Ribble Valley Railway Line

(asked on 25th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to restore passenger services on the Hellifield railway line from Clitheroe.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 10th March 2020

The Government has committed £500m to reopen routes and stations and has offered funding to develop ideas for this. We welcome the funding bid from the local MP, Nigel Evans, to explore the case for passenger services north of Clitheroe.

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