Rail stations

Proposals, design, opening of new and redeveloped rail stations.

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Guidance and regulation

• Restoring your Railway Fund programme update
  • Guidance
  • 18 June 2022
  • Department for Transport
• Railway closures guidance
  • Guidance
  • 24 October 2006
  • Department for Transport

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News and communications

• Next stop, Cambridge South: new station's opening date revealed
  • 11 May 2026
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• Improving accessibility at railway stations across Britain
  • 15 January 2026
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement
• Multi-billion-pound drive to transform rail and growth across Yorkshire and North East
  • 14 January 2026
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• North West to benefit from multi-billion-pound rail investment
  • 14 January 2026
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• All aboard for Cardiff Central Station transformation
  • 4 December 2025
  • Department for Transport and Wales Office
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Passenger lifts at stations: 1 April 2025 to 11 October 2025 (Periods 1 to 7)
  • 29 January 2026
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • Official statistics
• Estimates of station usage: April 2024 to March 2025
  • 4 December 2025
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Rail infrastructure and assets: April 2024 to March 2025
  • 20 November 2025
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Passenger lifts at stations: 13 October 2024 to 31 March 2025 (Periods 8 to 13)
  • 3 July 2025
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • Official statistics
• Passenger lifts at stations: 1 April 2024 to 12 October 2024 (Periods 1 to 7)
  • 20 February 2025
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Bordesley railway station closure
  • 11 February 2026
  • Department for Transport
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 15 May 2026
• Ravensthorpe railway station closure
  • 16 September 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 05 January 2025
• RVAR 2010 exemption: London Underground Limited Waterloo & City line
  • 4 June 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 02 July 2025
• RVAR 2010 exemption: London Underground Limited Central line
  • 4 June 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 02 July 2025
• East West Rail consultation 2024
  • 14 November 2024
  • Department for Transport and East West Railway Company Limited
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 24 January 2025

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Railway stations awarded Access for All accessibility funding
  • 24 May 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency
• Cycle rail fund: awards
  • 22 January 2022
  • Department for Transport and Active Travel England
  • Transparency
• Restoring Your Railway Fund: bids received
  • 27 October 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency
• Restoring Your Railway Fund: successful bids
  • 27 October 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department
  for Transport
• Border Force
• HM Treasury
• Home Office
• Planning
  Inspectorate

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• Wales Office

• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited