On 15 June 2009 ATOC published the report Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network, an analysis for short-term localised development of the passenger network, detailing schemes taking from between 2 years 9 months to 6 years to complete, that it believed would be commercially viable (i.e. with a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of over 1.0). These would complement existing long-term national projects. The report detailed up to 40 communities with a population of over 15,000 where stations could be built or re-opened, including 14 schemes involving using new or re-opened lines, and seven new Parkway stations on existing passenger lines.
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