Proposed Closures (Hampshire and Isle of Wight)

HC Deb 09 December 1963 vol 686 c38W

Dr. King

asked the Minister of Transport if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the bodies whose objections to the various proposed railway closures in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight leave been notified to him under Section 56(8) of the Transport Act, 1962.

Mr. Marples

Under Section 56(8) the area transport users consultative committees notify me only of the receipt of the first objection to a passenger closure proposal. The South Eastern Area Committee has informed me that such objections have been lodged to the following closure proposals in Hampshire (no notice under Section 56 has yet been given of any closures in the Isle of Wight):

Salisbury—Fordingbridge—Bournemouth.

Brockenhurst—Ringwood—Bournemouth.

Hurstbourne station.

Bath Green Park—Bournemouth West.

Andover Junction—Romsey.

Knowle Halt.

I have now received the Committee's report on hardship in connection with the first two proposals.