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No funding for revived Shropshire branch line, says Hendy

Deniz Huseyin
19 February 2026
 

Plans to re-open the Gobowen-Oswestry branch line in Shropshire have been shelved after Rail Minister Lord Hendy said funding for the plan would not be available.

In a letter to the LibDem North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan, Lord Hendy said: “I am sorry to advise that it has not been possible to progress the development of the Oswestry to Gobowen line.”

Gobowen-Oswestry was included in the then Conservative Government’s Network North document in October 2023. This pledged to...

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