6th October 2023.  ‘HS2 axing gives new Somerset railway station the green light’

Congratulations to the Wellington and Cullompton new station project for securing support for the next phase.

Somerset’s newest railway station will be “funded to delivery” after the government announced it was scrapping HS2. Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Wednesday (October 4) that the hugely over-budget rail project would not be continued beyond Birmingham, freeing up more than £36bn for other transport projects.

Read the SomersetLive article here

The Langport Transport Group is seeking an update from the Department of Transport on the progress of our new station project. We will let you all know as soon as we hear more news.