Date: 16/11/2016

A £16m project to electrify the railway route between Oxenholme and Windermere could be pushed back 'until 2024'. The plans, announced in 2014 by the Department for Transport, stated the line would be upgraded before 2017. Liberal Democrat leader and South Lakes MP Tim Farron has now said ministers refused to commit to having the project completed by 2024. The Department for Transport said details about how the scheme would be delivered would be confirmed in March.

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A £16m project to electrify the railway route between Oxenholme and Windermere could be pushed back "until 2024".

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Black 5 44938 sporting a 9D Newton Heath shed plate stands at Windermere platform 2 around 1966.
Location: Windermere
Company: Kendal and Windermere Railway
//1966 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

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Location: Oxenholme
Company: Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
02/02/2013 John McIntyre

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Location: Windermere
Company: Kendal and Windermere Railway
17/01/2016 Mark Bartlett