Category Archives: Campaigning

WYCA Kirklees Consultation Transport Committee, 21 October 2020

Cllr Rob Walker, Chair of SMART, was able to ask questions at the WYCA Kirklees Consultation Transport Committee meeting held on 21st October. The main question focused on the plans to mitigate difficulties for travellers from Slaithwaite & Marsden stations … Continue reading

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Meeting with Jason McCartney MP and Andrew Stephenson MP

SMART had an informal meeting with Jason McCartney, Colne Valley MP and Andrew Stephenson the rail minister at Marsden station on 24th July. Andrew Stephenson has specific responsibility for the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU). This was an opportunity to discuss … Continue reading

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Upgrades across Pennines needed now (no use waiting decades for high speed)

[Press release issued by Halifax & District Rail Action Group, on behalf of Stalybridge to Huddersfield Rail Users’ Group (SHRUG) and others. SMART is part (one third, to be precise) of SHRUG)] Campaigners in West Yorkshire are extremely concerned about … Continue reading

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Disabled Access at Marsden Station: Updated 02/11/2019

Slaithwaite & Marsden Action on Rail Transport is concerned to learn that the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) will not, contrary to previous expectations, provide full disabled access to Marsden station. It had been understood that the Northern Hub proposals, and … Continue reading

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