A new open access operator has been given the go-ahead to launch a new regional service in the South West.
Go-op, a co-operatively owned operator, plans to run trains between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare, and Frome and Westbury, from as early as December 2025.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved track access rights until December 2030.
Go-op plans to run five return services on its core route between Taunton and Swindon, but will also run a couple of daily trips from Taunton-Westbury, Frome-Westbury and Weston-super-Mare-Taunton. Trains will also call at stations such as Melksham and Castle Cary.
“We would like to be in the December 2025 timetable, then phase services in gradually,” Go-op Chairman Alex Lawrie told RAIL.
In her letter to Go-op, ORR’s Director, Strategy, Policy…
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