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161 MPs
back our campaign
The latest are: Martin Caton
(Gower)
and Jo Swinson
(East Dunbartonshire)
Does your MP?
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For quotations from the Letters of Support from MPs
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60% of UK MEPs in the new Parliament support us (43 out of 72)
The latest are:
Mary Honeyball (London), Martin Callanan (North East), Emma McClarkin (East Midlands), Bill Newton Dunn (East Midlands) and Roger Helmer (East Midlands)
Do all yours?
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For quotations from the Letters of Support from MEPs
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245 Councils
back the campaign
some over 100 miles apart
The latest are
Adlington & Darwen Town Councils and Culgaith & Scarisbrick Parish Councils
Do your Councils?
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I know it is heartily supported by the wider community
-- Nigel Evans MP (Ribble Valley)
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The most recent
Union branch
to send its support is
UNISON Calderdale Local Government Branch
Does your Union
or Union branch
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42 Education bodies back the campaign
The latest
to send their support are
St Stephen's Catholic School, Marsden Heights Community College, Saints John Fisher & Thomas More Catholic Humanities College and the University of Chester
to see if
your (or your children’s)
school, college
University or student body
backs the campaign
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For quotations from the Latters of Support from Education bodies
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SELRAP envelope and car stickers |
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Use on your mail and car
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The latest business to back the campaign is:
Harry Garlick
The latest business organisation is:
Yorkshire & Humber Chambers of Commerce
Business Organisations:
CBI North West
CBI Yorkshire and the Humber
Chambers of Commerce North West Ltd:
• Altrincham & Sale Chamber of Commerce
• Borough of Congleton Chamber of Commerce & Enterprise
• Chester, Ellesmere Port & North Wales Chamber of Commerce
• Cumbria Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• East Lancs Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
• Halton Chamber of Commerce & Enterprise Runcorn & Widnes
• Knowsley Chamber of Industry & Commerce
• Lancaster District Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
• Macclesfield Chamber of Commerce & Enterprise
• North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce
• Sefton Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• St Helens Chamber
• Warrington Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Wirral Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Yorkshire & Humber Chambers of Commerce:
• Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce
• Bradford Chamber
• Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce
• Leeds, York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
• Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
• Skipton Chamber of Trade & Commerce
Businesses:
Accrington Stanley Football Club
Airedale Springs Ltd
Barnfield Construction
Blackburn Rovers Football Club
Blackpool Football Club
Boundary Mill Stores
Bradford & Bingley plc
Buoyant Upholstery Ltd,
C & H Brown, Skipton
Burnley Football Club
Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd
Carillion Rail
Carlo's Restaurant, Colne
Catholic Building Society
Choice, Keighley
Chorley Building Society
The Co-operative Group:
• Cooperative Food
• Cooperative Bank
• Cooperative Travel
• Cooperative Pharmacy
• Cooperative Legal Services
• Cooperative Funeralcare
• Cooperative Insurance
Corus
Craven Cameras
Cravendale Guest House, Skipton
Dales (Contracts) Ltd
Dales Renewables Ltd
Deasil Energy
E.ON Energy
Eco Design Architectural Practice
The Ecology Building Society
Electrical Sales Ltd
Elevate East Lancashire
The Environmental Transport Association
Foulridge Canal Cruises Ltd
Harry Garlick
The Grand Theatre, Blackpool,
The Grand at Clitheroe
Good Energy
Green Express Railtours
Herriots Hotel
Homeloan Management Ltd
Hudson & Pearson Ltd,
Jim's Vegetarian Restaurant, Colne
The Keighley & Worth Valley Light Railway Ltd,
Kilbride Community Rail Ltd
Leeds Building Society
Leeds Rugby Ltd:
• Leeds Carnegie Rugby Union
• Leeds Rhinos Rugby League
Leek United Building Society
Maharishi Ayurveda Products
Manchester Airport Group plc:
• Manchester Airport
• East Midlands Airport
• Bournemouth Airport
• Humberside Airport
Manchester Building Society
Manchester Opera House
Marsden Building Society
Merseyrail
NR Automatics (Engineering) Ltd
Nationwide Building Society
North East Railtours
Novo Homes
Oswaldtwistle Mills
The Palace Theatre, Manchester
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Parson Lee Farm B & B,
the phone coop
Peel Airports Group:
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport
• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster
• Sheffield Airport
• Durham Tees Valley Airport
Protec Fire Detection Equipment Ltd
The Pumpkin, Skipton
Red Triangle Vegetarian Café
Rossiter & Co,
Royal Exchange Theatre
S & J Engineering,
Skipton Building Society
Skipton Castle
Stable Cross B & B, Colne
Stafford Railway Building Society
The Stamford Group Ltd:
• Mailbox Mouldings international Ltd
• Mailbox Mouldings international Ltd (Eire)
• Medstor
• Micrex-Profiles
• Micropol
• Opto International Inc (USA)
• Opto Mailbox International (Sweden)
• Opto Systems GMBH (Germany)
Studio 127, Keighley
Suma Wholefoods
The Sweet Shop, Skipton
The Vacuum Shop, Keighley
Virgin Trains
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Wigan Warriors Rugby League
Yorkshire Building Society
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If your County Councillor is not listed please contact them and encourage them to support us
County Councillors
The latest supporting County Councillors are:
Frank De Molfetta (Preston Central North), Bob Mutch (Wyreside), Paul Rigby (Fylde South) and Pennhy Marsden (Weaponess & Ramshill)
County Councillors (88)
Lancashire (57):
George Adam
George Askew
Terry Aldridge
Albert Atkinson
Timothy Ashton
Keith Bailey
Rob Bailey
Malcolm Barron
Bill Bennett
Charles Briggs
Margaret Brindle
Peter Britcliffe
Ken Brown
Terry Brown
Mike Calvert
Pat Case
Susie Charles
Christopher Coates
Carl Crompton
William Cropper
Frank De Molfetta
Shelagh Derwent
Geoff Driver
Carolyn Evans
Sarah Fishwick
Mike France
Howard Henshaw
Christopher Holtom
Keith Iddon
Mohammed Iqbal
Joan Jackson
Mark Jewell
Allan Knox
Jim Lawrenson
Stan Leadbetter
Jennifer Mein
Yousef Motala
Bob Mutch
Liz Oades
David O’Toole
Mike Otter
Miles Parkinson
Niki Penney
Mark Perks
Tony Pimblett
Sam Riches
Paul Rigby
Thomas Sharratt
Margaret Skilling
Peter Steen
Ciaran Wells
Michael Welsh
David Westley
Valerie Wilson
Tony Winder
Bill Winlow
Mohammed Younis
North Yorkshire (31):
Andrew Lee
Dr Keith Barnes
John Batt
Jim Clark
Mike Cockerill
Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bailey
Polly English
John Fort
John Fox
Heather Garnett
Andrew Goss
Robert Heseltine
Bill Hoult
Margaret Hulme
Michael Knaggs
Carl Les
Don Mackenzie
Pat Marsburg
Penny Marsden
Brian Marshall
J.W. Marshall
Shelagh Marshall
Heather Moorhouse
David Peart
Joe Plant
Peter Popple
Caroline Seymour
Stephen Shaw
Cliff Trotter
Geoff Webber
Richard Welch
Other Councillors (98)
Jan Alcock (Ribble Valley BC)
Zafar Ali (Bradford)
George Askew (Pendle BC)
Bernard Atha
Ian Auckland (Sheffeild City Council)
Lin Barrington (Craven DC)
Alan Barry (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Jon Barry (Lancaster CC)
Tonia Barton (Pendle BC)
Carol Ann Belshaw (Pendle BC)
Ralph Berry (Bradford MBC)
David Berryman (Ribble Valley BC)
Smith Alan Benson (Pendle)
David Billing (Scarborough BC)
David Blackburn (Leader of the Green Group, Leeds CC)
Chris Blakeley (Wirral)
Michael Blomeley (Pendle)
Martyn Bolt (Kirklees & WYPTA)
Warren Bradley (Leader, Liverpool CC)
Eric Broadbent (Leader, Labour Group, Scarborough BC)
Rob Broadley (Whitby TC)
Stella Brunskill (Ribble Valley BC)
John Cameron (Manchester CC)
Cllr Colin Campbell (Leeds City Council & Leeds District Spokesperson on WYITA)
Cllr Andrew Carter (Deputy Leader, Leeds City Council & WYITA Member)
Gary Clarke (Walsall & Chairman Centro ITA)
Matthew Colledge (Trafford MBC & Chairman, Greater Manchester ITA)
Peter J Davison (Rochdale MBC & GMITA)
John Dillon (Oldham & GMITA)
Mark Dowd OBE (Liverpool CC & Chair Merseyside ITA)
Peter Dowd (Leader, Labour Group, Sefton MBC)
Ryk Downes (Leeds & Chair WYITA)
Rosemary Elms (Ribble Valley)
Paul English (Craven DC & Skipton TC)
Eileen Entwistle(Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Peter Evans (Rochdale & GMITA)
John Fletcher (Hambleton DC)
David Foster (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Paul Foster (South Ribble BC)
Steve Foulkes (Leader Wirral MBC)
Roger Frost (Burnley Borough Council)
Mike Gardner (Leader Harrogate Council)
Andrew James Graham (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Tony Greaves (Pendle BC)
Richard Hall (Knaresborough TC)
David Heather (Craven DC)
Stephen Houghton (Leader, Barnsley MBC)
Morris Horsfield (Pendle BC)
Simon Huggill (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Tony Humphrys (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Mohammed IqbaL (Leader, Labour Group, Pendle BC)
Mick Jameson (Chair, South Yorkshire ITA)
Mike Johnson (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Beverley Jones (Ribble Valley BC)
Rosemary Jones (Rochdale)
Andy Kay (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Michael Kelly (Bradford MBC)
Ann Kerrigan (Pendle BC)
Mohammed Khan (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Sir Richard Leese (Leader, Manchester CC)
Martin Love (Bradford MDC)
Trevor Maxfield (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Pauline McCormick (Pendle BC)
Carl Minns (Leader, Hull City Council)
Mike Otter (South Ribble BC)
David Pearson (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Bob Pendleton (West Lancashire DC)
John Pennington (Bradford MBC)
Peter Popple (Leader, Independent Group, Scarborough BC)
Chris Punchard (Ribble Valley BC)
Andrew Rankine (Skipton TC)
Lois Rimmer JP (Ribble Valley BC)
Tony Robertson (Leader Sefton MBC)
Sonia Robinson (Pendle BC)
Ron Round (Leader Knowsley MBC)
Steve Shaw-Wright (Selby DC)
John Shipley (Leader Newcastle City Council)
Kathleen Shore (Nelson TC)
Dave Smith (Darwen TC)
Margaret Smith (Leader South Ribble BC)
James Keith Starkie (Pendle BC)
Margaret Sutcliffe (Ribble Valley BC)
Stephen Sutcliffe (Ribble Valley BC)
Tim Swift (Calderdale & WYITA)
Chris Tennant (Pendle BC)
Christopher Thayne (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Matthew Tomlinson (South Ribble BC)
Cliff Trotter (Harrogate BC)
Violet Vaughan (Pendle BC)
John Waddington (Ribble Valley BC)
Richard Walker (Doncaster MBC)
Graham Walton (South Ribble BC)
David Whipp (Pendle BC)
David White (Stockport MBC & GMITA)
Professor John Whitelegg (Lancaster CC)
Keith Whitmore (Manchester CC & Vice Chairman, GMITA)
Sheila Wicks (Pendle BC)
John Wren (Harrogate BC)
Craig Wright (Stockport MBC & GMITA)
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The Most Revd John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
The Rt Revd Nicholas Reade, Bishop of Blackburn
The Rt Revd Chris Edmondson, Bishop of Bolton
The Rt Rev David James, Bishop of Bradford
The Rt Revd James Newcombe, Bishop of Carlisle
The Rt Revd Graham Dow, former Bishop of Carlisle
The Rt Revd Peter Forster, Bishop of Chester
Rt Revd Richard Frith, Bishop of Hull
The Rt Rev Patrick O’Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster
The Rt Revd Arthur Roche, Bishop of Leeds
The Rt Revd James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool
The Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester
The Rt Revd Martin Wharton, Bishop of Newcastle
The Rt Revd John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds
The Rt Revd Tony Robinson, Bishop of Pontefract
The Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, Bishop of Sheffield
The Rt Revd Stephen Platten, Bishop of Wakefield
Yorkshire Baptist Association
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WELCOME To Skipton East Lancs Railway Action Partnership
We are a volunteer campaign group whose
aim is to campaign for the re-instatement of the Colne-Skipton
line as a trans-pennine route, a part of the national network,
linking the Aire Valley and Yorkshire to East Lancashire, Manchester,
Preston and beyond.
The Campaign has the support of 519 organisations, 474 individual politicians, our 400+ members and 45 affiliated groups
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Please respond to North Yorkshire County Council’s online questionnaire which they want to show them what their residents think are the most important issues for them to tackle through transport.
Please mention your support for the reinstatement of the Skipton to Colne railway wherever you can. To do so you may have to enter 'other' as your preferred choice of answer.The closing date for response to the questionnaire is 30 September 2009. Thank you.
For more information and the questionnaire click here
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 | Despite many of our MEP supporters retiring from the Europen Parliament, we now have the support of 43 out of the 72 MEPs in the new Parliament
These include Brian Simpson, Chair of the Transport & Tourism Committee., the 2 other UK members of that Committee, Jacqueline Foster & Mike Nattrass and Robert Sturdy, Vice Chairman of the International Trade Committee.
The 2 UK Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament, Diana Wallis and Edward McMillan-Scott, both SELRAP supporters, have also been re-elected. |
For the full list of MEPs click 'Read the full article' below
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 | | Four delegates from SELRAP -Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership together with North Yorkshire County Council's Rail Officer and Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport from Lancashire met with Rail Minister Chris Mole to press for the reopening of the Skipton-Colne line.This 11.5 mile stretch would provide an essential alternative to existing over capacity Trans-Pennine routes.Reinstatement of this line would provide extensive benefits for the North East and West regions,linking the East and West coast lines.A study commissioned by SELRAP,carried out by JMP Consulting in 2007 gave 'a positive cost to benefit ratio'.
Chris Mole was impressed with the support and case presented.He listened closely and his approach was helpful.Meetings were also held with Shadow Rail Ministers
Stephen Hammond for the Conservatives who saw the importance of an additional trans-pennine route.Norman Baker for the Liberal Democrats, a campaigner for HIgh
Speed Rail (HSR) gave contacts for those supporting rail re-openings.Comments from a SELRAP delegate 'our expectations were unknown and we've come away with lots
of help and advice to progress our case.A successful day'.
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Pictured before meeting the Rail Minister at Skipton station.From left to right Cllr Keith Bailey from Lancashire County Council,Ruth Ratcliffe,Andy Shackleton,chairman Derek Jennings holding the briefcase,Cllr Robert Heseltine from North Yorkshire and David Penney. The forth team member was David Mawdsley who met us at King's Cross.
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The latest edition of our newsletter has just been released and can be downloaded in PDF format, along with previous releases here
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Do you live or work in Lancashire or North Yorkshire? Do you holiday in either?
If so please read the articles attached below from Lancashire’s Vision Newspaper and/or the North Yorkshire Times as appropriate and, as requested in the articles, send in your views about the reopening by email or letter to the address in the relevant article.
Your response could be in terms of how the reopening would be useful to you/your family, how it would be useful to your local community or in broader terms how it would be useful to the Counties and society in general.
North Yorkshire Times
Lancashire Vision
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We now have the support for the re-opening of Cumbria Tourism, the Lancashire & Blackpool Tourist Board, Manchester Marketing, The Mersey Partnership, Visit Chester & Cheshire and the Yorkshire Tourist Board.
For quotations from their letters of support click here
They join 519 organisations (including businesses) and 474 individual politicians backing the reinstatement of the railway
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The latest edition of our newsletter has just been released and can be downloaded in PDF format, along with previous releases here
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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.”
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245 Councils from across the North of England, some more than 100 miles apart, support our campaign to re-open the Colne to Skipton railway:
• 2 County Councils: Lancashire, North Yorkshire
• 19 Unitary: Barnsley, Blackpool, Bradford, Bury, Calderdale, Cheshire West & Chester, Doncaster, Hull, Kirklees, Knowsley, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, St Helens, Sefton, Sheffield, Wigan & Wirral
• 12 District Councils: Burnley, Chorley, Craven, Fylde, Harrogate, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, South Lakeland, West Lancashire & Wyre
• 38 Town Councils
• 173 Parish Councils
• 1 Neighbourhood Council
The reopening is in the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Local Transport Plans.
We also have the support of the Leader of South Ribble Council
Click read full story below for the full list of parish and town councils
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SELRAP’s campaign has the support of a wide variety of businesses including 2 banks, 10 Building Societies, 8 Airports, a shipbuilder, 3 large manufacturing concerns, a construction company, two large stores with multiple outlets, a national Car Breakdown Service, 2 national Power Supply Companies, a national phone company, 6 theatres, a food wholesaler, several co-ops, small businesses, 2 restaurants, shops, 4 football clubs, 3 rugby clubs, 2 B & Bs, a Guest House, a Castle, a Hotel, CBI North West, CBI Yorkshire and the Humber and 25 Chambers of Trade and Commerce.
The Campaign also has the backing of the General Secretaries of all 4 Rail Unions ASLEF, RMT, TSSA & UNITE as well as the Lancashire Association of TUCs, the Yorkshire & Humberside TUC Regional Council, Burnley TUC and ASLEF, UNITE and UNISON branches.
Greater Manchester, Merseyside (Merseyrail), Tyne & Wear (Nexus), West Midlands (Centro), West Yorkshire (Metro) & South Yorkshire PTEs and ITAs (formerly PTAs) also support the campaign as do Virgin Trains, Carillion Rail & Corus Rail as well as award winning film director Ken Loach and broadcaster Ian Hislop.
We also have the backing of the Yorkshire Tourist Board, the Lancashire & Blackpool Tourist Board, Cumbria Tourism, Manchester Marketing and the Mersey Partnership.
For the full list of business support, scroll down on the left of this page.
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Special 'jumbo' membership cards were presented to three new SELRAP
Members by chairman Derek Jennings on Skipton station on January 23,
2008.
 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.
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The Northenden (Manchester) and Harrogate branches of University of the Third Age (U3A) have become the 49th and 50th NGOs (non-governmental organisation) to back the re-opening of the Skipton to Colne railway.
Harrogate U3A Chairman Janet Coatman, writes that “the link would enhance communication across the Pennines and offer an alternative to the congested trans-Pennine roads.
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 | Another important milestone in SELRAP's campaign to see the Skipton-Colne railway line re-opened was reached on Friday January 18 when a delegation from the group met with Brian Simpson, Member of the European Parliament and Director, North West Rail Campaign, in his St Helens office.
"We are delighted with the rapport we established with Mr Simpson", says SELRAP chairman Derek Jennings, "he very much agreed with the strategy we have adopted and gave us several useful pointers for the future, including advice that we should concentrate on seeking a high-quality trans-pennine railway and that we should engage with the European Parliament. SELRAP looks forward to developing relations with both Mr Simpson and the North West Rail Campaign. " |
Our photo (meeting with Brian Simpson.jpg) shows, Left to Right: Brian Simpson, Andy Shackleton (SELRAP Liaison Officer), Derek Jennings (SELRAP Chairman), Emma Antrobus (Coordinator, NW Rail Campaign), and David Penney (SELRAP Planning & Development Officer)
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Continuing its efforts to secure support from key individuals and organisations for its campaign to see the Skipton-Colne railway line re-opened, SELRAP is delighted to have received four more such messages, all from the Preston/Wigan area, in the last few days.
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SELRAP's campaign has the backing of 42 Educational organisations: Blackburn College, Bradford University, Bradford University Students Union, Burnley College, Burnley Play Association, Colne Primet High School, Craven College, Daisyfield Primary School, Edge Hill University, Liverpool John Moores University, Myerscough College, Nelson & Colne College, Park Lane College Keighley, Pendle District Youth Council, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Saints John Fisher & Thomas More Catholic Humanities College, St Stephen’s Catholic School, Skipton Girls’ High School, Trawden Forest Primary School, The Lancashire Link Network of U3AS, U3A Bebington, U3A Bradford, U3A Bromsborough, U3A Burnley, U3A Chorley, U3A Craven Railway Study Group, U3A Formby, U3A Harrogate, U3A Northenden (Manchester), U3A Richmond, U3A Sale, U3A Warrington, U3A Wirral, U3A York, UCLAN (University of Central Lancashire), University of Bolton, University of Bolton Students' Union, University of Bradford Students' Union, University of Chester, University of Manchester Students' Union, University of Salford, WEA (Workers’ Educational Association) Yorkshire and the Humber
We have the support of 8 NHS Bodies: NHS NW, Blackburn with Darwen NHS Teaching Primary Care Trust, Bradford & Airedale, Calderdale, East Lancashire, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, North Yorkshire & York NHS Primary Care Trust
Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers, Accrington Stanley and Burnley Football Clubs, Leeds Carnegie Rugby Union, Leeds Rhinos Rugby League and Wigan Warriors Rugby League want the reopening as do The Ramblers Association nationally, their North East Lancashire Area Clitheroe Group, Colne Cycling Campaign, Pendle Leisure Trust and Pendle Forest Cycling Club.
For quotes from an education perspective, click here
For quotes from a health perspective here
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 | The Missing Link - a short video documenting the first train from Colne to Skipton for 37 years is now available for viewing online at Youtube. It is divided into five parts. The full high quality DVD version can also be purchased through this site. |
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 | | The most recent Members of the House of Lords to send a Letter of Support for our Campaign are Lord Briggs (Asa Briggs), Lord Boston of Faversham, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, Lord Eames, Rt Revd Martin Wharton (Bishop of Newcastle), Rt Revd Stephen Platten (Bishop of Wakefield), Baroness Boothroyd, Lord Hylton, Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Maclennan of Rogart.
Amongst members of Parliamentary Committees backing our campaign are:
6 out of the 10 members of the Crossrail Bill Select Committee
7 out of the 11 members of the Transport Select Committee including the Chair
11 out of the 27 members of the Parliamentary Rail Group
7 out of the 21 members of the Parliamentary West Coast Main Line Group.
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For the full list of House of Lords support click ‘Read the full article’ below.
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| | The latest MPs to support our campaign are Martin Caton (Gower), Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire), Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe), Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesborough South and East Cleveland), Kali Mountford (Colne Valley), Rt Hon Hilary Benn (Leeds Central), Andrew George (St Ives), Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Cambourne), Brian Jenkins (Tamworth), Colin Breed (South East Cornwall), Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) and Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole)
In all we have the support of 161 MPs.
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Click below to see the full list
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A new independent study into the re-opening of the Skipton-Colne railway line was launched by SELRAP at a Briefing at Herriots Hotel in Skipton last Friday (November 30) where the audience heard totally positive support voiced by all the speakers, including two Members of Parliament. SELRAP, the Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership campaigns for the re-opening of this line as part of the national network.
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A new study, launched by SELRAP in Skipton last Friday (November 30) into the re-opening of the Skipton-Colne railway line is very positive, and takes SELRAP’s campaign to a new level, the group says.
Produced by the Leeds office of the national firm JMP Consulting in full compliance with Department for Transport (DfT) guidelines, the report looks at the costs and benefits associated with the re-opening. |
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AFFILIATED GROUPS/BODIES (45) |
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The latest body to become an affilated member of our campaign is the
Nelson Independent Labour Party, Land Society
Addingham Parish Council
Aire Valley Rail User Group
ASLEF, Skipton Branch
Barrowford Parish Council
Blacko Parish Council
Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users Association
Bradford Rail Users Group
Burnley Friends of the Earth
Campaign for Better Transport
Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England
CAMRA East Lancashire
Craven Voluntary Action
Dales (Contracts) Ltd
Dales Renewables Ltd
Draughton Parish Council
Earby Parish Council
Eco Design Arhitectural Practice
Ecology Building Society
Electrical Sales Ltd
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Trust
Foulridge Parish Council
Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line
Heritage Trust for the North West
Kirklees Green Party
Lancaster & Skipton Rail User Group
Long Preston Parish Council
Midland Railway Society
Nelson Independent Labour Party, Land Society
Park Lane College Leeds
Pendle Community Credit Union
Pendle Environmental Network
Rail Future Yorkshire
Reedley Hallows Parish Council
Ribble Valley Rail
Save the East Lancashire Line Association
Skipton Chamber of Trade & Commerce
Skipton Town Council
Silverdale Parish Council
The Keighley & Worth Valley Light Railway Ltd
Todmorden Town Council
Trawden Parish Council
Unison Burnley Branch
Unison Pendle Branch
Unite the Union (Amicus), Burnley Branch
Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood Parish Council
Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group
If you are a member of a group,
please encourage them to affiliate.
It’s just £10 pa for groups
Contact us for a membership form or download the membership leaflet opposite
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this does not include businesses and business organisations - see column on left
this list does include the affiliated groups above
The latest other organisations to support our campaign are
Centro ITA (formerly West Midlands PTA), Nexus (Tyne & Wear PTE), South Ribble Pensioners Association and Lancashire Federation of Women's Institutes
Accrington Stanley Football Club
Addingham Parish Council
Adlington Town Council
Age Concern Bradford
Age Concern Calderdale & Kirklees
Age Concern Lancashire
Age Concern Leeds
Aighton, Bailey & Chaigley Parish Council
Aintree Village Parish Council
Aire Valley Rail User Group
Anderton Parish Council
Appleby Town Council
Appleton Parish Council
Arkholme with Cawood Parish Council
Arnside Parish Council
ASLEF (Train Drivers' Union)
Austwick Parish Council
Baildon Parish Council
Barley Parish Council
Barnacre-with-Bonds Parish Council
Barnoldswick Town Council
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Barrowford Parish Council
Bentham Town Council
Bickerstaffe Parish Council
Billinge Chapel End Parish Council
Billington & Langho Parish Council
Birstwith Parish Council
Blackburn College
Blackburn Rovers Football Club
Blackburn with Darwen NHS Teaching Primary Care Trust
Blacko Parish Council
Blackpool Council
Blackpool Football Club
Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users Association
Blackshaw Parish Council
Bolton Friends of the Earth
Bowland Forest - Higher Division Parish Council
Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust
Bradford Rail Users Group
Bretherton Parish Council
Briercliffe with Extwistle Parish Council
Brierfield Town Council
Brindle Parish Council
Brough Parish Council
Broughton in Amounderness Parish Council
Buckden Parish Council
Burley Parish Council
Burnley Borough Council
Burnley College
Burnley Football Club
Burnley Forum for Lesbians and Gays
Burnley Friends of the Earth
Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service
Burnley Play Association
Burnley Trades Union Council
Burscough Parish Council
Burton-in-Kendal Parish Council
Burton-in-Lonsdale Parish Council
Bury Metro Council
CAMRA East Lancashire
CTC
Calderdale Council
Calderdale Primary Care Trust
Campaign for Better Transport
Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England
Carleton-in-Craven Parish Council
Carnforth Town Council
Caton-with-Littledale Parish Council
Catterall Parish Council
Central Lancashire Friends of the Earth
Centro ITA (formerly West Midlands PTA)
Centro PTE
Charnock Richard Parish Council
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
Cheshire West & Chester Council
Chorley Borough Council
Clapham-cum-Newby Parish Council
Claughton on Brock Parish Council
Clayton Parish Council
Clayton-le-Woods Parish Council
Clitheroe Town Council
Cliviger Parish Council
Cockerham Parish Council
Colne Market Town Partnership
Colne Primet High School
Colne Town Council
Cononley Parish Council
Coppull Parish Council
Craven CPRE
Craven College
Craven District Council
The Craven Trust
Craven Voluntary Action
Croft Parish Council
Crosby Ravensworth Parish Council
Croston Parish Council
Culcheth & Glazebury Parish Council
Culgaith Parish Council
Cullingworth Parish Council
Cumbria Tourism
Cumbria-Westmorland Federation of WIs
Daisyfield Primary School
Dalton Parish Council
Darwen Town Council
Dent Parish Council
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Downholland Parish Council
Draughton Parish Council
Dunnockshaw & Clowbridge Parish Council
Dutton Parish Council
Earby Parish Council
East Lancashire NHS Primary Care Trust
Eccleston Parish Council
Ellel Parish Council
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Trust
Embsay with Eastby Parish Council
Environment Network for Manchester (EN4M)
Erringden Parish Council
Eureka! The National Children's Museum
Euxton Parish Council
Farnhill Parish Council
Felliscliffe Parish Council
Fleetwood Town Council
Forton Parish Council
Foulridge Parish Council
Freckleton Parish Council
Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line
Fylde Borough Council
Gargrave Parish Council
Garstang Town Council
Giggleswick Parish Council
Goldshaw Booth Parish Council
Goosnargh Parish Council
Grange-over-Sands Town Council
Grassington Parish Council
Greater Manchester ITA (formerly PTA)
Greater Manchester PTE
Green Partty North West
Green Party Yorkshire and the Humber
Grimsargh Parish Council
Grindleton Parish Council
Groundwork Pennine Lancashire
Habergham Eaves Parish Council
Haighton Parish Council
Halsall Parish Council
Hambleton Parish Council
Harrogate Council
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Hawes & High Abbotside Parish Council
Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury Parish Council
Heapey Parish Council
Heath Charnock Parish Council
Hebden Parish Council
Hebden Royd Town Council
Hellifield Parish Council
Heptonstall Parish Council
Heritage Trust for the North West
Hesketh with Becconsall Parish Council
Heysham Neighbourhood Council
Higham with West Close Booth Parish Council
Hilldale Parish Council
Hoghton Parish Council
Hornby-with-Farleton Parish Council
Horwich Town Council
Hothersall Parish Council
Hull City Council
Hyndburn Borough Council
Ightenhill Parish Council
Ilkley Parish Council
Ingleton Parish Council
Inskip-with-Sowerby Parish Council
Keighley & Craven CAMRA
Keighley Town Council
Kelbrook & Sough Parish Council
Kettlewell with Starbotton Parish Council
Kirkby Lonsdale Town Council
Kirkby Stephen Town Council
Kirkby Thore Parish Council
Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council
Kirkby Overblow Parish Council
Kirkham Town Council
Kirkland Parish Council
Kirklees Council
Kirklees Green Party
Knaresborough Town Council
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Knutsford Town Council
Lancashire Association of TUCs
Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board
Lancashire County Council
Lancashire Federation of Women's Institutes
Lancashire Link Network of U3AS
Lancaster City Council
Lancaster & Skipton Rail User Group
Laneshaw Bridge Parish Council
Langwathby Parish Council
Lea with Cottam Parish Council
Lee Barkirgian Family Trust
Leeds City Council
Little Eccleston with Larbreck Parish Council
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool John Moores University
Long Marton Parish Council
Long Preston Parish Council
Longton Parish Council
Longridge Town Council
Lower Holker Parish Council
Lymm Parish Council
Maghull Town Council
Manchester City Council
Manchester Friends of the Earth
Marketing Manchester (Manchester Tourist Board)
Marsden Heights Community College
Mawdesley Parish Council
Mellor Parish Council
MERCi (Manchester Environmental Resource Centre initiative)
The Mersey Partnership (Merseyside Tourist Board)
Menston Parish Council
Menwith with Darley Parish Council
Merseyside ITA (formerly PTA)
Metro (West Yorksheire PTE)
Midland Railway Society
Morley Town Council
Much Hoole Parish Council
Murton Parish Council
Myerscough & Bilsborrow Parish Council
Myerscough College
NHS NW
Natland Parish Council
Nelson & Colne College
Nelson Independent Labour Party, Land Society
Nelson Town Council
Newcastle City Council
Newton-with-Clifton Parish Council
Nexus (Tyne & Wear PTE)
North Cheshire Rail User Group
North Meols Parish Council
North Turton Parish Council
North Yorkshire County Council
North Yorkshire & York NHS Primary Care Trust
Otley Town Council
Out Rawcliffe Parish Council
Overton Parish Council
Over Wyresdale Parish Council
Padiham Town Council
Park Lane College Keighley
Pendle Borough Council
Pendle Community Credit Union
Pendle District Youth Council
Pendle Environmental Network
Pendle Forest Cycling Club
Pendle Leisure Trust
Pendle Partnership
Pendleton Parish Council
Penketh Parish Council
Penwortham Town Council
Pilling Parish Council
Preesall Town Council
Preston City Council
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Rail Future Yorkshire
Rail Passenger Committee NW
The Ramblers Association
The Ramblers, NE Lancs, Clitheroe Branch
Read Parish Council
Reedley Hallows Parish Council
Ribble Banks Parish Council
Ribble Valley Rail
Ribby with Wrea Parish Council
Ribchester Parish Council
Ripon City Council
Ripponden Parish Council
Rivington Parish Council
Rixton with Glazebrook Parish Council
RMT Union (General Secretary)
Roughlee Booth Parish Council
Saint Anne's on The Sea Town Council
St Helens Council
Saints John Fisher & Thomas More Catholic Humanities College
St Stephen’s Catholic School
Salesbury Parish Council
Salterforth Parish Council
Scarisbrick Parish Council
Selby and District Rail Users Group
Support the East Lancashire Line Association (STELLA)
Scotforth Parish Council
Sedbergh Parish Council
Sefton Council
Seneley Green Parish Council
Settle Town Council
Sheffield City Council
Shipley Green Party
Shipley Model Railway Society
Silsden Town Council
Silverdale Parish Council
Skipton & Craven Action for Disability
Skipton Girls' High School
Skipton Town Council
Slaidburn & Easington Parish Council
Slyne-with-Hest Parish Council
Soil Association
South Lakeland District Council
South Lathom Parish Council
South Ribble Pensioners Association
South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority (SYITA formerly SYPTA)
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE)
Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
Stainforth Parish Council
Steeton-with-Eastburn Parish Council
Stockton Heath Parish Council
Sustrans
Sutton in Craven Parish Council
TSSA (Transport Salaried Staffs' Association)
Tarleton Parish Council
Tatham Parish Council
Thornton in Lonsdale Parish Council
Threshfield Parish Council
Tockholes Parish Council
Todmorden Town Council
Transport 2000
The Transport Action Group (TAG)
Trawden Forest Primary School
Trawden Parish Council
Treales, Roseacre & Wharles Parish Council
TUC Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Council
U3A Bebington
U3A Bemborough
U3A Bradford
U3A Burnley
U3A Chorley
U3A Craven Railway Study Group
U3A Formby
U3A Harrogate
U3A Northenden (Manchester)
U3A Richmond
U3A Sale
U3A Warrington
U3A Wirral
U3A York
Ulnes Warton Parish Council
Ulverston Town Council
UNISON, Burnley Branch
UNISON Calderdale Local Government Branch
UNISON Pendle Branch
Unite the Union (Amicus), Burnley Branch
University of Bolton
University of Bolton Students' Union
University of Bradford
University of Bradford Students' Union
UCLAN (University of Central Lancashire)
University of Chester
University of Manchester Students' Union
University of Salford
Upper Calder Valley Renaissance Sustainable Transport Group
Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre Parish Council
Visit Chester & Cheshire
WEA Yorkshire and Humber
Waddington Parish Council
Warton Parish Council
Wennington Parish Council
Wensleydale Railway Association
West Craven Together
West Lancashire District Council
West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority (SYITA formerly SYPTA)
Westhoughton Town Council
Wigan Council
Whalley Parish Council
Wharfedale Friends of the Earth
Wheelton Parish Council
Whittington Parish Council
Whittle-le-Woods Parish Council
Whitworth Town Council
Wigan Council
Windermere Town Council
Wilpshire Parish Council
Wirral Council
Wiswell Parish Council
Woodplumpton Parish Council
Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood Parish Council
Wray with Botton Parish Council
Wrightington Parish Council
Wrose Parish Council
Wyre Borough Council
Yealand Conyers Parish Council
Yorkshire Baptist Association
Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group
Yorkshire Dales Society
Yorkshire Tourist Board
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Burnley Action Partnership Community Plan for Burnley
Bradford District Transport Strategy 2006-2021
Colne Connected Action Plan
Earby Vital Villages Initiative
Lancashire Economic Strategy
Lancashire Environment Strategy
Lancashire Partnerships Community Strategy
Lancashire Local Transport Plan
Local Agenda 21
North West Regional Economic Strategy
North Yorkshire Local Transport Plan
Northern Way Strategy – Connecting City Regions
Trans-European Networks – Rail Transport Schemes
Trawden Parish Plan
Pendle Borough Council/LSP
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