Recent Rail Studies Undertaken

Recent studies undertaken are:

Borderlands Rail Study (Faber Maunsell)

The Borderlands Study was instigated by the Steering Group with funding from TAITH, Welsh Development Agency, Cheshire County Council and Merseytravel.  The study appraised opportunities for incremental and full extension of the electrified third rail between Bidston and Wrexham

Executive Summary

The Executive Summary is available to download in the following format:

Executive Summary - Word format 723Kb

Executive Summary - PDF format 119Kb

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Chester-Wrexham-Shrewsbury (Scott Wilson Rail)

The Chester – Wrexham – Shrewsbury rail study was instigated by the Shrewsbury – Chester Rail Line Liaison committee (SCRLLC) with financial support from TAITH, the Welsh Assembly Government, Cheshire County Council, Oswestry Borough Council, Shrewsbury & Atcham District Council, Shropshire County Council and ARRIVA Trains Wales. The study looked at the potential to improve capacity and the viability of new stations as well as the possible impact of line speed improvements.

Chester-Wrexham-Shrewsbury Final Report

The Chester-Wrexham-Shrewsbury Final Report is available to download in the following format:

Chester-Wrexham-Shrewsbury Final Report - PDF format 7.5Mb

Wales Route Utilisation Strategy

Network Rail have recently published the Wales Route Utilisation Strategy (external link)

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