to South Hylton in Sunderland forms part of a scheme to restore the Leamside Line. Washington is one of the largest towns in England without a railway station. Labour and Conservative MPs said ...
A petition has been launched calling for a mothballed railway line to be reopened. The 21-mile long Leamside railway line runs between Pelaw in Gateshead and Tursdale in County Durham. Passenger ...
Potential new stations on the line could include ... on getting central Government funding for the Leamside business case” with rail minister Huw Merriman. Mr Driscoll, who is set to stand ...
Restoring the Leamside Line would allow for an extension of the Tyne and Wear Metro to Washington, a new Tyne-Tees passenger rail service, and the freeing up of space on the congested East Coast ...