Author: carlbenfield
The Ivanhoe Line: Our Fight Continues!
A New Chapter for the Campaign The recent announcement to shelve the Restoring Your Railway programme has presented a setback, but it has not deterred our determination to see the Ivanhoe Line reopened. We believe that we have approximately two years to make a compelling case for this vital project, and we are relaunching our…
Burton to Leicester Railway (Ivanhoe Line) Reopening Gets The Green Light
Our Full Press Release Follows: Rail Minister Wendy Morton today announced that the case to reopenthe Burton to Leicester Railway line to passengers has been approved tothe next stage. SWADLINCOTE DERBYSHIRE 18 NOVEMBER 2021 Today the Rail Minister, Wendy Morton MP, announced that she will support 10 proposals to reopen closed passenger lines in England.…
East Midlands Chamber
As part of our business outreach, we’ve engaged with the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, the second largest Chamber in the UK, to help showcase what the re-opening of the line will mean. EMC have kindly published a short article about the commercial importance of the line, which you can read here.
Business Liaison
One of the distinguishing features of the Ivanhoe Line is that it is intended for both commercial and leisure use. Along the 30 mile length, there are thousands of businesses that will benefit from having better transport links for both their employees and customers. So we’re delighted to welcome Stacey Ash to our team as…
We are winning!
We are delighted to announce that we have been one of ten campaigns selected from a field of sixty entrants to receive central Government support for the “Restoring your Railways” fund. In a letter copied to our Chair, Geoff Bushell, Chris Heaton-Harris MP, Minister of State for Transport confirmed that a panel including the Minister…
Local Councils Fund Feasibility Study
We are delighted to announce that multiple local county and district councils have jointly funded a new feasibility for the re-opening of the Ivanhoe Line. The funding, totalling £60,000 will be used to engage a rail consultant to write a new feasibility report with the historic context of the 2009 and 2016 reports that we…
Amazon Gets Interested
Local press are reporting that Amazon are getting interested in the prospect of the Ivanhoe Line opening. Amazon employs thousands of staff at its “fulfilment centre” and getting them there by rail would not only make the commute more reliable, it would also take traffic off the road.We have yet to have face to face…
Hydrogen Trains
If we’re going to create a railway for the 21st Century, it makes sense to equip it with rolling stock to suit. We’ve long trumpeted the fact that the Ivanhoeline snakes its way through the beautiful National Forest – a visionary project that seeks to plant 20 million trees across an area once ravaged by…