New Stations Fund

The New Stations Fund was a programme by the United Kingdom Department for Transport to partially fund new railway stations in conjunction with local authorities or developers.[1] Initiated in 2013, it was incorporated into the Restoring Your Railway Fund when that was launched in 2020.[2] The Restoring Your Railway Fund ceased to accept new proposals from November 2021[3] and was discontinued completely in 2024,[4] bringing the New Stations Fund to an end.

First round

The first round was launched in 2013[5] and funded £20m across five stations:[6]

Second round

The second round was launched in 2016 and funded £16m across five stations:[7]

Third round

The third round was launched in 2020 and was originally worth £20m but later increased to £32m.[8] Applications closed on 5 June 2020.[8][9] The winners were announced in November 2020.[10]

The third round was supplemented in May 2021 when an additional £15 million from the New stations Fund was allocated to build new stations at Marsh Barton in Exeter, and White Rose and Thorpe Park in Leeds.[11] The latter pair had been proposed in a 2017 policy paper published by the Department for Transport.[12] Marsh Barton station was opened on 4 July 2023.[13]

References

  1. ^ "New Stations Fund". Network Rail. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Restoring Your Railway Fund: Programme Update" (PDF). Department for Transport. June 2022.
  3. ^ "Restoring Your Railway Fund". Department for Transport. 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ Longhorn, Danny (29 July 2024). "Chancellor scraps the Restoring Your Railway fund". Rail Business Daily.
  5. ^ "Government provides funding for new train stations". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ^ "New Stations Fund". Network Rail. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Five new stations funded". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "National Infrastructure Strategy" (PDF). HM Treasury. November 2020. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-5286-2259-2.
  9. ^ "Restoring Your Railway Fund". Department for Transport. 27 October 2021.
  10. ^ "New Stations Fund 3 – Question and Answer" (PDF). Network Rail. February 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2020.
  11. ^ "£401 million investment into upgrades to deliver brighter rail future". GOV.UK. Department for Transport. 26 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Connecting people: A strategic vision for rail" (PDF). GOV.UK. Department for Transport. November 2017. page 25, paragraph 2.43.
  13. ^ "Marsh Barton station now open". Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. 4 July 2023.


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