Question: In what year did a proposal to expand light rail service to Portsmouth and Gosport fail?
Answer: Plans were announced by Hampshire County Council in July 2009 for the introduction of tram-train running from Hythe (on what is now a freight-only line to Fawley) via Totton to Southampton Central Station and on to Fareham via St. Denys, and Swanwick.
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