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A FURTHER £15m in funding has been announced to develop nine Restoring Your Railway schemes across England to reopen disused railway lines,…
The famous ‘Reshaping of British Railways’ cut thousands of branch lines and stations from the rail network forever in an attempt to make…
Long-awaited plans for the return of rail to Devizes have taken a major step forward with the backing of £34,000. The team behind plans for the Devizes Gateway station are pulling together an ambitious business case to be submitted by the end of this year - which will determine the rail future for the town. Investigations by Atkins are underway into the current transport challenges facing the town and how a station could combat them, but also into if the currently proposed location for the station, in Lydeway near Urchfont, is the most practical site. The station will bring a “game...
Devizes Gateway Thousands of responses have rolled in over plans for a new station on the outskirts of Devizes. Funding from the Government's Restore your Railway scheme has made the long-awaited dream for many locals a soon-to-be reality. Currently, the Devizes Development Partnership (DDP) team behind the proposals have chosen land near Lydeway as a potential location for the Devizes Gateway station. A survey is currently underway to garner the views of Devizes people and those in the surrounding area. Tamara Reay, of the DDP, said: “More than 2,000 people have already responded...
A new station on the outskirts of Devizes will soon offer people the chance to revisit what was once an integral part of the market town. Devizes railway station – on the branch line between Holt Junction to Patney & Chirton Junction - operated between 1857 and 1966. The Reading-Hungerford line was quickly extended in 1862 westward via Pewsey to Devizes, reaching the station through a tunnel under Devizes Castle, in what proved to be the busiest period for the Devizes station. The line was entirely closed in 1966, and now there is little trace of what once was a bustling rail commu...