PRESS RELEASE - 27th October 2023 @ 19:00. SELRAP “Much Encouraged” by Minister’s Statement.
Jane Wood: SELRAP Media Officer. Contact jvwood@hotmail. SELRAP “Much Encouraged” by Minister’s Statement. SELRAP is much encouraged...
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Celebrating UN International Volunteers Day with thanks to all SELRAP Members
Today is UN International Volunteers Day which is observed globally on December 5th each year. This date offers a chance to acknowledge...
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Will delivering east-west rail connectivity include the SELRAP East Lancs Link?
"The Government announced on 4th December that it is giving a £3.9 billion boost to speed up the Transpennine Route Upgrade between...
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Will devolution to a Lancs Combined Authority benefit Pendle and Burnley?
https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/politics/lancashire-devolution-county-councillors-back-deal-but-is-it-a-good-one-or-a-dud-4426035?IYA...
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Members Meeting, Skipton Town Hall Monday, 11 December⋅19:00 – 21:00
We are pleased to announce Stacey Dickens of the Skipton Building Society will be our guest speaker - Please note the entrance to the...
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HS2 savings should be spent on the SELRAP Scheme
Here is letter in full from the Yorkshire Post on 23rd November 2023: Now that the HS2 rail line has been curtailed in all directions,...
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Head Topics - Encouraging update for reopening of vital railway line after HS2 plans scrapped
View the online article in Head Topics here
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Positive News
Positive news: https://www.burnleyexpress.net/.../selrap-skipton-east...
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Antony Higginbotham MP - Meeting with the Chancellor
Meeting with the Chancellor I met with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, and Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young, to ensure our...
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Parliamentary Questions Sara Britcliffe & Huw Merriman
An interesting exchange between the Hyndburn MP and the Minister of State
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Action group wants East Lancashire to benefit from HS2 cancellation
Article in the online magazine Rail Advent. According to the Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP), the government's...
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Rail Advent News promotes SELRAP
Rail Advent News about SELRAP Scheme: https://www.railadvent.co.uk/.../action-group-wants-east... RAILADVENT.CO.UK Action group wants...
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Starmer interviewed on Lancashire Live - Levelling Up and Transport
Keir Starmer has set out his vision for Lancashire public transport improvements after the Government's recent HS2 decision. In an...
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Network North's Transport Projects
See Lists of Transport Projects in the Government's Network North Policy Document issued by the Department for Transport which they claim...
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Rail Projects only 'examples' and not definite
THEGUARDIAN.COM HS2: announced transport projects were just ‘examples’, says minister View Guardian article here PM, Sunak, admitted as...
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SELRAP urges Government to include the reinstatement of the Skipton to Colne railway
Rail campaign group SELRAP has urged the Government to include the reinstatement of the Skipton to Colne railway in the review widely...
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Selrap Press Release
PRESS RELEASE 3rd October 2023 DRAFT 17:00 Jane Wood: SELRAP Media Officer. Contact jvwood@hotmail.com or 01282 815787 Skipton to Colne...
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WILL SELRAP SCHEME BE INCLUDED
HS2 to M/C is scrapped with a promise that some of 36 billion saved will be spent on rail connectivity across the North: Rishi Sunak axes...
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Axe HS2 and invest in Rail in North
Rishi Sunak will today vow to end 30 years of failed 'status quo' politics – as he takes the axe to HS2 and unveils billions for new...
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What a Waste
What a waste when monies could be spent of rail connectivity across the North - https://www.theguardian.com/.../600m-of-public-money...?
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Speaker from Skipton Building Society at Members Meeting on Mon Dec 11th
Stacey Dickens, Head of Corporate Communications & ESG will be the Speaker, in her official capacity, at the next Members Meeting in the...
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Cancel HS2 and pay for Northern rail schemes
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/25/sunak-may-seek-to-limit-hs2-fallout-with-new-transport-projects-in-north?
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Yorkshire Post and SELRAP
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/transport/colne-to-skipton-railway-line-campaign-group-steps-up-call-for-reopening-of-railway-line-4...
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SELRAP ignored by Transport for North
PRESS RELEASE 22nd August 2023 “East Lancashire Shunted Aside by Transport for the North” Campaign group SELRAP has studied Transport for...
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SELRAP Ignored by Transport for the North in its Strategy
https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/transport/selrap-says-east-lancashire-ignored-in-transport-for-the-norths-tfn-latest-rail-strategy-42...
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West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce calling for better Rail Connectivity
West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce is also calling for better rail connectivity for Businesses in their Report:...
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Focus on Local Rail Upgrades
Rail Magazine supports Local Rail Schemes like SELRAP
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Stop HS2 and improve Rail in North
https://www.theguardian.com/.../hs2-officially...? Lord Berkeley, who supports SELRAP, agrees that HS2 is now red rated and unachievable....
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Huncoat Rail Freight Terminal
Are the Plans in this Promotional Video achievable for are they a Pipe Dream?
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Travel by Train not by Plane or Car
Campaign for Better Transport is urging people to travel by train rather than by plane or car which would cut CO2 emissions. This move...
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SELRAP meets Labour
Here is Report in Pendle Papers on SELRAP's meeting with Labour Representatives
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IRP Report ignores Deprived Communities
House of Commons Transport Committee Second Report: The Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands Ordered by the House of Commons &...
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Selrap Meeting with the Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh
We had a very useful meeting in Leeds with the shadow transport minister yesterday. Attendees: Louise Haigh - Labour's shadow transport...
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New 2023 Issue of At a Glance
DISTRIBUTION OF AT A GLANCE - NEW 2023 ISSUE This is now available and has been emailed or posted out to all Members and key...
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Have Your Say: WYCA Rail Strategy
We would also urge SELRAP Members to have your say in the Consultation on West Yorkshire Combined Authority's Rail Strategy by 13th...
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Consult: Transforming North's Transport
Please submit your comments by 17th August to this Transport for the North's Consultation on Transforming the North's Transport: at...
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Ben Elton says that Railways are broken
Ben Elton was interviewed by Laura Kunssburg on her Sunday show today at 9.40 am. He spoke passionately about the state of the railways...
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Selrap At a Glance 2023 now available
With a great amount of work from quite a few individuals we have now completed the latest edition for 2023. Much thanks goes to Andy...
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Selrap Members Meeting 12/06/2023 Skipton Town Hall Presentation
Slide show from last nights meeting prepared by executive member Andy Dixon showing how the Business case for Skipton to Colne is progressin
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SELRAP Accounts 2021 & 2022 Audited
At our AGM in March, we agreed to accept the Annual Accounts subject to them being audited by an Independent Examiner. The 2021 and 2022...
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