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Proposed Railway Stations In England
This page lists proposed railway stations in England. East of England *Beaulieu Park railway station, Beaulieu Park (under construction) * Cambourne railway station, Cambourne * Cambridge South railway station, Cambridge South (under construction) * Granta Park * Haverhill railway station (England), Haverhill * Linton railway station (Cambridgeshire), Linton * Long Stratton * Sawston * Tempsford railway station, Tempsford * Wisbech East railway station, Wisbech Lincolnshire * Deepings * Donington, Lincolnshire, Donington * Pinchbeck railway station, Pinchbeck * Washingborough railway station, Washingborough/Heighington, Lincolnshire, Heighington North East * Bedlington railway station, Bedlington (under construction) * Blyth Bebside railway station, Blyth Bebside (under construction) *Ferryhill railway station, Ferryhill *Gilsland railway station, Gilsland *Team Valley North West Cheshire * Cheadle railway station (London and North Western Railway), Cheadle (Cheshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaulieu Park Railway Station
Beaulieu Park railway station is a station in construction on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England that will serve a new development in Boreham, approximately to the north-east of Chelmsford, Essex. It will be situated between to the west and to the east. It was originally expected to open in 2019, though due to numerous issues, mainly relating to funding, this date has been pushed back a number of times, most recently to 2026. The Beaulieu development will include thousands of new homes, three schools, a business park, surgery, hotel, and parkland, as well as the station which will also serve the neighbourhoods of Boreham and Springfield to help relieve congestion at Chelmsford's main station. History In August 2019 the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, agreed £218 million from the Housing Infrastructure Fund for the new station and associated road improvements, with the aim of unlocking up to 14,000 new homes. Construction on the station bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilsland Railway Station
Gilsland railway station was a railway station on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, on the to section. It was situated near the centre of the village of Gilsland. History The line became part of the North Eastern Railway on 17 July 1862, then, at grouping in 1923, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. The station was originally opened on 19 July 1836 when it was known as ''Rose Hill''. It was later renamed ''Gilsland'' on 1 May 1869. After having been proposed for closure in the Beeching report, the station was closed to passengers on 2 January 1967. Goods facilities were withdrawn on 5 April 1965. Proposed reopening The potential for the station's reopening was assessed in 2001 and in 2005 in the Tyne Valley Route Strategy. Both studies found that there was a case for reopening, although potential demand was assessed only in relation to the local population and not with regard to possible visitors to Hadrian's Wall Hadrian's Wall (, also known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodchurch Railway Station
Woodchurch is a proposed railway station in Merseyside, situated between Upton and Heswall on the Borderlands Line. According to the Core Strategy for Wirral report, compiled by the local council, Woodchurch railway station is one of the council's long-term objectives. The proposal was also mentioned in Merseytravel's 30-year plan of 2014. The October 2017 Liverpool City Region Combined Authority update to the Long Term Rail Strategy mentions the station as being built between Network Rail Control Periods CP5 and CP7. A new proposal to open a station was raised by Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram as part of his re-election plans in January 2020. The proposal was again raised as part of his re-election plans in 2024, with the new railway station being a priority along with new stations at Daresbury and Carr Mill. The land for the station has been reserved by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vauxhall Railway Station (Merseyside)
Vauxhall railway station is a proposed railway station in the Vauxhall area of Liverpool. If it is constructed it will be sited between and on the Merseyrail Northern Line. Construction of the new station was proposed in the 2006 Merseyside Local Transport Plan, where it is listed as Vauxhall/Stanley Dock. The station was included in the 2014 Liverpool City Region Long Term Rail Strategy and in January 2017 it was again proposed by Mayor of Liverpool From 2012 to 2023, the mayor of Liverpool was the executive mayor of the city of Liverpool in England. The office was abolished in 2023 and its functions were replaced with the leader of Liverpool City Council. The mayor of Liverpool was previ ... Joe Anderson, as part of the city's North Docks project and also Everton Football Club's potential plans to build their new stadium in the area. In February 2025 Everton FC's Bramley Moore Dock Stadium opened with a test event with 10,000 fans - a fifth of the stadium's plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Meadow Railway Station
Town Meadow is a proposed railway station to serve the west of Moreton near Meols in the Wirral, England. The station would be situated on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line. The planned station forms part of the wider Local Transport Plan for Merseyside and is included on page 139 of the 2011–2015 document among other proposed stations at Carr Mill, Beechwood, Woodchurch and Deeside. Merseytravel found in a survey carried out in 2010 that support for the station was high. The proposed station would serve existing and new developments in Moreton. The Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Paul Maynard MP, visited the site in April 2017 with local councillors, to back calls for the building of the station. It was revealed that Merseytravel already own the land, but neither they nor Wirral Council had applied for a grant from the government's New Stations Fund. Merseytravel defended their decision, claiming that their plans for the station were not sufficiently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Baltic Railway Station
Liverpool Baltic railway station is a proposed station awaiting planning permission in the Baltic Triangle area of Liverpool, England, which is to be built on the Northern Line of Merseyrail. The station is to be built on the site of the former St James station, which closed to passenger services in 1917. Construction is expected to start in 2025, with opening around three years later. History In 2012, Liverpool's Strategic Investment Framework listed the reopening of St James as important to the success of the Baltic Triangle development. Merseytravel agreed to work with Liverpool Vision in March 2014 to investigate the cost of reopening the station and its projected usage. In January 2015, Merseytravel confirmed that they would be carrying out a study for the station's potential reopening in the 201516 financial year. Merseyrail listed the re-opening of the station as a 'top rail project' during a presentation on rail development and delivery in November 2016. Merseytravel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beechwood Railway Station
Beechwood is a proposed railway station situated between Bidston and Upton on the Borderlands Line, to serve the Beechwood area of Birkenhead. According to the Core Strategy for Wirral report, compiled by the local council, Beechwood railway station is one of the council's long-term objectives. This was mentioned in Merseytravel's 30-year plan of 2014. The October 2017 Liverpool City Region Combined Authority update to the Long Term Rail Strategy mentions the station as being built between Network Rail Control Periods CP5 and CP7. The land for the station has been reserved by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of (), and encompasses of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebingt ...'s local planning authority, which considers the station to be justified by the size of the catchment population. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelmersdale Railway Station
Skelmersdale railway station was a station located on the Skelmersdale branch at Skelmersdale, England. The station was originally named Blague Gate, having its name changed to Skelmersdale on 8 August 1874 and carried passengers from 1858 to 1956. History The station was one of several built by the East Lancashire Railway on their branch line from Ormskirk to Rainford Junction. It opened on 1 March 1858, but after a year became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway system when the ELR was taken over by that company. The station consisted of two platforms with the main building on the northbound side. A wooden signal box was provided to control the adjacent level crossing, passing loop and nearby goods yard. The line towards Ormskirk was subsequently doubled in 1875, the year after the station was renamed. Throughout its life the route operated as a self-contained branch, though connections were available for , Liverpool & Blackpool at Ormskirk and for , and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golborne South Railway Station
Golborne South railway station was one of two stations serving the town of Golborne, to the south of Wigan. The early line and station to 1849 The line was opened by the Wigan Branch Railway (WBR) in 1832 from to as a single track with passing places although the trackbed had been engineered for double track. In 1834 the WBR became part of the North Union Railway (NUR) and they doubled the track in time for the opening of the line northwards to in 1838. The line had opened two years after the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) with which it connected at , it was operated under contract by the L&MR and likely followed L&MR practices. On the L&MR intermediate stopping places were neither advertised nor provided with facilities, they were mostly situated at level crossings where a policeman or gateman was permanently on duty, passengers wishing to use the stopping place informed the staff who signalled the requirement to stop to the train crew, The WBR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleetwood Railway Station
There have been three locations for Fleetwood railway station in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The first, from 1840 to 1883, was in Dock Street, opposite Church Street. The second, from 1883 to 1966, was in Queen's Terrace. From 1966 to 1970, the station previously known as Wyre Dock railway station was renamed "Fleetwood". In 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies proposed a new station at Fleetwood as part of a plan to expand the national rail network. Dock Street The Preston and Wyre Joint Railway from Preston to Fleetwood was originally opened on 15 July 1840,Suggitt, p.36 with a terminus in Dock Street, opposite Church Street.Mitchell & Hartley, Fig.4 In the original plans for the new town, the station was to be at the end of London Street, directly from the Mount, but this plan was not followed. The single-track line ran over an embankment and a timber trestle bridge in straight line northwards across the marshy Wyre estuary, with the station at the fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottam Parkway Railway Station
Cottam Parkway is a proposed railway station to the west of Preston, England. The proposed station would serve existing and new developments in the Lea civil parish. Development As part of the original Preston Local Plan, the station would have been constructed in 2022/23 adjacent to the Preston Western Distributor Road, which links to the M55 motorway. In the amended plan the Cottam station looked set to be removed because of uncertainty over its location. Preston was shortlisted for the Transforming City Fund, including a proposal to fund Cottam railway station. It was then planned to submit a planning application in 2022, which if successful would have lead to an opening in 2024 or 2025. The tender notice by Octavia construction puts the dates at 16 March 2026 to 29 September 2028. The plan is to locate it on the Preston to Blackpool section. Construction may have required the closure of the neighbouring Salwick railway station, as referred to in Page 38 of the ''Centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorside Railway Station (Cumbria)
Moorside is a proposed railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line which would serve Moorside nuclear power station. A second railway station to be sited at Mirehouse further north on the line, has also been proposed to serve the accommodation for the workers of the construction phase of the nuclear power station. References Proposed railway stations in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
