• Home
• Mission
• News
• Photo Archive
• Meetings
• Resources-newsletters
• Articles
• Search
• Recommend us
• Contact us

Chris Heaton-Harris MP (Daventry), Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Central), Kris Hopkins (Keighley), Naomi Long (Belfast East) Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party and Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border)

Does your MP?

Click here to see

For quotations from the Letters of Support from MPs
click here

We also have the support of 3 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA)

60% of UK MEPs in the new Parliament support us (44 out of 72)

George Lyon (Scotland), Mary Honeyball (London), Martin Callanan (North East), Emma McClarkin (East Midlands), Bill Newton Dunn (East Midlands) and Roger Helmer (East Midlands)

Do all yours?

Click here to see

282 Councils back the campaign
some over 100 miles apart

The latest are
Selby District Council, Boroughbridge, Halewood, Meltham, Morecambe, Pateley Bridge, Poynton with Worth, Selby & Tadcaster Town Councils and Asby, Bleasdale, Great Strickland, Helsington, Melling with Wrayton, Preston Patrick. Preston Richard, Thurnham & Urswick Parish Councils

Do your Councils?

To check, click here to see

I would be pleased to assist you, and as Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, I would be happy to join your list of MPs etc.

We also gained the support of 3 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and 113 more Councillors, giving a total of 344 Councillors in favour of the reinstatement of the 'missing link'

RAIL REOPENING CONFERENCE Top politicians representing all three major parties attended SELRAP’s third major conference, which took place in Skipton on Friday 6th November. An impressive array of speakers combined to back SELRAP’s campaign to see the Skipton-Colne rail line reopened as part of a new trans-Pennine route, and offer embryonic pointers towards the formation of a funding partnership for the rebuild. A full conference report is being prepared, and will be posted on this site when completed. For photos of the event click here
The speaker list and associated quotes [click below] is aimed at giving the reader a flavour of this landmark event.

Three members of the SELRAP committee travelled to London on March 10 to present the case for re-opening the Skipton-Colne railway line to Members of both Houses of Parliament.

The group, headed by chairman Derek Jennings and including Andy Shackleton and Frank Filardo, addressed the All Party Parliamentary Rail Group in Committee Room 7 of the Palace of Westminster, quite an imposing venue and audience for a volunteer campaign group!!

Some of the audience are seen in our picture, from left to right: Gordon Prentice (MP for Pendle), Lord Tony Berkeley, Lord Bruce Grocott, Norman Baker MP, Lord Richard Faulkner and Kelvin Hopkins MP. SELRAP chairman Derek Jennings is seen on the far right of picture .

The pictures were taken by Andy Shackleton – and note that the group are holding copies of SELRAP’s eye-catching ‘CravenRail’ newsletter!!

Among others attending was Skipton and Ripon MP David Curry. Derek Jennings comments: “SELRAP’s campaign is really hitting the high notes, and we are increasingly recognised in high places as a more than just a volunteer group. The impact created by the campaign goes far beyond what one normally associates with such groups.
Andy did his usual expert presentation on our campaign and we were then able to answer Members’ questions and discuss our aims further.
SELRAP is very grateful to Gordon Prentice for having set up this meeting, and we are sure it will lead to a far better understanding of the case for re-opening the Skipton-Colne railway within Westminster, where our impact will grow over the coming months.”

From Left to right, Steve Broadbent (SELRAP Press Officer), Councillors Polly and Paul English, representing Skipton Town Council and Joan Evans, President of the Skipton Chamber of Commerce and Trade, both of which organsations have recently joined as SELRAP Group Members. Fourth from the left is the Mayor of Skipton, Councillor Carole Manley, who became the group's 300th paid-up Member on the special train which SELRAP ran between Colne and Skitpon on October 28, 2007. On the far right is SELRAP Chairman Derek Jennings.

If you are a member of a group, please encourage them to affiliate.