Plans to create a passenger rail carrier working from Darlington to Weardale were submitted to executive.
Durham County Council says it has labored with The Auckland Challenge to post a Strategic Define Industry Case (SOBC) with the endorsement of Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, to the Division for Shipping (DfT), following investment to broaden proposals underneath the Restoring Your Railway programme.
Darlington-Dales hall
The proposals will center of attention on construction of the Darlington-Dales hall, making improvements to the connectivity of cities and villages alongside the Weardale line. It is going to additionally assessment the potential for offering a hyperlink to Criminal.
This new rail hyperlink would give a boost to financial construction alongside the Darlington-Dales hall, serving to to draw guests and spice up spend in those spaces by way of connecting tourism websites together with Hamsterley Woodland, Bishop Auckland the town centre, the Durham Dales, and the Weardale Railway.
The improved rail connectivity would additionally allow citizens to get entry to wider schooling and process alternatives, whilst decreasing the environmental have an effect on of the county’s shipping machine by way of offering an alternative choice to automobiles.
Improve connectivity
Councillor Richard Bell, deputy chief and Cupboard member for finance, mentioned: “Following the good fortune of our software to reopen Ferryhill Station, we’re willing to proceed our plans to enhance connectivity right through County Durham.
“By means of growing and construction on present rail hyperlinks, citizens will be capable of get entry to extra and higher alternatives inside the county and additional afield, whilst additionally decreasing the county’s environmental have an effect on.”
If the SOBC is a hit, DfT will supply additional investment for us to supply an Define Industry Case and broaden the proposal in additional element.
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