Colne to Skipton Railway (Hansard, 8 February 2002)

HC Deb 08 February 2002 vol 379 cc1185-6W 1186W

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will ask the Strategic Rail Authority to commission a study on the(a) feasibility and (b) benefits of re-opening the Colne to Skipton railway line. [34280]

§ Mr. Spellar
The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has no current plans to consider the possibility of re-opening this line. The relevant local authority could take forward such a study if they saw benefit in doing so. If funding for such a study were required it might be available through the SRA's Rail Passenger Partnership scheme, which has been extended to include the possibility of funding feasibility work.