Reopening Cullompton and Wellington stations (merged topic)

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Re: Reopening Cullompton and Wellington stations (merged topic)

« Reply #135 on: October 06, 2023, 01:25:39 »

From Somerset Live

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Somerset's newest railway station will be "funded to delivery" after the government announced it was scrapping HS2^▸ . Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Wednesday (October 4) that the hugely over-budget rail project would not be continued beyond Birmingham, freeing up more than £36bn for other transport projects.

While the majority of this funding will be reallocated to schemes across the north and the Midlands, £6.5bn has been set aside for the rest of UK^▸ , including numerous new or existing projects in the south west. As part of the prime minister's announcement, the Department for Transport (DfT^» ) has confirmed that Wellington railway station will go ahead, with a view to trains running to and from the town by September 2025.

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Rail minister Huw Merriman MP^▸ confirmed the project's success in a letter seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, published shortly after the speech at the Tory party conference. He said: "Further to today's announcement, I am delighted to be able to confirm that the project will be funded to delivery, subject to future updates to the project business case.


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Re: Reopening Cullompton and Wellington stations (merged topic)

« Reply #136 on: Today at 12:55:08 »

Link below for an article in Somerset Live that reopening Wellington (Somerset) Station has taken a big step forward, although someone forgot to proof read the headline.... somewhat ironic given the subject matter.

https://www-somersetlive-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/full-stream-ahead-new-somerset-9260469.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17147339394442&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.somersetlive.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fsomerset-news%2Ffull-stream-ahead-new-somerset-9260469

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Re: Reopening Cullompton and Wellington stations (merged topic)

« Reply #137 on: Today at 13:01:31 »

An unusually detailed and well constructed article for a local rag these days.


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