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DECEMBER MEETING ROUND UP At the virtual meeting of Don Valley Railway the following issues were discussed: The consultation on Towns Fund bid was discussed Future progress of the bid. It will be submitted at the end of January 2021. … Continue reading →

The £25 million Stocksbridge Towns Fund Bid will be submitted early next year bringing new government investment in the town. However ahead of this, a consultation exercise has taken place and Don Valley Railway appears of one the big asks … Continue reading →

Chris Bell, Chair of Don Valley Railway has been invited to talk to the ERTA conference on 24th April to share his experience as a rail campaigner with others.  

1, TOWNS FUND BOARD PROGRESS Progress is being made with the development of a submission to the Towns Fund at end Jan 2021. CB Chairs the Infrastructure Sub Group. Four workstreams are being developed as part of this along side … Continue reading →

The proposal to re-open the Don Valley Railway line between Sheffield and Stocksbridge will be discussed at a meeting between the Department for Transport and local MP Miriam Cates in June. Mrs Cates, the Member of Parliament for Penistone and … Continue reading →

Below see Don Valley Railway’s objection to plans to lay high voltage cables along the potential route of a re-instatement proposal East of Dunford Bridge.   I write as chair of Don Valley Railway. We are a campaign group seeking … Continue reading →

Well known railway authors Steven Batty and Alan Whitehouse are trying to put together an album of the 1500v DC electrified  MSW Railway in time for the 40th anniversary of the line’s closure in July 1981. They are looking for … Continue reading →

  Local Councillors, who support Don Valley Railway, may have inadvertently made a decision that could threaten all aspirations to put Stocksbridge back on the rail map.   Bloor Homes Application for 428 Homes at Deepcar on the old brickworks … Continue reading →

An update regarding the Restoring Your Railway programme has just been made available on gov.uk and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/re-opening-beeching-era-lines-and-stations/ideas-fund-round-1-march-2020-update. To comply with government guidance on COVID-19, the panel is considering the bids on paper, without direct representation from the promoters ad … Continue reading →

The Department for Transport have updated MP’s and promoters of plans to open rail lines as part of the Restoring Your Railway Fund, including Don Valley Railway, that work is  progressing despite the lockdown. The Panel have been reviewing the … Continue reading →