Successful Meeting with Pendle MP

Representatives from SELRAP met the Pendle & Clitheroe MP, Jonathan Hinder in his Constituency Office in Colne on 24th September, at which SELRAP outlined the strong business case for reopening the Railway Line between Colne and Skipton. The MP agreed that it was a positive meeting and looked forward to working with SELRAP to finally get this project over the line as soon as possible. Action by the MP included writing to the Government about pursuing next steps in the required new feasibility study.

After the Meeting, the MP toured the trackbed of the line near Colne which should be reinstated as a strategic rail route connecting Communities across the North and provide a much needed diversionary cross Pennine rail route to ease the congestion on other routes, which need a lengthy period of upgrading and improvements to accommodate the growing demand for more rail capacity across the North, as promised by the Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh during the General Election Campaign.