Another really informative article from Daniel Mumby in the Somerset County Gazette on 4th June 2024
‘PEOPLE living on the Somerset Levels remain in limbo over plans to restore rail services to their area – 60 years after their original stations closed…..’
‘…… a strategic outline business case (SOBC) – was put together by the Langport Transport Group and was submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT) in February 2022.
Since July 2022, no-one from the government has provided any update on this matter – not even prime minister Rishi Sunak, who was quizzed about the project at Prime Minister’s Questions in March. [See here]
With the general election campaign now in full swing, and parliament due to go on summer recess soon after the result, residents will be left waiting until at least the autumn to find out whether rail services could one day return to either town…..’
Read Daniel’s excellent article here.
https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/24364826.happening-somerton-langport-railway-project/
Langport Transport Group 