Hope! Local Rail Reopenings must be factored in more!

Although a mothballed freight only line majoritively, usage has exceeded expectations and more is following! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3017893z8vo

Yesterday we had a discussion and presented a talk to key people at West Northamptonshire Council on despite being part of the arc, the lack radial links means disenfranchisement, whilst 'if we do' study, work up candidacy and even get one of three done, Northamptonshire will gain aggregately more than status quo, high demand, capacity restriction on current networks and gaps meaning people drive with consequences for all. 

It is the rebuild agenda which is lagging in policy and capacity enhancements elsewhere beit Colne-Skipton and Burscough Curves Northern, and much model repetition elsewhere. Build new does create capacity, but reopenings, connectivity as well as capacity.

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BRTA has a need for more people involved - we are too thin on the ground and nationwide is stretching us for want of more people involved and financial resources to do a modicum of what is needed.

Elsewhere Peak Rail, Woodhead, Guildford-Cranleigh-Horsham and over the borders the West Wales Main North-South Line (or variants of) and Stranraer-Dumfries all need more people and resources. 

Government demands for high-sided Business Cases are but a costly, time consuming and complicated (for lay people) exercise and delay projects, combined with additional ORR rulings against Level Crossings which are ok if properly maintained and not abused by road users (education). Special dispensations where the lie of the land rules out bridging or duck-unders, should be pepped up to lower reopenings costs and boost spread of them. Can people email their MP's for that (we can provide examples) and choose, a nationwide local rail connectivity programme and move wasted funding away from projects which are solely road like Lower Thames Crossing, now estimated at £11 billion and several years delay and other road enhancements which cost loads, land-take and guzzle, with negatives like emissions/pollution/delays and move to cascade that money to rail-based solutions for more people and freight by rail.

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