Oct 29, 2021 | Project Updates
After several months of deliberations, the DfT has delivered a formal response to the UWR’s application to its ‘Ideas Fund for Restoring Your Railway’. In summary, the response stated: “Overall, the proposal has a reasonably strong narrative relating to...
Mar 14, 2021 | Project Updates
The Department for Transport’s Ideas Fund for Restoring Your Railway is intended to assist selected applicants to fund transport and economic studies and create a business case through awards of 75% of agreed development costs up to £50,000, with the remaining 25% met...
Feb 23, 2021 | Project Updates
As already publicised, UWR’s scheme for the reinstatement of the railway to Hawes envisages a train service extending beyond Clitheroe on the Ribble Valley route, to join the Settle Carlisle line, then continuing to Garsdale and the reinstated branch line to Hawes....
Nov 30, 2020 | Project Updates
On 26th November UWR received a formal response to the application made earlier this year to the Second Round of the Department for Transport’s Ideas Fund for Restoring Your Railway. Whilst UWR has not yet been awarded funding, the DfT states that the scheme may be...
Jul 1, 2020 | Project Updates
The Upper Wensleydale Railway Association (UWR) is pleased to announce that its scheme for reinstating the railway to Hawes, North Yorkshire, has been included in the second round of applications to the Department for Transport’s Ideas Fund for Restoring Your...
Mar 22, 2020 | Project Updates
Working to an established railway industry process, UWR has launched a formal study of the anticipated scope of the UWR project. The intention is to prepare a quantified justification of the scheme that can form the basis for further development of the project, in...
Jun 25, 2019 | Project Updates
This website represents the first step on a journey to reconstruct the Garsdale to Hawes branchline of the Settle to Carlisle mainline railway. There will be many challenges on our journey, but our goal is clear. Please join or assist us in any way you can. Good...
Jun 25, 2019 | Website Updates
A contact form has been added to the new UWR website. If you’d like to comment on any aspect of the Upper Wensleydale Railway project or to get in touch for any other reason, you can now do so via the ‘Contact Us’ option.
