New Station calendar

[Roast Veg]

Given that White Rose construction has been halted due to cost and with Elland being in a similar location ie on an embarkment, needing lifts and a bridge, car park and other improvement works in the vicinity, is this likely to go ahead? I personally hope so but I wouldn't be surprised if this got canned.

Different funding pot I believe. White Rose was subject to private funding I think.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Different funding pot I believe. White Rose was subject to private funding I think.

That's correct. White Rose is being funded by Leeds City Council (funds that were initially allocated for the axed trolleybus scheme) and the owners of the White Rose Business Park.
Elland is a public project, though I can't recall the source(s?) of funding. Hopefully Elland won't suffer quite so many problems as White Rose, though given it was supposed to have opened along with Brighouse it is a quarter of a century late!

 

[AndyHudds]

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

White Rose funding: Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme £5m, New Stations Fund £5m, Transforming Cities Fund up to £12m, Munroe K up to £4.5m.
Elland funding: West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund

 

[snowball]

Balgray (Barrhead South) now has planning permission. See its own thread for press release.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Ashley Down station stated to be opening Saturday 28 September.

Link to National Rail Enquiries page.

Station opening
The station will open to the public on Saturday 28th September

 

[frodshamfella]

I just read a news item that Liverpool Baltic has been approved .

 

[Baxenden Bank]

I just read a news item that Liverpool Baltic has been approved .

Funding package referred to in various news articles, a snip at just under £100m!
BBC news article

New Liverpool Baltic station set for £96m funding​

A £96m package to fund the construction of the new Liverpool Baltic railway station is set to be signed off next week.
The redevelopment of the unused station, on the Merseyrail Northern Line, was first announced in 2022.
Members of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority will be asked to approve the cash injection when they meet next week and a formal planning application could be submitted to Liverpool City Council next month.
Pending approvals from the Department for Transport, construction could begin next year.
<edit>
The £96m required for the station will come from the £710m City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), dedicated to major transport projects across the city region.

 

[frodshamfella]

Funding package referred to in various news articles, a snip at just under £100m!
BBC news article

Why is it so expensive in the UK to build a station !

 

[LUYMun]

Land costs, contractors, materials, suppliers, environmental and business cases, inflation, NIMBYism, DFT indecision, more negotiations, tendering, procedures, procurement, timetabling, staff training, the list can go on...

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Land costs, contractors, materials, suppliers, environmental and business cases, inflation, NIMBYism, DFT indecision, more negotiations, tendering, procedures, procurement, timetabling, staff training, the list can go on...

Working on / close to a live railway in many cases, this restricting access to short possessions, costs of rail replacement buses, compensation to operators, inefficient working practices due to the stop / start nature of the job rather than just cracking on.

It is difficult to compare costs (without the detailed item by item breakdown under Standard Method of Measurement) due to the varied nature of each project. Examples include immediate access roads, off-site highway improvements, accessible bridges, car parks, bus interchanges and so on.

some recent examples:

station	opened	published cost £m	basic description of works
Ilkeston [ILN]	02/04/2017​	£ 9.93	two platforms (100m), accessible footbridge (ramps), a 95 space car park and a taxi rank
Low Moor [LMR]	02/04/2017​	£ 10.80	two platforms, accessible footbridge (lifts), 128 space car park
Cambridge North [CMB]	21/05/2017​	£ 44.00	three platforms (2 x 254m plus bay), accessible footbridge (lifts), station building with passenger waiting area, toilets, ticket office, retail and amenity space and staff accommodation, 450 space car park, cycle space for 1,000 bikes, new pedestrian and vehicular access from Cowley Road and a 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) extension of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway from Milton Road
Kenilworth [KNW]	10/12/2017​	£ 13.80	one platform, accessible footbridge (lifts), ticket office with waiting room, café facilities and toilets, 75 space car park and a stand for two buses.
Maghull North [MNS]	18/06/2018​	£ 13.00	two platforms (125m), accessible footbridge (lifts), ticket office, 156 space car park, provision for electric vehicle charging points, as well as connections to pedestrian, bus and cycle routes.
Meridian Water [MRW]	03/06/2019​	£ 46.00	three platforms, accessible footbridge (lifts), enclosed concourse that features a bespoke golden panel design.
Robroyston [RRN]	15/12/2019​	£ 14.00	two platforms, accessible footbridge (lifts), 258 space car park
Warrington West [WAW]	15/12/2019​	£ 20.50	two platforms, accessible footbridge (lifts), 287 space car park, interchange for bus services, taxi drop off.
Worcestershire Parkway [WOP]	23/02/2020​	£ 22.00	three platforms, accessible footbridge (lifts), station building, 500 space car park, interchange facilities. Possibly 2015 pre-construction estimate.
Horden [HRE]	29/06/2020​	£ 10.55	two platforms, accessible footbridge, 139 space car park, facilities for drop-off, a taxi rank and a bus stop.
Kintore [KTR]	15/10/2020​	£ 15.00	two platforms, accessible footbridge (lifts), 168 space car park including disabled parking and 24 charging spaces for electric vehicles, bike storage facilities.
Bow Street [BOW]	14/02/2021​	£ 8.00	one platform, 110 space car park, bicycle storage and a bus & coach "interchange".
Soham (SOJ)	13/12/2021​	£ 18.60	one platform (99m), stepped footbridge for right-of-way, 50 space car park plus 5 disabled, drop off point, cycle parking and ticket vending machines
Reston (RSN)	23/05/2022​	£ 20.00	two platforms (270m), accessible footbridge (lifts), 70 space car park (potential for 40 more), facilities for drop-off and a bus stop.
Barking Riverside [BGV]	18/07/2022​	£ 327.00	whole Gospel Oak - Barking scheme cost, previously £260
Inverness Airport [IVA]	03/02/2023​	£ 14.00	two platforms (160m), accessible footbridge (lifts), 64 space car park inc 10 electric vehicle charging facilities, bus stop, cycle parking
Reading Green Park [RGP]	27/05/2023​	£ 23.34	two platforms (150m), accessible footbridge (lifts), station building, bus interchange, 70 space car parks
Marsh Barton [MBT]	04/07/2023​	£ 16.00	two platforms (124m), accessible footbridge (ramps) as part of adjacent public highway
Thanet Parkway [THP]	31/07/2023​	£ 34.00	two platforms (12 car), accessible by lifts (from subway), 293 space car park
Portway Park & Ride [PRI]	01/08/2023​	£ 5.80	one platform (126m, 5 car), accessible from existing adjacent car park
Headbolt Lane [HBL]	05/10/2023​	£ 80.00	two platforms (139m plus buffers), one platform (150m plus buffer) with level access, station building incorporating a ticket office and passenger toilets, 300 space car parks, bus interchange
Brent Cross West [BCZ]	10/12/2023​	£ 40.00	four platforms (12 car)
East Linton [ELT]	13/12/2023​	£ 15.00	two platforms (158m), accessible footbridge (lifts), 114 space car park

underway:

station	curent status	latest cost	basic description of works
Cameron Bridge [CBX]	opened 2 June 2024	v	two platforms (196m), accessible footbridge (lifts), 125 space car park
Leven [LEV]	opened 2 June 2024	£ 116.60	Island platform (210m) with level access, 133 space car park. Whole scheme cost - was £70m
Ashley Down [ASD]	under construction		two platforms [126m], accessible footbridge [lifts]
Ashington [ASL]	under construction	£ 298.50	1 platform (100m), accessible lift from existing footbridge, 275 space car park
Newsham [NWH]	under construction	^	2 platforms (100m), accessible footbridge (lifts), 237 space car park, road diversion and overbridge
Seaton Delaval [SEJ]	under construction	^	1 platform (100m), 284 space car park
Bedlington [BEJ]	under construction	^	2 platforms (100m), 35 space car park, additional car park
Blyth Bebside [BLI]	under construction	^	2 platforms (100m), accessible footbridge (lifts and ramp), 293 space car park, foot/cycle bridge over adjacent A189
Northumberland Park [NOP]	under construction	^	1 platform (100m), accessible lift from existing footbridge
White Rose [WRO]	under construction	£ 26.50	two platforms
Belfast Grand Central	under construction	£ 340.00	eight platforms, 26 stand bus interchange
Butetown [was Loudoun Square]	under construction		two platforms (125m)
Cambridge South [CMS]	under construction	£ 183.60
Winslow [WNO]	under construction
Kings Heath [KIH]	under construction	v	two platforms [6 car]
Moseley Village [MOV]	under construction	v	two platforms [6 car]
Pineapple Road [PIR]	under construction	£ 61.40	for the three / scheme, two platforms [6 car]
Beaulieu Park	under construction	£ 160.00	A revised cost estimate presented by Network Rail from the GRIP 3 report in September 2020 had increased this to £171m, this was later reduced to £155m - largely by scrapping plans for a multi-storey car park. As of November 2021, £7m had been spent on the Beaulieu Park Station and £2m of the total £124m HIF funding from Homes England had been drawn down. A £20.5m contribution from Countryside Zest - the Beaulieu Park developers - and a £12m contribution from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership makes up the remainder of the funding. The indicative GRIP stage 5 has been estimated at £9.4m.
Darlaston [DAS]	under construction	£ 55.84	for the two / scheme, two platforms [4 car], accessible footbridge (lifts), 300 space car park
Willenhall [WIA]	under construction	^	two platforms [4 car], accessible footbridge (lifts), 150 space car park
Pill [PIA]	Development Consent Order approved
Portishead [POH]	Development Consent Order approved	£ 152.00	whole scheme
Birmingham Curzon Street	under construction	£45,000.00	for whole scheme
Birmingham Interchange	route works commenced	^	2 island platforms (415m, 4 faces)
Old Oak Common	under construction	^

 

[Bald Rick]

Brent Cross West was a LOT more than £40m.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Brent Cross West was a LOT more than £40m.

err, yes, err, must be a typing mistake.

I can find a figure of £419m quoted as part of the opening announcement. I guess I put £40 instead of £400!

In my defence, the linked story in 'Construction Enquirer' here does say £40m

VolkerFitzpatrick wins £40m Brent Cross West Station​

 

[YorksLad12]

Great bit of research there!

When it was announced, Low Moor was costed at half as much (around the £5m mark). We (WYPTE) had to sell off the rolling stock we owned to make up some of the difference.

My experience of rail projects is: add six months for every 18 months quoted on the build time, and add 100% of the original finger-in-the-air cost for every four years it takes.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Bright sunny day, ideal for some autumn trimming of dead branches.

I have removed a number of 'New Stations Fund' (NSF) and 'Restoring Your Railway' (RYR) proposals from the table at #1. This follows the announcement by the Chancellor at the end of July cancelling RYR (as an overall programme) and a distinct lack of progress on certain NSF proposals. Some NSF and RYR proposals remain in the list as they seem to have life as stand-alone proposals. However my secateurs and loppers remain on standby.

Deleted:
Beeston Castle and Tarporley
Deeside Industrial Park/Northern Gateway
Ferryhill
Langport & Somerton
Lydeway
St Annes Park
Waverley (South Yorkshire)

 

[YorksLad12]

Plea to reinstate Waverley (South Yorkshire). I am very familiar with the person tasked with writing the comms plan for this one

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Plea to reinstate Waverley (South Yorkshire). I am very familiar with the person tasked with writing the comms plan for this one

Reinstated. I see this one is active with funding approved (£1m) to develop the business case.

 

[Sir Felix Pole]

Okehampton Interchange 'on course' to open in Feb 2026.

Okehampton Interchange

THE timeframe for completing Okehampton’s second railway station is tight but it is still on course to open in February 2026.
The track design has been completed, and the 200-space car park design and “active travel” elements are now commencing for Okehampton Interchange station, which has secured £13.5 million of levelling up funding.



Vegetation will start to be cleared on site as soon as Natural England has approved a licence that shows the effect on dormice has been considered.
Work on the station has already cost nearly half a million pounds, and a further £5 million is being spent in the current financial year. The remaining £9.5 million will be used in the following 12 months, according to a report for West Devon Borough Council’s hub committee.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Okehampton Interchange 'on course' to open in Feb 2026.

Okehampton Interchange

"On course", as in slipped from 2025 as previously stated!
#1 table updated accordingly. Also note that 'Prior Approval' for planning has been given / granted on 20 September.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Belfast Grand Central to open (for trains) on 13 October, see the linked thread for more information.

 

[daodao]

Independent are running this as their front page tomorrow

Revealed: The 36 rail projects at risk of being scrapped to plug Labour’s £22bn black hole

@Baxenden Bank

Thanks for your recent update to the list in post 1. However, in the light of the above article, you may wish to amend the list further by removing the following proposals, or at least put a note against them stating that they are at major risk of imminent cancellation:

• Pill
• Portishead
• White Rose [WRO]
• East Leeds Parkway / Thorpe Park
• Edginswell
• Haxby P & R
• Waverley (South Yorkshire)
• Wellington

It is interesting to note that of these 8 stations, 4 are in SW England and 4 in Yorkshire.

 

[Nicholas Lewis]

@Baxenden Bank

Thanks for your recent update to the list in post 1. However, in the light of the above article, you may wish to amend the list further by removing the following proposals, or at least put a note against them stating that they are at major risk of imminent cancellation:

• Pill
• Portishead
• White Rose [WRO]
• East Leeds Parkway / Thorpe Park
• Edginswell
• Haxby P & R
• Waverley (South Yorkshire)
• Wellington

It is interesting to note that of these 8 stations, 4 are in SW England and 4 in Yorkshire.

It could go either way of course depends on whether its a deliberate leak to promote negative feedback from the local MPs and campaign groups to heap pressure on Reeves. At the end of the day 85m saving is a rounding error in the alleged 22B problem. Also its well trailed now that Reeves is likely to amend fiscal rules to allow investment spending not to count against the debt/gdp ratio so they can invest in productive additions like the eg Portishead line. Going off topic if i was Haigh i would be banging the drum as to why these projects costs so much in the first place.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Thanks for your recent update to the list in post 1. However, in the light of the above article, you may wish to amend the list further by removing the following proposals, or at least put a note against them stating that they are at major risk of imminent cancellation:

• Pill
• Portishead
• White Rose [WRO]
• East Leeds Parkway / Thorpe Park
• Edginswell
• Haxby P & R
• Waverley (South Yorkshire)
• Wellington

It is interesting to note that of these 8 stations, 4 are in SW England and 4 in Yorkshire.

It could go either way of course depends on whether its a deliberate leak to promote negative feedback from the local MPs and campaign groups to heap pressure on Reeves. At the end of the day 85m saving is a rounding error in the alleged 22B problem. Also its well trailed now that Reeves is likely to amend fiscal rules to allow investment spending not to count against the debt/gdp ratio so they can invest in productive additions like the eg Portishead line. Going off topic if i was Haigh i would be banging the drum as to why these projects costs so much in the first place.

There is a thread discussing the article here.

I have reviewed the article in question. As the saying goes 'I will not be commenting on speculation'. When there is a definitive announcement, yay or nay, I shall update #1 accordingly. A number of the proposals in the 'Other proposals being progressed' part of the table were dubious cases anyway.

 

[windjabbers]

A futher update on the new station for Waterbeach can be found in the the papers pubished today by the GCP/Cambridgeshire County Council:-


https://cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/MeetingsCalendar/tabid/70/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/397/Meeting/2232/Committee/36/Default.aspx

Key bit on timings is as follows

Delivery Programme
2.10 The timescale for delivery of the new station and haul road is subject to the
appointment of a contractor, it should be noted that delays have occurred due to the
elongated discussions with the developer, and the processes required by Network
Rail to sign off the initial design. Therefore, the latest indicative programme is:
• Detail Design and Delivery Contract Start– Mid 2025.
• Detail Design End– Winter 2026.
• Haul Road Construction – Summer 2025- Winter 2026.
• Station Construction Start –2026.
• Station Construction End –2027.

This will be followed by appropriate Network Rail processes to bring the station into
service, including ensuring that it aligns with an appropriate timetable change.

BW DC

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Belfast Grand Central confirmed as opening tomorrow, details in the thread linked from #1.

I have moved Wixams to the first part of the table. The linked thread has updates showing the site compound being established. Also a 'letter to neighbours' giving dates for the works.

 

[YorksLad12]

Reinstated. I see this one is active with funding approved (£1m) to develop the business case.

To confirm: there's funding for the business case(s) but not to build it - yet.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

I have added Hairmyres to the table. It is a relocation 600m west of the current site, so should probably be regarded as a new station. It is part of the East Kilbride / Barrhead electrification / upgrade. See that thread for more information - linked at #1.

 

[Rail Ranger]

An article from the Manchester Evening News today saying that Cheadle station is still on track: https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...kCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
It says that the station is due to open by the end of next year. That timescale sounds ambitious.

 

[slipdigby]

An article from the Manchester Evening News today saying that Cheadle station is still on track: https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...kCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
It says that the station is due to open by the end of next year. That timescale sounds ambitious.

Given it has no workable agreed timetable at present, I'd say 2025 is "ambitious".

 

[Baxenden Bank]

White Rose.
I have found a news article which suggest that construction may restart in 2025 with completion in the same year. I've put the full text on the station page linked from #1.

Excerpt (from the Yorkshire Evening Post here):

A West Yorkshire Combined Authority spokesperson said: “Following the temporary pause in construction at White Rose station, it is hoped that issues can be resolved with a view to work restarting on site in early 2025 and the completion of the project later in the year.