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SubscribeHope for Ivanhoe Sir Alastair Morton, chairman of the new Strategic Rail Authority, has said that he is "sympathetic" to opening new rail routes. The comment came in response to questioning about the Ivanhoe Line (Leicester to Burton-on-Trent) from pro-rail Councillor David Bill of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council at the Local Government Association conference. The route was originally scheduled to reopen to passengers in 1995, but Leicestershire County Council, the lead authority in the project, was unable to finance it. The council is now considering whether to make a bid for finance from the Rail Passenger Partnership Fund for reopening. Meanwhile, recent track repairs by Railtrack enabled Hertfordshire Rail Tours to run the first passenger train over the line for 10 years, on one of their Forgotten Tracks tours on 17 July. Another rare opportunity to travel on the Leicester-Burton line is to be offered by Nottinghamshire Campaign for the Protection of Rural England to highlight the lengthy delay. CPRE plans an all-day rail tour which will include the route on 24 June 2000. For information and booking: R M Eaton, Juniper House, 7 Middle Holme Lane, Sutton on Trent, Newark NG23 6PG.
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