Travel and Tour World, 23rd March Image generated with Ai Northern England’s landscape is defined by rugged beauty, rolling hills, and the historic Pennine divide. However, for more than half a century, there has been a critical gap in the region’s transport infrastructure. During the recent English Tourism Week, the Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) gathered new momentum to advocate for the restoration of the 12-mile rail link between Skipton and Colne. This corridor,...

Craven Herald & Pioneer, 23rd March 2023 CAMPAIGNERS say the North's tourism and hospitality sector would be a major winner from reopening the Skipton-Colne Rail Line. That was the English Tourism Week (March 13-20) message from SELRAP (Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership). SELRAP says renewal of the 12-mile link through the Pennines, closed in 1970, would give visitors from far and wide quicker, more direct and more environmentally sustainable access to tourist attractions, from...

Letter in Yorkshire Post, 21st March 2023 Dear Sir, Your editorial (11 March) rightly welcomes the Government’s investment in Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), but decision makers up north and in Whitehall should also work together to address the needs of more isolated communities, away from the north’s main cities.Tax payers in long-neglected areas, such as East Lancashire, deserve access to decent public transport, just as much as their metropolitan neighbours.Costing a fraction of the cost...