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Woodhead railway re-opening plan is pie in the sky

Peter Johnston, Bolton, Lancs BL1
27 March 2006
 

Your story, 'Lorry-trains plan for Woodhead route' (LTT 23 Feb) implies that the Translink proposals have been recently launched. Not so. My first encounter with them was in the form of a presentation by the promoters of the scheme to the Peak Park Transportation Forum sometime in late 2003 or early 2004.

My understanding is that a preliminary assessment of the proposals was carried out by consultant MDS Transmodal on behalf of the Highways Agency to establish whether or not they provided an...

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