By: jonathan roberts

jonathan roberts — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:17:03 +0000

I fully support reopening of the railways, beeching should have been stopped from day one.
Its almost possible to apportion some blame for the current environental issues with have to that administration.
The uk parliment should without delay have a cross party agreement set in law, addressing the issues of railway reopenings.
While road widening schemes such as the A1 are needed it cant go on forever, indeed the A1(m) past harrogate is allready too busy and thats just 15 years after opening.
which means that the widening has failed its purpose.
There are many lines in addition to the skipton line, which should be reopened EG york – hull via stamford bridge and pocklington.
Close to my home used to be the isle of axholme line linking haxey with goole.
THe point is the A161 is dangerous and you have in Belton a primary school where kids mix with Huge trucks amd heavy traffic twice a day, all the while the almost undisturbed track bed lies unused restoring this and putting a staition at scunthorpe glandford park , would allow pensioners and people with no car access to have a link to a large supermarket and a wider area from their own doorstep, i emailed our MP and asked him if it was possible to send out a questionaire asking the three local communities along the route to see if theyd use it.
to date no reply on that one though interestingly he claimed network rail have it on a list to be looked at.

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