New Stations Fund
The New Stations Fund is a programme by the United Kingdom Department for Transport to partially fund new railway stations in conjunction with local authorities or developers.
First round[edit]
The first round was launched in 2013[1] and funded £20m across five stations:[2]
- Pye Corner opened 2014
- Newcourt opened 2015
- Lea Bridge opened 2016
- Ilkeston opened 2017
- Kenilworth opened 2018
Second round[edit]
The second round was launched in 2016 and funded £16m across five stations:[3]
- Warrington West opened 2019
- Horden opened 2020
- Bow Street opened 2021
- Reading Green Park opened 2023
- Portway Park & Ride opened 2023
Third round[edit]
The third round was launched in 2020 and was originally worth £20m but later increased to £32m.[4] Applications closed on 5 June 2020.[4][5] The winners were announced in November 2020.[6]
- Torquay Gateway
- Thanet Parkway opened on 31 July 2023
- St Clears
- Haxby
- Deeside Parkway
The third round was supplemented on 26 May 2021 when in a DfT news story "£401 million investment into upgrades to deliver brighter rail future" an additional £15 million was allocated to build new stations at Marsh Barton in Exeter, and White Rose and Thorpe Park in Leeds. The latter pair were among the four first mentioned in DfT's 29 November 2017 policy paper "Connecting people: A strategic vision for rail" (page 25, paragraph 2.43).
References[edit]
- ^ "Government provides funding for new train stations". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "New Stations Fund". Network Rail. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Five new stations funded". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ a b "National Infrastructure Strategy" (PDF). p. 41.
- ^ "Restoring Your Railway Fund". Department for Transport.
- ^ "New Stations Fund" (PDF).