A petition insists it will cause 'extreme financial hardship'. Campaigners have called on the Government to drop plans for a restored Ivanhoe Line over fears it will reduce house prices. A petition for the proposed lines cancellation has now been created in a bid to halt any chance of full steam ahead in Leicestershire. The line, which ran between Leicester and Burton, has not served passengers since the 1960s, with a series of campaigns to bring it back failing to materialise. The latest effort, from the Campaign to Reopen the Ivanhoe Line group (CRIL), has achieved much backing though. Its plans are in the hands of the Government, which could approve the line's return.
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A target date of 2026 has been put on the return of passenger services to the Leicester-Burton-on-Trent Ivanhoe Line.
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