With the demise of the Restoring Your Railway fund, have the prospects for rail reopenings ended with it? Joe Campbell reports.
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SpenLen - 12/02/2025 16:55
Although NPR ( I hate it's bl00dy stupid name) is progressing, and very slowly the further East it goes, it is not reopening anything! As far as excalating costs, a new station in South Leeds ( that nobody I know wanted) had cost £18million....No £22.m.....no £25m when work stopped a year ago .