1 2 A2B Drumgelloch - Bathgate reopening in progress due Dec 2010 by the Scottish Parliament 3 GARL Glasgow Airport new

rail link by the Scottish Parliament November 2002 due to open 2012 but cancelled 2009 4 Unrecorded, refer to 63 5 Edinburgh suburban line reopening November 2002, cancelled 2009 6 Penicuik reopening proposal November 2002 7 Borders reopening under planning by the Scottish Parliament 8 Blythe & Tyne and Leamside lines reopening proposal September 2002 and Feb 2008 Also Ashington & Blythe and Washington proposals by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009 9 Penrith - Keswick reopening proposal 10 Stanhope - Bishops Auckland reopening proposal November 2002 11 Pickering - Rillington reopening to enable through service over Yorkshire Moors railway 12 Wensleydale Railway: Northallerton - Leaming Bar Leyburn - Redmire November 2002 13 Rippon reopening proposal July 2004 14 Grassington branch reopening proposal September 2002 15 Skipton - Colne reopening proposal September 2002 16 York - Beverley reopening proposal by East Riding Council December 2006 17 Fleetwood reopening proposal Also proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009 18 Bootle - Aintree, Edge Hill - Bootle, St Helens Junction St Helens Central and Burscough curves reopening proposals by Merseyrail January 2007 19 Woodhead route reopening proposal Stocksbridge - Penistone - Hadfield capacity enhancement scheme by Railtrack 20 Caernarfon - Bangor line reopening proposal October 2004 21 Sandbach - Northwich reopening proposal 22 Matlock - Millers Dale reopening proposal capacity enhancement scheme by Railtrack 23 GN&GE joint line reopening proposal September 2004 24 Wisbech line reopening proposal April 2002 Also Wisbech proposal by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009 25 Ivanhoe line: Burton-on-Trent - Leicester reopening proposal Also proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009 26 Stourbridge - Walsall - Lichfield reopening proposal Also Brownhills proposal by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009 27 Sections of Grand Junction main line Wolverhampton - Stetchford now being used by new Wrexham, Shropshire & Marylebone Railway service 28 Kings Norton - Camp Hill - New Street reopening proposal (also a possible spur into Moor Street) February 2006 29 30 Cambridge - St Ives branch reopening proposal August 2004 31 Saxmunham - Leiston reopening proposal Suffolk County Council supports a feasibility study when Sizewell nuclear power station is decommisioned, possibly 2012; extending to Aldeburgh has not been ruled out November 2006 32 Cambridge - Haverhill (phase 1) - Sudbury reopening proposal August 2004 33 Stanstead - Braintree branch reopening proposal September 2002 34 Varsity line reopening proposal Two sections Bicester - Bletchley and Bedford - Letchworth 34b Alternative East-West route proposal via new Stewartby chord and new LutonStevenage line EWRC Mar 2009 35 Northampton - Bedford branch reopening proposal 36 Aylesbury - M1/M6, Princess Risborough Oxford, Princess Risborough - M42 and spur to Bicester Town reopening proposals franchise proposals by Chiltern Railways for Great Central main line. Subsequently Chiltern to build spur for new MaryleboneOxford service 2012/13 37 38

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Burnley Halifax Castleford Brough Pontefract Selby Todmorden Dewsbury Darwin Rawtenstall BartonWestgate New Holland on-Humber 72 Huddersfield Kirkgate Southport Dunstable reopening proposal Bolton Bury Rochdale 18 Goole Wakefield might be a guided busway Formby Salford Grimsby Ormskirk Skelmersdale Wallgate Crescent Droylesden Stalybridge Stratford - Cheltenham reopening proposal Town Doncaster Barnetby Aintree 74 Wigan capacity enhancement scheme by Railtrack 55 Bootle North Adwick Victoria Cleethorpes and NR/St Modwen Long Marton 67 Penistone Western Kirkby Stratford South 4/08 New Brighton Scunthorpe 18 MANCHESTER Habrough Hadfield Doncaster Piccadilly LIVERPOOL 18 Link to Newport; proposed extension to Ebbw Vale Town Barnsley Moorfields Lime Street Guide Market Rasen Conisbrough 65 Airport from Parkway (could open 2010, previously 2014); and Central Airport Bidston Bridge Glossop proposed Abertillery branch from Aberbeeg Swinton Romiley West Kirby South Earlestown Gainsborough December 2007 19 Marple Birkenhead Rotherham Central Parkway Central Central Lee Pontyclun - Beddau reopening proposal Lincoln Stockport Chinley Warrington Worksop Road Llandudno by Sewta (South East Wales Transport Bank Quay Heswall Runcorn Alliance) December 2006 Hooton Retford Altrincham Sheffield Ellesmere Port Colwyn Bay Prestatyn Shotton Bangor Oxford - Witney reopening proposal Mansfield Chesterfield Holyhead Castle North Buxton New Heathrow - St Pancras service, new Hartford Northwich Llandudno Rhyl Gate Chester spur to GWML west and new line Heathrow Junction Newark 20 to south Skegness 22 Macclesfield Caernarfon 21 Sheringham Wilmslow by BAA Hope Alfreton Hunstanton Holt Betws-y-Coed Cromer Matlock Congleton Boston Denbigh Sandbach Crossrail North Walsham Sleaford 66 Grantham Blaenau by Transport for London Fakenham Derby Kidsgrove Crewe Ffestiniog General Hoveton & Wroxham Criccieth Portishead branch reopening proposal 68 Alsager Central Wrexham Nottingham Pwllheli 70 Kings Lynn Dereham Bentley - Bordon reopening proposal target date 2017 Porthmadog Brundall Acle Uttoxeter StokeNantwich by Bordons transport group December 2006 Ruabon Spalding Great Yarmouth Also proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities 57 on-Trent Wymondham June 2009 Barmouth Corwen Norwich Gobowen East Midlands Parkway Downham Whitchurch Wisbech Cranleigh branch reopening proposal Stone Market 23 Also proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities Tywyn Attleborough Loughborough Shrewsbury June 2009 Reedham 24 Ely Machynlleth Welshpool Peterborough Thetford Wellington Tavistock reopening proposal for 2011/12 Burton-onDiss Dovey Junction Newtown Ealing Community Trust June 2007 Stamford Trent March Lowestoft Oakham Coalville Church Stretton Stafford Eridge - Tunbridge Wells reopening proposal Aberystwyth Beccles 60 Bury 25 St Austell - Newquay Cosford Telford Central Alrewas Saxmundham St Edmunds conversion of mineral line to replace route to Par Leiston Melton Rugeley Leicester Craven Arms Woodbridge 31 Mowbray Connection of Swanage Railway to main line and through Huntingdon Rhayader Walsall Stowmarket services Lichfield Wolverhampton Westerfield St Ives Corby Fawley branch reopening proposal to Hythe Hinckley Snow Newmarket Knighton 30 Tamworth Ipswich Sandwell & Dudley Market Hill Ludlow Uckfield - Lewes reopening proposal Nuneaton Haverhill Felixstowe Harborough Smethwick Cambridge Kettering Stourbridge 26 Shanklin - Ventnor reopening proposal New 27 Manningtree 62 Harwich Street Sandy International Stourbridge Junction Manchester: Ordsall curve proposal 32 Stansted Coventry BIRMINGHAM Wellingborough Letchworth Leominster Moor Airport Llandrindod Larkhall - Stonehouse reopening proposal Frankley Street 34 Colchester Hitchin Thorpe-le-Soken Rugby 35 New East Midlands Parkway station opening Kidderminster Walton-on-the-Naze 28 Solihull Bedford Sudbury December 2008 Warwick Stevenage 33 Northampton Bromsgrove Builth Road Colchester 34b Builth Wells New Southend Airport station opening Milton Town Redditch Stratford- Leamington Bishops Braintree Hertford Ledbury summer 2009 Hereford Marks Tey Clacton-on-Sea Keynes Spa Stortford on-Avon Luton Llanwrtyd Wells 70 Droitwich Spa Witham Dunstable M1/M6 Dornoch cut-off proposal N E Welwyn Banbury (and closure Lairg - Golspie) 36 Broxbourne Great Bletchley St Albans Enfield Shrub Llandovery 36 38 Malvern Merthyr Hill Lichfield-Wichnor Junction Foregate Street Potters 39 Fishguard Evesham 34 Tydfil reopening proposal Rhymney Bar North Worcester Harbour Llandeilo Chingford Clarbeston Road Aberdare Ebbw Moreton-inSouthminster Bicester Abergavenny Thornton Junction - Leven and Chelmsford Watford Junction Marsh Town Whitland Vale Aylesbury Treherbert Leuchars Junction - St Andrews Cheltenham Spa Haverfordwest Carmarthen West Hampstead Abertillery reopening proposals Wickford Shenfield Dalston Charlbury by South East of Scotland Transport Milford Caerphilly Gloucester 36 Pontypool Partnership Willesden Romford Pontypridd Coryton Tenby Stroud Witney 41 Haven Rayleigh 58 Junction Pembroke Lydney Princes Oxford Neath Radyr Not shown Walsall - Sutton Park - Water Llanelli Stratford Airport Risborough Chepstow Maesteg Beddau Orton, also new chords at Bordesley to St Pancras CARDIFF Kings Marlow Didcot Victoria Moor Street for new Tamworth service. Kemble Newport Bourne 42 Cross Central Parkway Port Queen Street Euston Options for new West Midlands services Upminster Southend Henley End Talbot Swansea by Halcrow for WMPTE Severn Tunnel Shoeburyness G T W E S T E R N Liverpool Marylebone 44 Parkway Bridgend Central Slough Paddington Severn Tunnel Parkway 40 Barry Not shown Glasgow Crossrail Bay Street Swindon BRISTOL Junction Debated in Scottish Parliament Penarth Tilbury Town Fenchurch Street Rhoose Temple Meads Charing Reading Severn Beach Barry New Inverness Airport station due 2010 Windsor Blackfriars Victoria Cross Ebbsfleet Heathrow Island Chippenham Sheerness-on-Sea 45 Cannon Street Cardiff New Doncaster Airport station due 2012 Kensington Gravesend Portishead London Bridge Dartford Bath Trowbridge T E R N Newbury International Strood S Weston-super-Mare Reopening proposal Airport E Spa Wokingham Richmond Faversham Waterloo W Swanley West Norfolk Council Oct 2008 Farnborough Margate G T Frome Woking North Clapham J Reopening proposal Stockport-Denton-Droylesden Herne Bay Otford N Chatham Bromley Basingstoke Westbury R Bridgwater AGMA Nov 2008 S O U T H W E S T E South Ramsgate Streatham W East Castle Farnborough Possible reopening proposal to Cambois linked to new Barnstaple Croydon Warminster Taunton Cary Canterbury Deal housing Jan 2008 Orpington Epsom E Guildford E Maidstone Alton Andover Oxted Eggesford Norfolk orbital proposal Tiverton 47 Dorking Ashford Sevenoaks W Tonbridge Parkway Winchester Bordon Redhill Salisbury One Wales Line Okehampton Cranleigh Dover 46 Proposal by Archimandrite Deiniol Gatwick Pen Folkestone Paddock Haslemere EXETER Espoused by George Monbiot in The Guardian Dec 2008 Eridge Romsey Airport Mill Wood Central Tavistock Sherborne Three Bridges Crediton Eastleigh Junction East Central Honiton Brixham proposal by ATOC Crawley Rye Royal 48 Grinstead 49 Tunbridge Newton Abbot Connecting Communities June 2009 Airport Parkway Yeovil Petersfield Haywards Crewkerne St Davids Southampton Wells Gunnislake Rawtenstall and Bury proposal by ATOC Horsham Heath Bere Central Fareham Connecting Communities June 2009 Uckfield Alston Maiden Newton Ringwood 53 Hastings Ringwood proposal by ATOC Exmouth 73 Hythe Totnes Chichester Worthing Connecting Communities June 2009 Lewes Bournemouth Torquay Newquay Keyham Wareham 52 Fawley Dorchester Skelmersdale proposal by ATOC Havant Barnham Newhaven Liskeard Brockenhurst Continental Connecting Communities June 2009 Plymouth Brighton W S Paignton Eastbourne Littlehampton Europe 71 Brixham Poole Seaford Bognor Portsmouth 50 Regis Lymington Looe Par St Austell Weymouth Swanage Ryde South
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