Government Fund Gives Hope to Portishead Railway ; the Campaign to Reopen the Railway Line From Portishead to Bristol has Been Given Fresh Hope by the Government.
Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › February 08, 2009
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The campaign to reopen the railway line from Portishead to Bristol has been given fresh hope by the Government.
Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announced a grant to allow local authorities to put on new rail services by reinstating mothballed lines, building stations or switching freight lines to passenger travel.See the full content of this document
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Government Fund Gives Hope to Portishead Railway ; the Campaign to Reopen the Railway Line From Portishead to Bristol has Been Given Fresh Hope by the Government.
The scheme - which follows years of criticism that the rules make it virtually impossible to reopen lines - could breathe life into stalled projects.
Campaigners fo...See the full content of this document
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