Category Archives: Campaigning

After 25 years of vague promises, we want definite commitments

Posted on August 28, 2024 by admin

As a rail users’ group at the midpoint between Leeds and Manchester, we have followed the stop-start (but mostly stop) progress of the Transpennine Route Upgrade and all of its previous incarnations with great interest, and argued for outcomes which … Continue reading →

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Disabled Access Update (Integrated Rail Plan November 2021)

Posted on November 30, 2021 by admin

Confirmation from the minister responsible that the Trasnpennine Route Upgrade will make all stations along the route, including Marsden, fully accessible. [with the caveat that everything in the Integrated Rail Plan is “subject to approval”, para 5.3, page 142 of … Continue reading →

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West Yorkshire Mayoral Election

Posted on April 19, 2021 by admin

We asked the candidates for the West Yorkshire mayoral election the following. In the Colne Valley we have been waiting for decades for our substandard train service to be improved. As long ago as 1999 Railtrack (as was) recognised that … Continue reading →

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SMART press release – Manchester Recovery Taskforce Consultation

Posted on February 27, 2021 by admin

At long last the Colne Valley has the opportunity to have a half-hourly train service at Marsden and Slaithwaite stations but it needs community support to make it happen. For over ten years Slaithwaite & Marsden Action on Rail Transport … Continue reading →

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