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Ministers have insisted that the reopening of the Leamside Line will come down to the new North East mayor – but there are major questions over how it could be funded. The plan to restore the ...

The North East has been given new funding to push forward plans to reopen the mothballed Leamside railway line. A restoration of the disused train route, which runs from Pelaw in Gateshead to Tursdale ...

Restoring the full length of the mothballed Leamside railway line could provide new train links for 100,000 people and unlock the potential to build 10,000 homes. A map published in North East mayor ...

More funding has been announced in an effort to extend the Tyne and Wear Metro. North East mayor Kim McGuinness has put more than £8m towards creating a business case for the Washington extension via ...

A new town could be built close to ta disused railway line, if dreams of restoring the mothballed route can be turned into a reality. North East leaders have long held hopes of putting trains back on ...

MPs, local politicians and business leaders across the North East have met this morning (February 4) at multiple locations along the Leamside line to make the case for the reopening of the historic ...

A project bidding to reopen a disused railway line has secured £350,000 government funding. The Leamside Line would connect Pelaw, in Gateshead, to Tursdale, in County Durham, and the money is to be ...

The Member of Parliament for Jarrow and Gateshead East, Kate Osborne, has welcomed the Government’s backing to reopening the historic Leamside Line. Under the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) initiative ...

MPs have met the Rail Minister Huw Merriman to make their case that a disused train route should be restored. They want the Leamside railway line, which ran between Gateshead and County Durham and ...