B&FRHT

13.1 Assumptions: The costs for regenerating the track work are based on those produced by the redevelopment of the Welsh Highland Railway which came to between £1 million and £2 million a mile which included extensive contractors use and work involving rebuilding bridges and other infrastructure which we do not believe we will need to do at this point in time. This does mean that the timescales for the project will be longer to go with the lower overall project cost. Overall costs would be expected to double if a faster timescale was needed which would involve significant use of contractors.

In our case this will necessitate the following:

• Removal of all vegetation
• lifting the track,
• lifting the ballast,
• sieving the ballast to remove soil and unusable ballast,
• putting a membrane down to reduce weed / vegetation growth,
• rehabilitation of the drainage etc.
• relaying the ballast and topping it up
• then relaying the track.

A lot of this work can be done using volunteers however it will still remain an expensive undertaking. The membrane referred to above is called Terram and comes in rolls of 4.5m by 100m at a cost of £240 plus vat per roll. To cover a 6.5 mile line we will require approximately 106 rolls at a cost of £25,440 plus vat. 13.2 The costs for regenerating the stations on the line is based on the most recent works by the Llangollen railway while building Corwen Station. The works there came to approximately £1 million and therefore we are allowing £5 million for our 4 new stations, 1 refreshed station and 1 with additional facilities.

In our case this will necessitate the following:

Design work for 4 stations (in conjunction with various bodies)
Build work for 4 stations (sympathetic but green designs)
Repair / maintenance work at 1 station
Redevelopment work at 1 station

Some of this work can be carried out by volunteers but due to regulatory requirements the building work and some fitting out work will be carried out by contractors to comply with those requirements.

13.2 The costs for creating a new Heritage Railway Centre / MPD are unfortunately difficult to estimate as there has been no similar project recently in a volunteer led society. As there was no similar such facility on this location we will then have a lot of work to do for it.

In our case this will necessitate the following:

Design work for Heritage Railway Centre
Build work for Heritage Railway Centre

Some of this work can be carried out by volunteers but due to regulatory requirements the building work and some fitting out work will be carried out by contractors to comply with those requirements. Specific requirements for this site will include creating facilities for maintenance, disposal of controlled emission toilets waste, cleaning and storage facilities as well as parking space for volunteers and visitors.