http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-15519605
According to a press release issued by Network Rail and local councils “It will also complement the Northern Hub scheme that will provide an additional 700 trains a day create between 20,000 and 30,000 new jobs opportunities and contribute £4bn to the economy of the North of England.”
http://www.communityraillancashire.co.uk/news/8-8-million-rgf-success-for-burnley
Considering that there is still a connection with current Network Rail tracks this is a massive amount of money just to relay a short stretch of track on an existing trackbed and is maybe one of the reasons that track access charges and therefore rail fares are so expensive in the UK. Nothing is ever carried out at "reasonable rates" and is a big reason that more of these rail revival schemes are deemed not to be viable when the costs are published.
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David Gambles