Cost increases kill Isle of Grain passenger service proposal

Hoo Peninsula railway station impression

UK: Plans to reintroduce a passenger service on the freight-only Isle of Grain branch on the Hoo Peninsula have been put on hold, with Medway Council citing ‘high inflation, significantly increased construction costs and pressures on public spending’.

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