RAILWAYS: NORTHERN ENGLAND

10 July 2017: Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty’s Government what support they are giving to connecting communities and economies in the north of England by the re-opening of railway lines. during the debate.... Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab) My Lords, I remind the House of my railway interests in the register. The Minister will be struck by the support that exists all over the House for the reopening of rural railway lines. Can I draw his attention to the Report by the Association of Train Operating Companies in 2009, which looked at communities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, and at the potential for reopening services where they used to exist? There were 14 lines of the highest priority where there was either an existing freight line or a disused line. No Government have yet acted on that report, so will the Minister now please have a look at it?

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