Beeching Reversal: Fifty Disused Rail Lines On Track To Reopen
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article in The Times
This is the introductory paragraph.
The reopening of up to 50 disused railway lines or stations will be considered as part of a reversal of the infamous Beeching cuts, it was announced yesterday.
The Possible Projects
These are the various projects, shown as an index by area, so you can click to find out more.
Yorkshire and Humberside
Reinstatement of the Beverley to York Rail Line
Restoration Of A Daily Train Service On The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Upper Wensleydale Railway
Restoring Passenger Rail to the Sheaf Valley
Restoring a South Humber Link
South Yorkshire Joint Railway
New Station At Waverley
East Midlands
West Midlands
Reopening Stratford-upon-Avon to Honeybourne-Worcester/Oxford (SWO) Railway Line
More Stopping Services At Radcliffe-on-Trent And Bottesford Stations On The Poacher Line Between Grantham And Nottingham
Increased Services To Nottingham And Leicester, via Syston And Loughborough From Melton Mowbray
Reconnecting Ashfield Communities through the Maid Marian Line
Wales
Magor And Undy Walkway Station
Restoring services on the Anglesey Central Railway between Gaerwen and Amlych
South West
Shepton Mallet (Mendip Vale)
Radstock railway reinstatement
St Anne’s Park station
Primrose Line
Transforming the Newquay Line
Mid Cornwall Metro
Restoring secondary services on the Great Western Main Line
Goodrington and Churston Stations
New station for Langport and Somerton Area
Charfield Station
Reinstatement of Bodmin-Wadebridge Railway and associated works
Increased service provision Bodmin General-Bodmin Parkway
Ashburton & Buckfastleigh junction railway
Bristol West capacity enhancement
Light railway extension to the Barnstaple Branch (Chivenor Braunton) “TawLink”
Cirencester Community Rail Project
Project Wareham – Complete The Link
South East
Arundel Chord
Re-Opening of Camberwell Station
Unlocking Capacity And Services Through Bramley (Hants)
Aston Rowant Extension Of The Chinnor Railway
Carshalton Beeches Step-Free Access
North West
South Fylde Line Passing Loop
Kenyon Junction Station
Reopening Golborne Railway Station
Reinstatement of Bolton-Radcliffe / Bolton – Bury
Reinstating Beeston Castle and Tarporley Railway Station
Reopen Midge Hall Station
Re-Doubling Of The Mid Cheshire Line Between Stockport And Altrincham And Associated Station Reopenings
Stockport and Ashton Line
Glazebrook Junction And Skelton Junction
East Didsbury – Stockport
North East
Consett-Newcastle Connection
Ferryhill restoration
East
Reopening Wymondham-Dereham Line
King’s Lynn to Hunstanton Railway
Reopening Harston Station
Reopening Sawston Station
A Few Rules
I think we should apply a few rules to the bids and the subsequent projects, that will be developed.
Schemes Should Not Use Diesel Trains Long Term
We are aiming to decarbonise trains by 2040. So let’s not make that more difficult.
All New Stations Should Be Step-Free
This one is obvious.
The Anonymous Widower 
I have serious doubts on the viability of Kings Lynn to Hunstanton, and public transport improvements in the area could be achieved by better bus provision (more, regular, aligned for multimodal interchange, using proven BYD/Dennis EV buses, and some priority schemes, maybe with a new out out town parkway/park and ride train station).
If demand is proven then use a tram train to work around loss of trackbed and bring service to where people boarded buses rather than traditional out of town train station location.
Good article on Eastern Daily press website (with good comments stream).
Comment by MilesT | July 2, 2020 |
the official list is at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/re-opening-beeching-era-lines-and-stations/re-opening-beeching-era-lines-and-stations There’s no mention of how many will be successful – it was ten in the last round – but some of those listed have nothing to do with reversing Beeching, and I would have thought they’ll be passed on elsewhere. I would have thought line reopenings which are simply adding passenger services to existing freight lines would stand the best chance, as they could be ready by the next election! (sorry, being cynical again)
Comment by Peter Robins | July 3, 2020 |
it seems that, as in the previous round, only 10 of these will be selected, so the title of the Times article is jumping the gun. Next round is in November.
Comment by Peter Robins | August 18, 2020 |
They are a varied bunch and when I’ve written about a few more, I will be able to make more serious statements.
Some seem to have been proposed by MPs. But why not? They should know their patch well!
Some like the Arundel Chord seem rail industry led.
A surprising number of projects involve heritage railways. But the Chnnor project seems worthwhile.
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The latest edition of Private Eye has an article that paints a gloomy picture of service cuts. Time will tell if there is any truth in the piece. It would certainly mean that any Beeching Reversal would be unlikely.
Comment by HW | August 18, 2020 |
I have written about most of them and I shall be following them through to see what happens. It looks to me, that there has been a degree of filtering applied by engineers from Network Rail or the appropriate train operating companies, as several are very sensible schemes, that enable long-standing problems to be ticked off.
One I like is the South Fylde Loop, which would double the frequency and could be constructed before the next Open Championship at Lytham, which must be due before 2030.
The Arundel Chord is a simple project, which possibly increases the capacity of the Brighton Main Line at a lower cost than extending the Uckfield Line.
Reopening Wymondham and Dereham is obvious, as Greater Anglia already stores spare trains on the heritage railway and has more than enough of their Swiss trains to run an hourly service.
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Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing?
Comment by Fenline Scouser | May 31, 2021 |
The Victoria’s met the immense cost of building these branch lines. Selected lines could be relayed for only part of the cost it was to them. These conservatives are far too selfish to be hero’s of this century’s British.everyman.
Comment by John Wingett. 4 Wasdale Gardens. PL68TN | October 25, 2021 |
Missing from list is Lewis – Uckfield – Tonbridge and BML2 + Tunbridge Wells West to London Chord.
Comment by Bill Mackintosh | May 16, 2022 |
I doubt that will happen!
Comment by AnonW | May 16, 2022 |
What an excellent proposal making use of present infrastructure with minimal addition at Newquay Station and Par Junction should be good value for any investment er
Comment by Peter Cheesman | August 10, 2022 |