Category Archives: Campaigning

Summary of SMART Survey Responses 2025

Posted on April 14, 2025 by admin

Colne Valley rail users give just 2.5 stars to their rail service – after 343 peopleresponded to SMART survey in February 2025 The three most travelled to destinations were Leeds (52%), Manchester (26%) andHuddersfield (13%) The top three issues raised … Continue reading →

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Communities like Slaithwaite have not been consulted properly over the Transpennine Route Upgrade – Yorkshire Post Letters

Posted on March 7, 2025 by admin

[This is the letter we were prompted to send to the Yorkshire Post, published in the print edition on 26 February, following a series of articles and an editorial regarding the Transpennine Route Upgrade] With reference to the articles and … Continue reading →

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What do we want the Transpennine Route Upgrade to deliver for us?

Posted on February 3, 2025 by admin

Slaithwaite and Marsden Action on Rail Transport has just launched a survey of rail users in the area – which can be found at the link below – as we want to gather views on i) the recent timetable change … Continue reading →

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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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