Lobbying work continues to reopen the link
Campaigners who want the government and rail industry to reopen a 12-mile link between Lancashire and Yorkshire have met the new Labour MP for Pendle and Clitheroe for talks and a walk on the old route, which was shut in the 1970s.
East Lancashire has some of the poorest boroughs in the country, with limited business and infrastructure investment and weak house prices, SELRAP says. Limited transport connections are seen as factors by the campaigners. Much of the Colne branch line east of Burnley and serving towns including Nelson and Brierfield is just single track with limited train timetables. Yet the old track bed remains in many sections and new extra lines could be laid, campaigners say.
"Mr Hinder greed that it was a positive meeting and said he looked forward to working with SELRAP to finally get this project over the line as soon as possible. Follow-up action by him will include writing to the government about pursuing the next steps to carry out the required new feasibility study.
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