However, mentions of it were quickly removed from the government’s website.
Transport minister Richard Holden said it had only committed to “looking into” the scheme.
Transport minister Richard Holden said it had only committed to “looking into” the scheme.
A report on how the outstanding £36bn was to be reinvested in alternative transport measures was then published.
In the Network North report – later amended – it said the Leamside line, which ran between Pelaw, Gateshead and Tursdale, County Durham, would be reopened.
Mr Holden has since said the government wants to “work with local partners to consider the different uses for the route” and listen to “what their priorities would be for transport in the area”.
Any decision to reopen the line, which closed in 1964, could be made by local leaders using an £1.8bn fund due to be granted by the government and aimed at bolstering local transport, he added.
Transport minister Richard Holden said it had only committed to “looking into” the scheme.
However, mentions of it were quickly removed from the government’s website.
A report on how the outstanding £36bn was to be reinvested in alternative transport measures was then published.
Transport minister Richard Holden said it had only committed to “looking into” the scheme.
Transport minister Richard Holden said it had only committed to “looking into” the scheme.
A report on how the outstanding £36bn was to be reinvested in alternative transport measures was then published.
In the Network North report – later amended – it said the Leamside line, which ran between Pelaw, Gateshead and Tursdale, County Durham, would be reopened.
Mr Holden has since said the government wants to “work with local partners to consider the different uses for the route” and listen to “what their priorities would be for transport in the area”.
Any decision to reopen the line, which closed in 1964, could be made by local leaders using an £1.8bn fund due to be granted by the government and aimed at bolstering local transport, he added.
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