List of Beeching Cuts service reopenings

• Snow Hill tunnel, south of Farringdon station, completely closed in the 1960s was reopened for passengers in 1988 as part of Thameslink, providing a link between the Midland Main Line and the former Southern Railway via London Blackfriars station.

• Chiltern Main Line was redoubled in two stages between 1998 and 2002 between Princes Risborough and Aynho Junction
• The Romsey to Eastleigh link originally closed to regular passenger services in 1969 reopened in 2003 with the intermediate station at Chandler's Ford in Hampshire
• Part of the London to Aylesbury Line was extended north along the former Great Central Main Line to a new station called Aylesbury Vale Parkway, which opened in December 2008. As part of the East West Rail project, passenger services are to be restored to the section of line from Aylesbury Vale Parkway to as far Claydon LNE Junction, providing direct services from Aylesbury to Milton Keynes and Bedford.
• The line from Oxford to Bicester reopened in 1987 after closing in 1968. As part of the East West Rail project, passenger services are to be restored to the section of line from Bicester to Bletchley.

• Stations reopened include Yate, Cam and Dursley, Ashchurch, Pinhoe, Feniton and Templecombe.
• The service between Swindon and Trowbridge ceased in 1966 but two passenger trains each way were reinstated in 1985, along with the reopening of Melksham station. Passenger numbers rose rapidly, and the service – now increased in frequency and known as the TransWilts Line – was extended to Westbury.
• Regular passenger services between Yeovil Junction and Yeovil Pen Mill were withdrawn in 1968 and a limited service reinstated in 2015 which has since slowly increased.

• Needham Market closed in 1967 was reopened in 1971 and Watlington closed in 1968 was reopened in 1975
• Peterborough to Lincoln Line. The section between Peterborough and Spalding closed to passengers on 5 October 1970 and reopened on 7 June 1971.

• The Robin Hood Line in Nottinghamshire, between Nottingham and Worksop via Mansfield, reopened in the early 1990s. Since closure in 1964 Mansfield had been the largest town in Britain without a rail link.
• Stations at Syston, Sileby and Barrow-upon-Soar between Leicester and Loughborough closed in 1968 reopened in 1994.
• The Kettering to Oakham Line via Corby closed to passengers on 18 April 1966. A shuttle service between Kettering and Corby was introduced in 1987, but the service was unreliable and lost funding support from the local council, leading to its closure in 1990. The line was then reopened on 23 February 2009 with Corby served by direct trains to London and a limited number of trains continuing on towards Oakham and Melton Mowbray.
• Alfreton, Langley Mill and Ilkeston stations on the Erewash Valley Line have since been reopened.
• Dronfield (closed 1967 reopened 1981), Matlock Bath was closed in 1967 and reopened in 1972, Narborough was closed in 1968 but reopened two years later, Peartree was closed in 1968 and reopened 1976, Willington was closed in 1968 and reopened in 1994, Wigston Glen Parva was closed in 1968 and replaced with a new station South Wigston in 1986 on an adjacent site.

• Birmingham Snow Hill station, after closing in 1972, was rebuilt and reopened in 1987 along with Snow Hill tunnel underneath Birmingham city centre to Birmingham Moor Street. The section of the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line between Snow Hill to Smethwick was reopened in 1995.
• The line from Snow Hill to Wolverhampton mainly reopened as the Midland Metro tram system.
• The line from Coventry to Nuneaton reopened to passengers in 1988.
• The Coventry to Leamington line reopened to passengers in 1977 and the station at Kenilworth reopened on 30 April 2018.
• The passenger service between Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley withdrawn in 1965 was reinstated in 1988.
• The Walsall–Hednesford line reopened to passengers in 1989, and was extended to Rugeley Town in 1997 and Rugeley Trent Valley in 1998.
• Passenger services were reinstated between Walsall and Wolverhampton but withdrawn in 2008 on cost and efficiency grounds. Some commentators believe an intermediate station at Willenhall should have been included with the original reopening.
• The Cotswold Line has been redoubled in places and Honeybourne station reopened.
• Coleshill closed in 1968 was rebuilt and reopened in 2007.

• On the lines from Leeds/Bradford to Skipton the following stations closed in 1965 have been reopened (or replacement stations on adjacent sites)- Apperley Bridge, Frizinghall, Saltaire, Steeton and Silsden and Cononley
• The line from Wakefield Kirkgate to Pontefract Monkhill closed in 1967 was reopened in 1992 with Pontefract Tanshelf and two new stations.
• Swinton (South Yorkshire), Fitzwilliam and Adwick were originally closed in 1967 but new stations were opened on adjacent sites. Horden closed in 1964 was reopened in 2020 on a different site.
• Passenger service from Bradford to Huddersfield withdrawn in 1970 was reinstated in 2000 with reopening of Brighouse station. In 2017 trains also served Low Moor which was originally closed in 1965.
• Other stations reopened are Slaithwaite (closed 1968 reopened 1982), Bramley (West Yorkshire) (closed 1966 reopened 1983) and Sherburn-in-Elmet (closed 1965 reopened 1984)
• Line from Sunderland to South Hylton closed in 1964 was rebuilt and reopened in 2002 as part of the Tyne and Wear Metro.

• The Merseyrail line from Liverpool Central to Hunts Cross was closed in 1972 and mainly reopened in 1978.
• Wetheral closed in 1967 was reopened in 1981 and Lostock closed in 1966 was rebuilt in 1988. Balshaw Lane and Euxton was closed in 1969 but was rebuilt and reopened as Euxton Balshaw Lane in 1997.Lostock Hall closed in 1969 was rebuilt on an adjacent site in 1984.
• The route out of Manchester Central over the Cheshire Lines Committee's Manchester South District Line has been reopened by Metrolink. The line opened to St Werburgh's Road (via Chorlton) in July 2011 and was extended as far as East Didsbury in May 2013.
• On the Settle and Carlisle line most of the intermediate stations were closed in 1970 but regular passenger services were restored in 1986 to the following stations-Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Ribblehead, Dent, Garsdale, Kirkby Stephen, Langwathby, Lazonby and Kirkoswald and Armathwaite.

• Glan Conwy closed in 1964 reopened in 1970 and Dolgarrog closed in 1964 but reopened the following year.
• On the North Wales Coast Line the following stations closed in 1966 have been reopened Shotton Low Level, Conwy, Llanfairpwll and Valley

• 32 new stations and four lines reopened within 20 miles (32 km) of each other: Abercynon–Aberdare, Barry–Bridgend via Llantwit Major, Bridgend–Maesteg and the Ebbw Valley Railway via Newbridge.
• Stopping trains between Cardiff and Swansea withdrawn in 1964 were re-introduced in 1992 serving reopened stations at Pontclun, Llanharan (opened 2007), Pencoed, Pyle, Baglan, Briton Ferry, Skewen and Llansamlet.
• Penally closed in 1964 reopened in 1972 also Fishguard and Goodwick closed for regular passenger services in 1964 reopened in 2012

• Glasgow Central Railway between Rutherglen and Stobcross was reopened in November 1979, establishing the Argyle Line connecting the Hamilton Circle to the North Clyde Line. Intermediate stations at Dalmarnock, Bridgeton, Glasgow Central Low Level and Anderston were reopened, and a new station opened at Argyle Street.
• The Maryhill Line in Glasgow re-opened to stopping trains in 1993, which had ceased in the 1960s. It is a suburban railway line linking central Glasgow (Queen Street station) and Anniesland via Maryhill.
• The Argyle Line was extended in December 2005 when a four-mile (6.4 km) section of the Mid Lanark Lines of the Caledonian Railway reopened, serving Chatelherault, Merryton and Larkhall.[1]
• The Glasgow and South Western Railway's Paisley Canal line was closed to passengers in 1983. The majority of the route reopened in 1990.
• The Caledonian Railway's Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway closed to passengers in 1966. The majority of the route was reopened (with a revised terminus station at Whifflet) in 1993.
• Stirling to Alloa reopened on 19 May 2008, providing a passenger service to Alloa on the route of the former Stirling-Dunfermline main line after a 40-year gap. This line had not been marked for closure by Beeching. The restored line also provides for freight onwards to Kincardine, and ultimately to Dunfermline by the slower, single track coastal route. Coal traffic has subsequently ceased with the closure of Longannet Power station.
• Other stations closed in the mid-1960s now re-opened on lines which remained open include Ardrossan Town, Auchinleck, Gretna Green, Dunlop, Dyce, Kilmaurs, Kingsknowe, New Cumnock and Stewarton. Laurencekirk on the mainline between Arbroath and Aberdeen was shut in 1967 and reopened in May 2009 was the 77th new or reopened station in Scotland since 1970. Kintore is due to reopen in 2020.
• The Edinburgh to Bathgate route opened in 1985, as single track. The line was doubled, electrified and extended beyond Bathgate to Airdrie in 2010, creating a fourth route between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
• A 35-mile (56 km) stretch of the former Waverley Route between Edinburgh and Tweedbank via Galashiels reopened on 6 September 2015. The closure of the line in 1969 had left the Scottish Borders without any rail links.
• Dunrobin Castle (1985), Beauly (2006) and Conon Bridge (2015) were reopened on the Far North Line between Inverness and Wick.

In January 2020, the Department for Transport announced a £500 million "Restoring Your Railway" fund and asked MPs, local authorities and community groups to make proposals to reinstate local services and reopen stations.[10] The government also announced £1.5 million towards plans to reopen the Northumberland line,[11] £100,000 towards assessment of the Fleetwood branch line, and £20 million for a third round of the New Stations Fund.[4]

The £500 million would not be spent on building railway lines but on developing proposals through feasibility studies, business cases and designs.[12] Proposals for projects would be sponsored by a local MP, gather local support, and then be put to a panel of experts chaired by the Rail Minister.[10] Examples given were:

• upgrading a freight line to provide passenger services and restoring stations on it
• restoring track and services to an old alignment
• modifying an old route which has been built over.[10]

Successful proposals will receive funding to develop their business case, which will be submitted to the Department for Transport in a bid for more substantial development funding.[10]

In April 2020, the Department for Transport stated that any unsuccessful proposals would receive help from the department so they can improve their proposals for a later round of ideas. At the same time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department announced a third round of ideas for November 2020.[13]

In May 2020, the Department announced that ten schemes had been successful in the first round of bidding:[10]

• Reinstatement of Meir station
• Reinstatement of the Barrow Hill Line between Sheffield and Chesterfield
• Reinstatement of the Ivanhoe Line between Burton-on-Trent and Leicester
• Reinstatement of the branch lines on the Isle of Wight to Newport and Ventnor
• Reinstatement of the Abbey line between St Albans Abbey and Watford Junction
• Reopening of Wellington and Cullompton
• Reinstatement of the Bury to Heywood and Rochdale lines
• Reinstatement of the Clitheroe to Hellifield line
• Reinstatement of rail access to Devizes via a new station at Lydeway
• Reintroduction of passenger rail services on the Waterside line between Totton and Fawley