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BRTA Sheffield
Forum Public Meeting
Saturday 19 July 2025 2-4pm business
Venue:
Farm Road
Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP
1. Welcome by Chair-of-the-Meeting Mr Chris Hyomes
2. Speaker:
Chris Bell, on Don Valley Rail Project to Stocksbridge
http://donvalleyrailway.org/
3. Speaker Roy Begg, Technical Officer of the
Minsters Rail Link Campaign https://www.minstersrail.com/
4. Others speakers at the Chairperson’s discretion.
5. Question and Answer (Q&A) Panel
6. Any Other Business 7. Sales and Mingle
All welcome, admission free.
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Updated news 16-05-25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c331458ke42or
Please support the BRTA calls below and make your voice heard. Join our loop via ceo@brtarail.com
e: https://www.transportforthenorth.com/reports/strategic-transport-plan-transforming-the-north-2024/
What the North like the rest of Great Britain needs is a year-on-year programme of local rail reopenings, select new-builds, capacity enhancements and local rail solutions why? For more modal shift from road reliance to more by rail - people and goods. One critic of BRTA said "that would mean going to wagonload Richard" but if that is what is required, if demand for it can be found, then like Varamis Rail https://www.varamis.co.uk/ you start off small and grow as far and wide as your demand-supply chain can reach. Ideally, all would be government sponsored even around the start-up edges and infrastructure, to enable this transition back to rail with local road deliveries where necessary, but lion's share by rail for example. It is not rocket science, but needs the Department for Transport and associated others (Scotland and Wales) to collaborate. So a top few for the North: 1. Modern railway standard rebuild Woodhead for people and goods including a new Woodhead Station for access by rail to the northern arc of the Peak District National Park and Pennine Way for example, churlishness masked as 'realism' means we ignore calls for Woodhead reopening, with media journalists playing down demand, when other routes are at capacity and we're spending avarice upgrading roads due to congestion, when the rail could be taking the heavy load and enabling more with a better environmental footprint?
2. Burscough Curves, a small project but would enable more versatility and diversity of rail service capability.
3. Colne-Skipton, a well fought campaign, deserves approval. Like Bristol-Portishead, the money needs to be found and a better appreciation of it by power and resources agencies to ensure 10 years max for ribbon cutting on any scheme. 2050 will be too little, too late for many and much.
4. Minsters Rail (York-Beverley) much needed.
5. Harrogate-Ripon and new-build ideally to Northallerton.
6. Peak Rail (Derby-Manchester via Bakewell.
7. Scarborough-Whitby via Robin Hoods Bay - no time for pontification, here's the cheque move please with compensation from those authorities who allowed development encroachment on old rail routes, knowing demand probably existed.
8. Finish off the Borders Rail to Carlisle for through route potential.
9. Keswick, clear demand, needs pushing through with strong leadership at all levels including public support.
10. Scoping studies for more of the same and a Traffic Reduction Strategy for every area mandated by Government, which is not exactly showing the necessary environmental, people and places care and diligence, to ensure cleaner, more equal access and affordability to better public transport. Gentrification does not mean more town centre spending on staples, affordable access to rail and bus networks can.
Please add your voice in support. Thank you.
Our Public Meeting Forum in Sheffield is open to all,
BRTA SHEFFIELD FORUM
Saturday 19 July 2025 1pm lunch 2-4pm business
Venue: Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP
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