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Make the Settle & Carlisle line useful – pave it over!

Paul Withrington, Transport Watch, Northampton NN2
28 July 2014
 

Your article on the vision for the North’s railways (‘Same but different? Councils and DfT set visions for North’s railways’ LTT 11 Jul) sports a dramatic picture of the Leeds to Carlisle line, complete with an absolutely magnificent two-car “train”!

The timetable for the line provides two trains per hour between the two cities (hurrah, hurrah). The 73-mile journey takes two-and-three-quarter hours. A second class single may knock you back a splendid...

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