02-01-2020
Press Release
English
Regional Transport Association (ERTA) 2020 Vision
We want to see the Government commit to a
rolling programme of rail rebuilds and reopenings across the English Regions.
So much has been poured into HS2 and HS3 when so much elsewhere cries out for
working up, starting up and delivery cost funding to be made available. We need
a level playing field within rail and between rail and road expenditure and
ease of accessing capital funding for projects for example.
In the south we have things like electrification
of lines like Ashford-Hastings, North Downs Line and Bedford-Bletchley as
infills. Ashford-Hastings would enable through services via Ashford onto
Brighton and with a new Polegate-Stone Cross, more frequency and faster could
offer competition to road building demand and costs. Likewise, the North Downs
Line could enable Thameslink to run semi-fast into Guildford and possibly
Reading from Redhill and Bedford – Bletchley could enable more through workings
between the West Coast Main Line and the Midland Main Line making more of its
strategic significance.
In the north we want
Harrogate-Ripon-Northallerton, Woodhead, Peak Rail and select others to get a
higher priority for investment and rebuilding. Harrogate-Ripon-Northallerton,
as well as taking on the A61 and enabling growing populations along the
corridors better commuting by rail access, would also help to declutter York
and shave 40 minutes off through transit times between South Yorkshire/Midland
Main Line and Newcastle and Scotland via the East Coast Main Line. Woodhead
would cater for passenger and freight between Hull and Liverpool and all in
between. Peak Rail would link North West with East Midlands, populations,
commuting, airports as well as principal main lines and offer environmentally
friendly rail access to the south Peak area.
As a voluntary association, we rely on public
and professional interest and generosity and welcome to grow our membership to
enable us to campaign more to foster these and other schemes towards ultimate
delivery. Our forums, conferences, leafleting and growing email network offer
opportunities to engage.
End Press Release
Further comment, please contact Mr Richard
Pill 01234 330090 / richard.erta@gmail.com
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