Camp Hill line

Railway line in Birmingham, England

Camp Hill line

A non-stop CrossCountry passenger service powers along the Camp Hill line to bypass the University branch

A 1913 map showing the Birmingham West Suburban Railway (left) and the Camp Hill line (right) between Kings Norton and Birmingham New Street

Overview
Status| Operational
Owner| Network Rail
Locale| Birmingham
Termini|

* Birmingham New Street
* Kings Norton

Stations| 2
Service
Type| Heavy rail
System| National Rail
Operator(s)| CrossCountry
West Midlands Trains
Rolling stock| Class 170 "Turbostar"
Class 172 "Turbostar"
Class 220 "Voyager"
Class 221 "Super Voyager"
History
Opened| 1840-41
Technical
Number of tracks| 2
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Route map

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Camp Hill line

Legend

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| Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line

(West Coast Main Line)

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New Street Junction

Cross-City Line

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| Birmingham New Street

( Grand Central)

New Street Tunnel

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Birmingham Curzon Street

Proof House Junction

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Curzon Street Junction

Digbeth Branch Canal

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River Rea

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Cross-City Line

Grand Junction

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| Birmingham–Peterborough line

& Cross-Country Route

St Andrews Junction

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| Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line

(West Coast Main Line)

Grand Union Canal

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Bordesley Junction

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| Chiltern Main Line &

Shakespeare Line

Grand Union Canal

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Camp Hill Goods

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Camp Hill

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Brighton Road

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|  | Moseley Village
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Moseley Tunnel

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|  | Kings Heath
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River Rea

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| Worcester and

Birmingham Canal

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Cross-City Line

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Lifford

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Lifford Curve

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The Camp Hill line is a railway line in Birmingham between Kings Norton and Birmingham New Street. Its official ELR designation is the St Andrews Junction to Kings Norton line, as the line piggybacks the station approach of the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line (accessed via St Andrews Junction and Grand Junction) to enter Birmingham New Street.

The line was once the terminal approach of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Curzon Street before it was incorporated into the Midland Railway and subsequently rerouted to the new Birmingham New Street terminus. The expansion of the Birmingham West Suburban Railway (and the concurrent conversion of New Street into a through station) resulted in its usurping of the line as the service's primary route. From this point the name ‘Camp Hill line’ was used, named after its original terminus.

Local passenger services on the line ended in the 1940s and the intermediate stations on the line were closed. Since then it has been used primarily by freight trains and some longer-distance passenger trains only.

It was hoped to resume local services on the route by the end of 2024 after a break of nearly 84 years, however a July 2024 article in rail magazine[full citation needed] suggested a further delay, and stated that the line would be reopening in autumn 2025. Expansion of these services via new chords connecting the line to Birmingham Moor Street were still in the early planning stage at the end of 2024.

## History

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It opened as the northernmost stretch of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (B&GR) in December 1840 and ran from Gloucester to a temporary terminus at Camp Hill. The line was extended into Curzon Street – the main station in Birmingham at that time – in August the following year; with the original Camp Hill terminus being split into a smaller passenger station and a goods station, the latter of which remained open until 1966. The B&GR itself was incorporated into the Midland Railway in 1845.[1] The terminus then later switched from Curzon Street to Birmingham New Street station upon its opening in 1854.[2]

In 1861 a junction was constructed at Bordesley, creating a north to south-east connection from the Camp Hill line to the Great Western Railway's mainline to Oxford and London (which remains in use as the Chiltern Main Line), and allows trains from Oxford and beyond to run into Birmingham New Street via the Camp Hill line.[3]

In 1864 a 'direct' line was opened between St Andrews and Landor Street Junctions at the north end of the Camp Hill line, connecting it to the Midland Railway's line to Derby. From this date Midland expresses from Derby to Bristol by-passed New Street, and ran via this route to Camp Hill station, where portions of the train bound for Birmingham New Street would be detached or attached from the train. As both the Midland Railway lines from Derby and Bristol approached New Street from the east, this arrangement avoided the need for them to reverse at New Street and thus save time. This arrangement was unsatisfactory, but it persisted until 1885 when the Midland Railway extended the Birmingham West Suburban Railway (BWSR) into New Street from the west, allowing Derby to Bristol trains to run directly through New Street without reversing and rejoin the B&GR route at Kings Norton railway station.[4] With the BWSR in effect replacing the former B&GR mainline as the express route to Birmingham New Street, the route became known as the Camp Hill line.

In 1892, the Lifford Curve opened, creating a north-facing connection between the Camp Hill line and the Birmingham West Suburban Railway, allowing a circular service to operate from New Street via the Camp Hill line and returning via the BWSR (or vice versa). Local passenger services and all six passenger stations along the Camp Hill line were closed as a wartime rationalisation of the network in 1941 and were confirmed as permanently closed in 1946. All station buildings were subsequently demolished.

Since then the line has been used by freight trains and some longer distance passenger trains only.[4]

## Reinstatement of passenger services

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The currently disused termini platform 5 and the proposed new platform 6 at Moor Street

The reinstatement of local rail services to the former Camp Hill line has been a long-term aspiration of the city,[5] and during 2007, Birmingham City Council announced that they were looking into the possibility of reopening the line between Kings Norton and Birmingham Moor Street via the construction of a railway viaduct from Sparkbrook to Bordesley, where trains would be taken into Birmingham Moor Street station. In October 2007, a 1,500-name petition was handed in to the council asking for the line to be re-opened.[6] In 2013 the proposal was shelved indefinitely.[7] The 2007 proposed station sites were Moseley, Kings Heath, and Hazelwell.

In 2016, the newly created West Midlands Combined Authority revived the plans to restore local passenger services to the line, and declared it one of their priority transport schemes to be delivered by 2025.[8][9]

In 2017, the newly elected Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, pledged to get work started on restoring services to the line by 2020. Officials were said to be investigating the business case for a fourth station at Balsall Heath (previously called Brighton Road).[10] This would mean Lifford and Camp Hill would be the only stations not to be reopened.

In August 2017, West Midlands Trains announced plans as part of their franchise deal that the line would reopen by December 2019 as part of a £1 billion investment in the West Midlands. This included a new station at Moseley.[11]

In February 2018 Street said that the viaduct would not immediately be needed to open the line. Hereford to Birmingham New Street trains – currently routed via University Station – would be diverted along the Camp Hill line to serve the three new stations, meaning that extra capacity at Birmingham New Street would not be required.[12] This would also facilitate through train operation toward Shrewsbury.

In September 2018, the designs of the new stations – Kings Heath, Pineapple Road, and Moseley Village – were revealed and were planned for reopening by 2021 with a frequency of two trains per hour.[13] In March 2021 it was announced that funding had been found for the project, with an opening date expected in 2023.[14] In June 2022, West Midlands Rail Executive announced that following on from a public consultation, the three stations would be named Moseley Village, Kings Heath and Pineapple Road.[15] An investigation into the business case for reopening Brighton Road as Balsall Heath railway station has since[when?] been awarded funding.[citation needed]

This line was identified by Campaign for Better Transport in 2019 as a priority 1 candidate for reopening.[16]

The reopening has been hit by a series of delays: the West Midlands Combined Authority is now aiming to reopen the line for passenger use by the end of 2025, with incumbent West Midlands mayor, Richard Parker, labelling overpromising by his predecessor, Andy Street, as the reason for the delays.[17][18][19]

## Bordesley Chords

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Indicative drawings of the current Bordesley Junctions and proposed Bordesley Chords

In July 2018 the Midlands Rail Hub proposal was unveiled, which included the reopening of Moseley, Kings Heath, and Hazelwell stations, and the building of set of chords (short connecting curves of track) on new viaducts near Bordesley station known as the Bordesley Chords.

Although the new Camp Hill line services will initially run on existing track into New Street, the long-term aim is to divert them into Moor Street via the new chords. Currently the Camp Hill line – already extensively connected to the Cross-City Line, Cross Country Route, and WCML – passes over the Chiltern Main Line, and they are only connected by a junction to the east of the crossing. The new chords would be constructed to the north and west of the crossing, known as the 'East Chord' and 'West Chord' respectively, connecting Moor Street to Kings Norton to the southwest and Water Orton to the northeast.[20] The chords would also allow a number of services from East Midlands destinations, such as Derby and Leicester, to be diverted into Moor Street.

In conjunction with the construction of the chords, one of the currently derelict terminus platforms at Moor Street would be reopened (Platform 5) and a new through platform to Snow Hill constructed (Platform 0) in order to accommodate the new services.[citation needed] There is also the potential for a new terminus platform (Platform 6) to be opened and another through platform (Platform −1) added depending on funding and engineering limitations.[citation needed]

Furthermore, construction of the chords would necessitate the closure and demolition of the semi-operational Bordesley station.[21] There is an option to relocate Bordesley station either east or west of its current location as part of the chords' construction.[22] Rerouting of the up/down Snow Hill lines between Moor Street and the chords would also be required.

## References

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1. ^ Christiansen 1983, p. 56.
2. ^ Christiansen 1983, p. 55.
3. ^ "Bordesley Junction - Exchange Branch". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
4. ^ a b Christiansen 1983, pp. 59–61.
5. ^ "Reinstatement of Camp Hill Rail Services Moves A Step Closer". Birmingham City Council. 13 July 2007. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
6. ^ "Camp Hill railway petition delivered". Birmingham Post. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
7. ^ Gabriel, Keith (21 June 2013). "Council shunt Moseley and Kings Heath railway stations into the sidings". Birminghampost.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
8. ^ "Could Moseley to Birmingham trains return to end commuter hell?". Birmingham Mail. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
9. ^ "£4Bn West Midlands transport boost unveiled by council leaders". The Chamberlain Files. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
10. ^ "This Birmingham train station is set for a revival". Birmingham Mail. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
11. ^ "West Midlands: London Midland loses its rail franchise (Aug 2017)". 11 August 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2022 - via YouTube.
12. ^ "These city train stations could re-open sooner than we thought". Birminghammail.co.uk. 28 February 2018.
13. ^ "Future for new Birmingham railway stations revealed in new images". Birminghampost.co.uk. 26 September 2018.
14. ^ "Full steam ahead for Camp Hill line to reopen as final budget approved". West Midlands Combined Authority. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
15. ^ "New Birmingham railway station names announced following public consultation". wmre.org.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
16. ^ "The case for expanding the rail network" (PDF). Bettertransport.org.uk. January 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
17. ^ "Camp Hill: Further delays to south Birmingham railway line". BBC News. 27 June 2023. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
18. ^ "Birmingham stations project hit by year-long delays". The Construction Index. 28 June 2023. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
19. ^ Warner, Lewis (12 July 2024). "Transport review ordered after West Midlands Mayor blames predecessor for over-promising". itv News.
20. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
21. ^ "£2 billion Midlands Rail Hub plans set out". Modern Railways. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
22. ^ "More trains an hour through Birmingham Moor Street as part of £2 billion Midlands rail upgrade plans". Birmingham Updates. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

## Bibliography

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* Christiansen, Rex (1983). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 7 The West Midlands. David St John Thomas David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-00-3.
* Boynton, John (1993). Rails Across The City, The Story of The Birmingham Cross City Line. Kidderminster: Mid England Books. ISBN 0-9522248-0-1.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Camp Hill line.

* Birmingham City Council Camp Hill Railway Line Study Public Report, July 2007
* Birmingham City Council Detailed map of the proposed railway chord linking the Camp Hill line into Moor Street Station

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Kings Norton| | | Kings Norton| Kings Norton| Kings Norton| Kings Norton
[Lifford]| | Lifford (B&GR)| | | Lifford (MR)| | | | | | | | |
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Pineapple Road| | | | | | | | | Hazelwell| | | | | | | | | | Pineapple Road
Kings Heath| | Moseley| Kings Heath| Kings Heath (goods)| | | | | | | | Kings Heath
Moseley Village| | | | | Moseley| | | | | | | | | | Moseley Village
[Balsall Heath]| | | | | | Brighton Road| | | | | | | | |
[Camp Hill]| | Camp Hill| Camp Hill Goods| | | | | | |
| | Camp Hill (passengers)| Camp Hill and Balsall Heath| Camp Hill| | | | | | | | |
[Curzon Street]| Birmingham| Birmingham| Curzon Street| Curzon Street| Curzon Street (goods)| | | | | | |
New Street| | | | New Street| New Street| New Street
Station| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5
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Railway lines in the West Midlands

Main lines|

* West Coast Main Line
* Cross Country Route
* Chiltern Main Line

Inter-regional|

* Birmingham–Peterborough line
* Crewe–Derby line
* Cotswold Line
* Shrewsbury–Chester line
* Stafford–Manchester line
* Welsh Marches line

Local|

* Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove line
* Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line
* Camp Hill line
* Chase Line
* Colwich–Stone line
* Coventry–Leamington line
* Coventry–Nuneaton line
* Cross-City Line
* Leamington–Stratford line
* North Warwickshire Line
* Northampton loop
* Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line
* Stourbridge Town branch line
* Trent Valley line
* Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line

Freight only|

* South Staffordshire line
* Sutton Park line
* Walsall–Wolverhampton line

Heritage|

* Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
* Severn Valley Railway
* Telford Steam Railway

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Rail infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom

Current projects

| Projects|

* Camden Highline
* Camp Hill line
* East West Rail (Oxford to Bedford section)
* High Speed 2
* Northern Hub
* Northern Powerhouse Rail (Hull–Liverpool)
* Northumberland Line
* South Wales Metro
* West Midlands Metro extension to Brierley Hill

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Electrification|

* Bolton–Wigan
* East Kilbride line
* Kettering–Sheffield
* Welsh Valleys

Stations|

* Beam Park
* Beaulieu Park
* Blyth Bebside
* Bedlington
* Birmingham Curzon Street
* Birmingham Interchange
* Butetown
* Cambridge South
* Darlaston James Bridge
* Kings Heath
* Moseley Village
* Northumberland Park
* Old Oak Common
* Pineapple Road
* White Rose
* Willenhall
* Winslow
* Wixams

Proposed projects

| Projects|

* Aberdare–Hirwaun Line reopening
* Aberdeen Crossrail
* Bakerloo line extension
* Barrow Hill line reopening
* Bristol Airport Rail Link
* Brentford branch line reopening
* Bolton–Bury line reopening
* Bordon Light Railway reopening
* Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line reopening
* Cirencester branch line reopening
* Consett–Newcastle line reopening
* Coventry Very Light Rail
* Cranleigh line reopening
* Crossrail 2 (London)
* Crossrail Glasgow
* Darlaston Loop reopening
* Parts of Electric Spine (including
* Coventry–Leamington Spa
* Coventry–Nuneaton
* Leamington Spa–Aynho Junction)
* Bedford–Cambridge reopening
* Fawley branch line reopening
* Fleetwood branch line reopening
* Formartine and Buchan Railway reopening
* Maid Marian line reopening
* MetroWest (Bristol)
* Hall Farm Curve reopening
* Heathfield Branch Line reopening
* Heathrow Airport transport proposals
* including Heathrow Airtrack
* Heathrow Southern Railway
* Heathwick
* Western Rail Approach to Heathrow
* Leicester–Burton upon Trent line reopening
* Lisburn–Antrim line reopening
* Cowley branch line reopening
* North and West London Light Railway
* Northern Powerhouse Rail
* North Wales Metro
* Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway reopening
* Ringwood branch line reopening
* R25 Orbital
* Skelmersdale branch reopening
* Skipton–Colne Rail Link
* Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway reopening
* South Staffordshire line reopening
* Southern Crossrail
* St Andrews Rail Link
* Sutton Link
* Sutton Park line reopening
* Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro
* Walsall–Wolverhampton line reopening
* Wealden Line (Uckfield–Lewes reopening)
* West London Orbital
* Wisbech line reopening
* Windsor Link Railway
* York–Beverley line reopening

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Stations|

* Armagh
* Allandale
* Aldergrove
* Aldridge
* Arthington
* Ashley Hill
* Ashton Gate
* Balgray railway station
* Balsall Heath
* Barcombe Mills
* Beechwood
* Beeston Castle and Tarporley
* Bonnybridge
* Bordon
* Bradford St James
* Bramley
* Broughton (Flintshire)
* Brownhills
* Brentford Golden Mile
* Brinsford Parkway
* Burgess Park
* Caerleon
* Camberwell
* Cambourne (Cambridgeshire)
* Canterbury Parkway
* Cardiff Parkway
* Carno
* Carr Mill
* Carterton
* Castlethorpe
* Castle Bromwich
* Castle Green
* Charfield
* Cheadle
* Chipping Sodbury
* Claydon
* Cottam Parkway
* Corsham
* Cranleigh
* Cross Hills
* Crwys Road
* Cullompton
* Cwm
* Dalston
* Deeside Parkway
* Devizes Parkway
* Ditton
* Drake Street
* East Midlands Hub
* Eastriggs
* Edwinstowe
* Elland
* Eynsham
* Errol
* Ferryhill
* Finningley
* Fleetwood
* Fort Parkway
* Fraserburgh
* Gabalfa
* Glasgow Airport
* Glasgow Cross
* Glencarse
* Gloucestershire Parkway
* Gorbals
* Greenfield (Flintshire)
* Hatch End
* Haxby
* Heathrow Hub
* Heathfield
* Henbury
* Hirwaun
* Horfield
* Horsforth Woodside
* Hythe
* Hythe Road
* Isfield
* King's Road Chelsea
* Ladbroke Grove
* Langport and Somerton
* Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway
* Leeds New Lane
* Liverpool Baltic
* Lisburn West
* Llanwern
* Long Ashton
* Maiden Lane
* Manchester Airport High Speed
* March Elm Road
* Meir
* Monkerton
* Moorside
* Mouldon Hill
* Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
* Newport West
* Newport West Central
* Newton Longville
* North Filton
* Okehampton Interchange
* Old Kent Road
* Old Oak Common Lane
* Oxford Science Park
* Oxford Business Park
* Ollerton
* Park Farm
* Pelsall
* Peterhead
* Pill
* Portishead
* Portobello
* Poyle
* Richhill
* Roseberry Parkway
* Rugby Parkway
* Rushden Parkway
* Saltford
* Sharnal Street / Hoo
* Silvertown
* Skelmersdale
* Slattocks
* St Anne's Park
* St Clears
* Stanley Park
* Stockingford
* Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
* Surrey Canal
* Thamesmead
* Templepatrick
* Tempsford
* Thornhill (Dumfries)
* Thornton
* Thorpe Park
* Torquay Gateway
* Town Meadow
* Vauxhall (Merseyside)
* Wantage Road
* Warsop
* Waverley
* Weedon
* Wellington
* Windsor Royal
* Witney
* Wixams
* Woodchurch
* Woodhorn
* Wootton Bassett
* Wormit
* Wrexham North
* Wrexham South

Heritage railways|

* Don Valley Railway
* Norfolk Orbital Railway
* Wisbech and March Bramley Line
* Honeybourne Line

Cancelled projects

| Projects|

* Advanced Passenger Train
* Bordesley to Birmingham Curzon Street
* Cardiff to Swansea electrification
* Central Line extension to Richmond
* Central Line Extension to Denham
* Chessington branch line (never completed)
* Cranbrook and Tenterden Light Railway
* Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway
* Croxley Rail Link
* Docklands Light Railway extension to Dagenham Dock
* Dawlish Avoiding Line
* Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (never completed)
* East Sussex Light Railway
* Edinburgh Airport Rail Link
* Electric Spine
* Oxford-Bletchley/Bedford Electrification
* Glasgow Airport Rail Link
* Hawkhurst branch line (never completed)
* Hebridean Light Railway Company
* Heathrow Airport transport proposals
* Heathrow Airtrack
* HS4Air
* Headcorn and Maidstone Junction Light Railway
* Highclere, Kingsclere and Basingstoke Light Railway
* InterCity 250
* Kingsbridge to Salcombe
* Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (never completed)
* Leeds and York Railway
* Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (never completed)
* Nightstar (train)
* North Holderness Light Railway
* Ouse Valley Railway
* Picc-Vic tunnel
* Regional Eurostar
* Robertsbridge & Pevensey Light Railway
* St Germans & Looe Railway (never completed)
* Superlink (railway network)
* Tees Valley Metro
* UK Ultraspeed
* York and North Midland Railway (Leeds Extension)
* York, Hull and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway

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Stations|

* Barrhead (New)
* Brierdene
* Cassiobridge
* Collywell Bay
* Crowlands
* Doncaster Sheffield Airport
* Doncaster (York Road)
* Dykebar
* Ferguslie
* Glenfield
* Lullingstone
* Paisley East
* Queens Road (GER)
* Richboro Port
* Stanely
* Swithland
* Sykehouse
* Thorpe-in-Balne
* Watford Vicarage Road
* West Hampstead interchange
* Woodhorn

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