown Waverley 22 Matlock - Millers Dale reopening proposal Upper Falkirk Haymarket Reduced detail in major conurbations capacity enhancement scheme by Railtrack Helensburgh Milngavie SCOTRAIL North Berwick Lenzie 23 GN&GE joint line reopening proposal Central High Linlithgow Dunbar September 2004 Bathgate Dumbarton Central Maryhill Cumbernauld 5 * Based on information gathered since 2000 from rail Springburn Berwick-upon-Tweed 24 Wisbech line reopening proposal April 2002 Westerton Airdrie sources reporting that realistic sums have been spent Also Wisbech proposal by ATOC Connecting Partick 2 Communities June 2009 Queen Street Penicuik Glasgow Coatbridge Drumgelloch Newcraighall by local authorities, Railtrack, Network Rail and 25 Ivanhoe line: Burton-on-Trent - Leicester Port Airport GLASGOW 6 EAST COAST other relevant organisations on engineering and reopening proposal Glasgow 34Central Shotts Kirknewton 7 Also proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities June Gourock Whifflet market research. Many are not being pursued. 2009 Wemyss Bay Gilmour St Cambuslang Alnmouth Paisley Holytown Galashiels Heritage schemes are not included. 26 Stourbridge - Walsall - Lichfield 63 Largs Canal reopening proposal Newton Motherwell Also Brownhills proposal by ATOC Connecting Stewarton Tweedbank Communities June 2009 Ardrossan Kilwinning Neilston Hamilton Troon East Carluke Carstairs 27 Sections of Grand Junction main line Kilbride Wolverhampton - Stetchford now being Prestwick Kilmarnock 56 Lanark Morpeth used by new Wrexham, Shropshire & Larkhall Ayr Marylebone Railway service Stonehouse Girvan Ashington 28 Kings Norton - Camp Hill - New Street Lockerbie 8 reopening proposal (also a possible spur into Moor Street) Stranraer Dumfries Cambois See www.projectmapping.co.uk for other versions February 2006 Harbour 68 Annan Carlisle Newcastle Comments to [email protected] 29 Sunderland 30 Cambridge - St Ives branch Workington Haltwhistle Hexham Washington reopening proposal Durham August 2004 Bishop 8 Stockton Penrith Auckland Middlesbrough Keswick W Appleby 31 Saxmunham - Leiston reopening proposal Whitehaven Stanhope Saltburn Suffolk County Council supports a feasibility 9 E study when Sizewell nuclear power station 10 Eaglescliffe S Darlington Whitby is decommisioned, possibly 2012; extending T to Aldeburgh has not been ruled out Battersby November 2006 Windermere C Kirkby Stephen 11 O Scarborough 32 Cambridge - Haverhill (phase 1) - Sudbury A Pickering reopening proposal August 2004 Kendal S T 33 Stanstead - Braintree branch reopening Oxenholme Leyburn Leeming Bar proposal Lake District Filey September 2002 12 Northallerton Malton 34 Varsity line reopening proposal Settle Thirsk Barrow-in-Furness Ulverston Ripon Bridlington Two sections Bicester - Bletchley and Carnforth Bedford - Letchworth Hellifield Knaresborough Morecambe Grassington Ilkley 13 York 34b Alternative East-West route proposal via Lancaster Guiseley Driffield new Stewartby chord and new Luton- Heysham Port 14 Pocklington Stevenage line EWRC Mar 2009 Skipton Harrogate Church Clitheroe Keighley Fenton Stamford Colne Bridge 16 35 Northampton - Bedford branch reopening 15 Shipley Market Beverley proposal Fleetwood Whalley Forster Nelson Square Weighton 36 Aylesbury - M1/M6, Princess Risborough - 17 Hebden LEEDS Oxford, Princess Risborough - M42 and Preston Blackburn Bridge Bradford Gilberdyke spur to Bicester Town reopening proposals North Hull franchise proposals by Chiltern Railways Blackpool Kirkham & Burnley Halifax Interchange for Great Central main line. Subsequently Chorley Castleford Pontefract Selby Brough Chiltern to build spur for new Marylebone- South Wesham Todmorden Dewsbury Oxford service 2012/13 Darwin Rawtenstall Westgate Barton- New Holland 72 Huddersfield Kirkgate on-Humber 37 Dunstable reopening proposal Southport Bury Rochdale 18 Bolton Goole might be a guided busway Formby Salford Wakefield Ormskirk Skelmersdale Wallgate Crescent Grimsby 38 Stratford - Cheltenham reopening proposal DroylesdenStalybridge Doncaster Town capacity enhancement scheme by Railtrack Aintree 74 Wigan 55 Barnetby and NR/St Modwen Long Marton - Bootle North Victoria Adwick Cleethorpes Kirkby Western 67 Penistone Stratford South 4/08 New Brighton 18 MANCHESTER Hadfield Scunthorpe Habrough LIVERPOOL Piccadilly Doncaster 39 Link to Newport; proposed extension to Ebbw Vale Town Moorfields 18 Guide Barnsley 65 Airport Market Rasen from Parkway (could open 2010, previously 2014); and Bidston Lime Street Airport Conisbrough Central proposed Abertillery branch from Aberbeeg Bridge Glossop Swinton December 2007 West Kirby South Earlestown Romiley Gainsborough Birkenhead Parkway Marple 19 Rotherham Central Central Central Lee 40 Pontyclun - Beddau reopening proposal Warrington Stockport Chinley Worksop Road Lincoln by Sewta (South East Wales Transport Llandudno Heswall Runcorn Bank Quay Alliance) December 2006 Hooton Retford Bangor Colwyn Bay Prestatyn Shotton Ellesmere Port Altrincham Sheffield 41 Oxford - Witney reopening proposal Mansfield Holyhead Chesterfield Castle North 42 New Heathrow - St Pancras service, new Llandudno Rhyl Hartford Northwich Buxton Gate spur to GWML west and new line Heathrow Junction Chester to south 20 Newark Macclesfield 22 EAST COAST Skegness by BAA Caernarfon 21 Wilmslow Sheringham Hope Alfreton Hunstanton Holt 43 Betws-y-Coed Cromer Congleton Matlock Denbigh Sandbach Boston 44 Crossrail Grantham Sleaford 66 North Walsham by Transport for London Blaenau Fakenham Ffestiniog General Crewe Kidsgrove Derby 45 Portishead branch reopening proposal Criccieth 68 Hoveton & Wroxham Pwllheli Wrexham Central Alsager Nottingham 70 Kings Lynn Dereham 46 Bentley - Bordon reopening proposal target date 2017 Porthmadog WEST COAST Brundall Acle by Bordon’s transport group December 2006 Ruabon Nantwich Stoke- Uttoxeter Spalding Also proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities on-Trent 57 Great Yarmouth June 2009 Barmouth Corwen Wymondham Gobowen East Midlands Parkway Norwich Whitchurch Wisbech Downham 47 Cranleigh branch reopening proposal Stone Market Also proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities Tywyn 23 June 2009 Shrewsbury Loughborough Attleborough Reedham Machynlleth MIDLAND 24 Ely Welshpool Peterborough Thetford 48 Tavistock reopening proposal for 2011/12 Dovey Junction Wellington Burton-on- Diss Ealing Community Trust June 2007 Newtown Trent Stamford March Church Stretton Stafford Coalville Oakham Lowestoft 49 Eridge - Tunbridge Wells reopening proposal Aberystwyth Beccles 60 Bury 50 St Austell - Newquay Telford Central Cosford Alrewas 25 conversion of mineral line to replace route to Par St Edmunds Saxmundham Craven Arms Rugeley CROSS COUNTRY Leicester Melton Leiston Mowbray Woodbridge 31 51 Connection of Swanage Railway to main line and through Rhayader Huntingdon services Walsall Lichfield Stowmarket Wolverhampton Corby St Ives Westerfield 52 Fawley branch reopening proposal to Hythe Knighton Snow Tamworth Hinckley 30 Newmarket Ipswich Sandwell & Dudley Hill Market 53 Uckfield - Lewes reopening proposal Ludlow Nuneaton Smethwick Harborough Haverhill
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