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The Settle & Carlisle line: putting the facts straight

Norman Bradbury, Deputy director – policy, Railfuture, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4
08 August 2014
 

With regard to issues related to the Settle-Carlisle rail route (Letters LTT 25 Jul), I will not take the bait and explain all over again why Paul Withrington’s dream of paving over railways for lorries and long-distance coaches would be a grave and costly mistake because I suspect it would now amount to extreme boredom for most of your readers but, in the interest of correctness, here are some facts.

The Settle-Carlisle route carries 1.3 million passengers a year in spite of most trains...

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