re: https://www.bbc.co.uk/
BRTA has called for electrification to Nottingham, Sheffield and ultimately Leeds and Carlisle to enable more to be made of the Midland Main Line and its connectives. Electrification brings efficiencies for passenger and freight operations.
All this traffic on the rails must go through Leicester, which is a bottleneck, the avoiding route was closed in the 1960's between Corby-Nottingham direct.
BRTA has called for Leicester to have more track capacity to enable more passenger and freight by rail to get through it (Syston-Wigston) and for Felixstowe-Birmingham to also be electrified at one and the same time.
Leicester needs more platform access capacity as calls for reopening rail links to Leicester are from reopening Burton-on-Trent to Leicester via Coalville, Rugby-Leicester and that of Northampton-Market Harborough with a new station for Kibworth Harcourt area.
BRTA CEO said "we are saddened the government seems to have no on-going plan to electrify the Midland Main Line and is using finite resources for other schemes as in a play-off between rail projects, rather then reviewing whether the £9 billion it found for Lower Thames Crossing Road Scheme which will at cost exacerbate many environmental and transport problems. That money would be better diverted to the rail improvements so every region gets them, not just the West Country for example. This playing one area off against another shows political expediency, rather than a consistency of strategy which puts people, places and the environment first and at the centre of policy."
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BRTA will continue to press MP's to support our rail agenda and encourage councils, agencies and the public to support our calls in unison. Leicester-Coventry may have potential for rail usage, but Rugby is a principal missing link as per Northampton and so the context of getting Leicester sorted, should be more of a priority for all.
Our forth-coming public meeting in Sheffield will doubtless mention this matter. See attached flyer for more details.
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
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.
BRTA Website: https://brtarail.com/events/
Blogspot: https://brtarailvolunteer.blogspot.com/
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