A County Durham railway station has been announced as one of nine projects in the country to get further funding from a £500 million pot to restore railways and reconnect communities.
Last year, Durham County Council submitted proposals to reopen Ferryhill Station, and now those plans have taken a step forward with the Government announcing funding to further develop the scheme. A Strategic Outline Business Case was submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT), detailing proposals to re-establish Ferryhill's passenger rail connection.
The Ferryhill station would potentially utilise the existing Stillington Line, currently only used for freight services, to create a passenger rail service running from Ferryhill to Teesside. Further detailed analysis will now be carried out by Network Rail, to assess the reopening of the station.
