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The South West of the UK will benefit from new railway stations and funding for a West of England mass transit system in a major funding boost to create stronger public transport networks.聽

A total of 拢36 billion in savings from HS2 will be reinvested in hundreds of transport projects across the country, delivering more buses, reopening railway stations and ensuring major funding for new and improved roads.聽

Today (4 October 2023), we have announced the Network North plan, which will still see HS2 delivered between Birmingham and Euston in central London.聽

But every penny that would have been spent extending the route will instead be redirected into roads, rail and buses to drive economic growth and provide jobs across the country.聽

The government will seek to establish a Development Corporation in London to create a transformed 鈥楨uston Quarter鈥� and look to leverage private sector investment in the process. This will unlock 拢6.5 billion to invest in projects that people and communities really need around the country.聽聽

In the South West, these funds will be provided for rail improvements, including reopening and reintroducing passenger services to Wellington and Cullompton.聽聽

Five miles of track will be reinstated, with a new station at Tavistock to connect it with Plymouth.聽聽

Further benefits for the South West will include:聽聽

• funding set aside to complete the in full, making the vital route between Exeter and Plymouth via Dawlish more resilient in the face of extreme weather
• funding the opening of railway lines between Cullompton and Wellington, and Tavistock to Plymouth, connecting communities on these routes聽
• 拢140 million in funding to ensure the delivery of 12 road schemes across the South West 鈥� among them the A38 in North Somerset
• a further 拢1 billion fund will be launched for new road schemes in the South West, South East and East of England聽
• access to a 拢2.8 billion roads resurfacing fund for the South West, South East and the East of England to combat the potholes causing misery for drivers
• the popular 拢2 bus fare will also be extended until the end of December 2024 instead of rising to 拢2.50 as planned
• the West of England will also receive c.拢0.7 billion from the City Regional Sustainable Transport Settlement 2 (CRSTS2)聽budget, plus a further 拢0.1 billion on top 鈥� funded from HS2. That is 40% more than their allocation under CRSTS1 (c.拢0.8 billion versus 拢0.5 billion)

Read how HS2 funding is being redirected across the country

• North West
• North East
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• Yorkshire and the Humber
• East of England
• South East
• Wales
• Scotland