Passenger Services (Proposed Closures) (Hansard, 27 July 1965)

§ Mr. Tom Fraser

The following is the information:

PROPOSALS FOR CLOSURES OF RAILWAY PASSENGER SERVICES OF WHICH NOTICE WAS GIVEN UNDER SECTION 56 OF THE. TRANSPORT ACT 1962 BETWEEN 1ST JUNE 1963 AND 21ST JULY 1965

(A) Proposals of which the Board gave notice but to which no objections were lodged:—

Newcastle—Washington.
Flax Bourton station, Somerset.
Exminster station, Devon.
†Stalybridge—Micklehurst—Diggle.

(B) Proposals in respect of which the Board have given notice but objections have not yet been considered by the T.U.C.C.'s:—

^*Derby Midland—Tamworth—Birmingham New Street.
Manchester Victoria—Oldham—Rochdale.
Royton—Royton Junction.
^*Liverpool Lime Street—Tyldesley—Patricroft—Manchester Exchange.
Wigan Wallgate—Bolton—Bury—Rochdale.
Manchester Victoria—Bury—Bacup.
Manchester Victoria—Bury—Accrington.
Yatton—Clevcdon.
Ipswich—Lowestoft.
Saxmundham—Aldeburgh.
^*Leicester London Road—Wellingborough Midland Road.
^*Birmingham New Street—Leicester—Nottingham Midland.
Shelford—Marks Tey
^*Norwich—Dereham.
†Dereham—King's Lynn.
†Kentish Town (St. Paul's Road Junction)—Kings Cross (LT "C" Box).
†Southampton—Fawley.
Glasgow St Enoch station.
^*Crewe—Derby (Midland).
†Tayport station, Fife.
†Hessle Road Junction—Cottingham South Junction (Hull).

(C) Proposals, objections to which have been heard by the T.U.C.C.'s but on which they have not yet reported to the Minister:—

Liverpool Exchange—Wigan Wallgate.
^*Liverpool Lime Street—St. Helens—Wigan N.W.
^*Derby Midland—Nottingham Midland.
† Netherfield & Colwick—Nottingham Victoria.

(D) Proposals in connection with which the T.U.C.C.'s have made reports to the Minister:—

Work ington—Penrith.
New Holland—Barton-on-Humber.
Cleethorpes—New Holland
Cleethorpes—Immingham Dock.
Lincoln Central—Woodhall Junction—Firsby.
Bristol Temple Meads—Bath (Green Park).
Bath (Green Park)—Bournemouth West.
Highbridge—Evercreech Junction.
Watford Junction—Croxley Green.
Croxley Green—Bushey and Oxhey.
Leeds City—Knottingley.
Wakefield—Goole.
Cambridge—St. Ives—March.
Shoreham-by-Sea—Christ's Hospital.
^** Aberdeen—Keith—Elgin.
Stratford-on-Avon—Honeybourne.
^*Oxford—Worcester Shrub Hill.
Ryde—Cowes/Ventnor.
York—Hull.
Lancaster Castle/Lancaster Green Ayre—Morecambe—Heysham.
Okehampton—Bude.
Halwill—Wadebridge.
Aberdeen—Ballater.
^*Edinburgh Princes Street—Carstairs—Lanark.
Liverpool Central—Gateacre—Warrington.
Huddersfield—Clayton West/Penistone.
Oban—Connel Ferry—Ballachulish.
^*Manchester Piccadilly—Glossop/Hadfield.
^*Glasgow—Dumfries—Carlisle.
^*Derby Midland—Sheffield Midland.
^*Nottingham Midland—Sheffield Midland.
^*Liverpool Lime Street—Chester General.
^*Crewe—Chester General.
Peterborough—Grimsby.
Firsby—Skegness.
Willoughby—Mablethorpe.
^*Crewe—Shrewsbury.
Axminster—Lyme Regis.
^*Fort William—Mallaig.
Greenhill station, Stirling.
Manchester Victoria—Horwich.
^*† Birmingham New Street—Worcester Shrub Hill.
† Birmingham New Street—Redditch.
Tipton St. John's—Exmouth.
Glasgow St. Enoch—East Kilbride.
^*Chester—Holyhead/Llandudno.
^*Manchester Exchange/Victoria—Huddersfield.
^*Manchester Exchange/Victoria-Staly-bridge-Greenfield.
Chippenham-Calne.
^*Chippenham-Trowbridge-Westbury.
York-Harrogate.
Harrogate-Northallerton.
^*Bedwyn-Westbury.
Pakney-Chirton-Holt Junction.
^*Manchester-Chinley-Hope-Sheffield.
Romford-Upminster.
^*Kettering-Nottingham/Leicester via Melton Mowbray.
Okehampton-Bere Alston.
Gunnislake-Callington.
^*Manchester Victoria-Rochdale-Todmorden.
Rosegrove-Todmorden.
^*Bristol-Bath-Weymouth.
^*Ipswich-Norwich.
^*Lincoln Central-Barnetby.
†Lincoln Central-Grantham.
Glasgow St. Enoch-Dalry-Kilmarnock.
Stockport-Stalybridge.
Yeovil Town-Yeovil Pen Mill.
Yeovil Junction-Yeovil Town.
Seaton Junction-Seaton.
§Glasgow St. Enoch-Lugton-Kilmarnock.
§Glasgow St. Enoch-Barrhead.
Glasgow-Paisley West.
Glasgow St. Enoch-Kilmacolm.
Sidmouth Junction-Sidmouth.
Three Bridges-Groombridge.
^*Leeds-Skipton-Morecambe/Heysham.
^*Manchester Central-Chinley-Derby Midland.
Buxton-Millers Dale.
†Grove Ferry and Upstreet station, Kent.
†Boscombe station, Hants.
†Bournemouth West station, Hants.
^*Salisbury-Exeter.
†Cheltenham Spa (Malvern Road)-Cheltenham Spa (St. James).
Tollerton station, Yorks.
†Gateshead West, Co. Durham.
Rugby-Peterborough.
Seaton-Stamford.
^*Leicester-Peterborough.

(E) Proposals to which consent has given:—

(a) before 16th October, 1964:

‡Kemble-Tetbury.
‡Kemble-Cirencester.
‡Sheringham-Melton Constable
‡Stoke-on-Trent-Silverdale.
^*‡Middlesbrough-Guisborough.
‡Porth-Maerdy.
‡Barry-Bridgend.
‡Cardiff Clarence Road-Cardiff General.
‡Caerphilly-Senghenydd.
‡Trentham station, Staffs.
‡Selby-Goole.
^*‡§Swansea-Fishguard Dock/Pembroke Milford Haven/Neyland.
‡Carlisle-Silloth.
‡Sunderland-Durham-Bishop Auckland.
‡Swaffham-Thetford.
‡Salisbury-Fordinbridge-Bournemouth.
‡Brockenhurst-Ringwood-Bourne mouth.
‡Taunton-Yeovil Pen Mill.
^*‡Edinburgh Waverley-Dunbar.
‡Langholm-Riddings Junction-Carlisle.
^*‡Edinburgh Waverley-Berwick-upon-Tweed.
^*‡Craigendoran—Arrochar.
‡Fraserburgh—St. Combs.
‡Kilmarnock—Ardrossan.
‡Wivenhoe—Brightlingsea.
‡Dereham—Wells-next-the-Sea.
‡Northampton Castle—Peterborough East.
‡Wellingborough Midland Road—Northampton Castle.
‡Crowhurst—Bexhill West.
‡Leeds Central—Pudsey—Bradford Exchange.
‡Ettingshall Road and Bilston station, Staffs.
‡Walsall—Dudley.
^*‡Banbury—Woodford Halse.
‡Worcester—Bromyard.
‡Stirling—Alloa—Kinross—Perth.
‡Southport Chapel Street—Preston.
‡Southport Chapel Street—Crossens.
‡Audley End—Bartlow.
‡Gleneagles—Crieff—Comrie.
‡Stafford—Wellington.
^*‡Wellington—Shrewsbury.
‡Wolverton—Newport Pagnell.
‡North Walsham—Mundesley-on-Sea.
‡Derby Friar Gate—Nottingham Victoria.
‡Kidsgrove—Etruria (Stoke Loop).
‡Normacot station, Staffs.
‡Abercynon—Aberdare.
‡Leeds City—Wetherby—Harrogate.
‡Wetherby—Church Fenton.
^*‡Sunderland—West Hartlepool.
‡Ayr—Dalmellington.
‡Kilmarnock—Darvel.
$Elgin—Lossiemouth.
‡Hurstbourne station, Hants.
‡Knowle Halt, Hants.
‡Puxton and Worle station, Somerset.
‡Spon Lane station, Staffs.
‡Swan Village—Great Bridge.
‡Dudley—Old Hill.
‡Banff—Tillynaught.
^*‡Edinburgh Princes Street—Kingsknowe.
†‡Woodhead station, Derby
‡Ford station, Devon.
‡Devonport (Kings Road) station, Plymouth.
‡Bradford Exchange—Batley—Wakefield.
‡Edinburgh Waverley—Musselburgh.
‡§Dumfries—Stranraer.
‡Gloucester—Hereford.
^*‡§Glasgow Queen Street—Kirkintilloch.
‡Bristol Temple Meads—Portishead.
‡Romsey—Andover.
‡Manchester Victoria—Newton Heath—Middleton.
‡Wigan Central—Glazebrook.
‡Coatbridge—Dumbarton.
†‡Blackpool Central, Lancs.
‡Castlethorpe station, Bucks.
‡Roade station, Northants
‡Mow Cop and Scholar Green station, Cheshire.
Stations on the Ayr—Stranraer line (Kilkerran, Dailly, Pinmore, Pinwherry, Barrhill, Glanwhilly, New Luce).
‡Hull—Withernsea.
‡Hull—Hornsea.
‡Buckingham—Bletchley.
Aberdeen—Fraserburgh.
‡Maud—Peterhead.
Stations on the Inverness—Wick/Thurso line (Invershin, Dunrobin, Salzcraggie, Kildonan, Borrobol, Forsinard, Hoy).
‡Stations on the Inverness/Kyle of Lochaish line (Achterneed, Glencarron, Duncraig).
^*‡Bristol T.M.—Avonmouth Dock.
^*‡Bristol T.M.—Patchway—Pilning.
^*‡Bristol T.M.—Clifton Down—Pilning.
‡Nottingham Midland—Worksop.
^*‡Bristol T.M.—Gloucester Eastgate.
^*‡Gloucester—Worcester Shrub Hill.
‡Lostwithiel—Fowey.
^*‡Bath Spa—Swindon.
‡West Drayton and Yiewsley—Staines West.
^*‡≑Leeds City/Bradford (Forster Square)—Ilkley—Skipton.
‡^*Leeds City/Bradford (Forster Square)—Keighley—Skipton.
‡^*Leeds City—Shipley—Bradford (Forster Square).
‡St. Margarets—Buntingford. Taunton—Barnstaple.
^*‡Blackpool (North)—Wyre Dock—Fleetwood.
‡Glazebrook—Stockport Tiviot Dale.
‡Walsall—Rugeley Trent Valley.
‡Birmingham New Street—Sutton Park—Walsall (via Penns).
‡Wolverhampton High Level—Burton-on-Trent.
‡Nuneaton Trent Valley—Coventry—Leamington Spa Avenue.
‡Ruabon—Barmouth.
‡Bala—Bala Junction.
‡Whitchurch—Welshpool.
‡Llanfyllin—Llanymynech.
‡Bangor—Amlwch.
‡Carmarthen—Aberystwyth.
^*‡Perth—Blair Atholl—Struan.
‡Ballinluig—Aberfeldy.
¶Aviernore—Craigellachie/Elgin.
‡Whitby—Malton.
‡Whitby—Scarborough.
‡Lanark—Muirkirk.
‡Newcastle—Newbiggin.
‡Newsham—Blyth.
‡Monkseaton—Blyth—Newbiggin.
^*‡Plymouth—Penzance.
^*‡Swindon—Kemble—Gloucester.
^*‡Didcot—Swindon.
‡Leicester London Road—Burton-on-Trent.
‡Kingskerswell station, Devon.
‡Brent station, Devon.
‡Witham—Maldon East.
‡Berkeley Road—Lydney Town.
‡Harrow and Wealdstone—Belmont.
^*‡Taunton—Exeter St. David's.
‡Tiverton—Tiverton Junction.
§^*:Tatinton—Weston-super-Mare.
‡Widnes Loop.
§^*‡Didcot—Oxford—Leamington Spa.
‡Leeds Central—Castleford Central—Pontefract.
§^*‡Cheltenham—Swansea High Street.
^*‡Manchester Exchange—Tyldesley—Wigan North Western.
‡Leek—Uttoxeter.
‡Darlington—Barnard Castle—Middleton-in-Teesdale.
‡Stations on the Llandudno—Blaenau Ffestiniog line (Glan Conway and Dolgarrog).
‡Caernarvon—Afon Wen.
^*Aviemore—Inverness—Elgin.
Dalnaspidal station, Perthshire.
^*‡Aberdeen—Inverurie.
‡Stations on the Keith Junction—Elgin line (Tauchers, Mulben, Orton, Orbliston and Llanbryde).
‡Rossett station, Denbighshire.
^*‡Glasgow Central—Carlisle.

(b) after 16th October, 1964:

^*‡§Shrewsbury—Aberystwyth.
‡Sunderland—South Shields.
‡Halwill—Torrington.
‡^*Stourbridge—Worcester—Hereford.
Stations on Edinburgh Princes Street—Glasgow Central Line (‡Eglinton Street and Merchiston).
†‡Southport—Pool Hey Junction via Blowick.
^*‡Bradford (Exchange)—Mirfield—Huddersfield.
^*‡Bradford (Exchange)—Halifax—Huddersfield.
‡Dunstable North—Hatfield.
‡Dumfries—Kirkcudbright.
Thornton—Crail——Dundee.
Barnstaple—Torrington.
‡Dundee West station, Angus.
‡Eridge—Hailsham.
‡Selby—Driffield.
‡Christ's Hospital—Guildford.
‡St. Helen's Shaw Street—Warrington Bank Quay.
Hamilton—Strathaven/Coalburn.
‡Folkestone East station, Kent.
Ulverston—Lakeside (Windermere).
Earby—Barnoldswick.
‡Farnley Junction—Spen Valley Junction via Heckmondwike.
Haigh station, Yorks.
Sherburn-in-Elmet station, Yorks.
Ferrybridge station, Yorks.
Crigglestone station, Yorks.
Pye Bridge—Kirkby-in-Ashfield East.
Bolton Percy station, Yorks.
Brompton station, Yorks.
^*Ely—Newmarket
†Oxford—Bletchley—Cambridge.
Edinburgh Princes Street station.
Glasgow—Stirling—Oban.
Killin—Killin Junction.

(F) Proposals to which consent has been refused:—

(a) before 16th October, 1964:

Cardiff—Coryton.
Kilmarnock—Ayr.
^**Inverness—Wick/Thurso (through service and the stations and halts at Dingwall, Invergordon, Fearn, Tain, Bonar Bridge, Culrain, Laing, Rogart, Golspie, Brora, Helmsdale, Kinbrace, Altnabreac, Scotscalder, Georgemas Junction, Wick, Thurso).
^**Inverness—Kyle of Lochalsh (through services and the stations and halts at Garve, Lochluichant, Achanalt, Achnasheen, Achnashellach, Strathcar ron, Attadale, Strome Ferry, Duirinish, Plockton, Kyle of Lochalsh).
Gowerton North station, Glam.
Narberth station, Pembroke.
Lamphey station, Pembroke.
Clarbeston Road station, Pembroke.
Bishopbriggs station, Dunbarton.
Stranraer Town station, Wigtownshire.
Stranraer Harbour station, Wigtownslnre.
^**Ayr—Stranraer
Manchester Piccadilly—Buxton.
Brent Knoll station, Somerset.
King's Sutton station, Northampton.
Caldicot halt, Monmouth.
^**Llandudno—Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Middlesbrough—Whitby.
††Darlington—Bishop Auckland.
^*Newcastle—Riverside—Tynemouth.
Bangor—Caernarvon.
Dalwhinnie and Can Bridge stations (on Dalwhinnie—Aviemore—Inverness line).

(b) after 16th October, 1964:

^**Edinburgh Princes Street—Glasgow Central.
Darlington—Richmond.
Caersws station (on Shrewsbury—Aberystwyth line).
Carlisle—Hellifield.
Felixstowe Beach station, Suffolk.
Manchester Victoria—Bury Bolton Street.
†East Brixton station, London.
Ulleskelf station, Yorks.
^* Withdrawal of local or stopping service.
† Added since publication of the Reshaping Report.
‡ Closure has already taken place.
§ Consent refused to closure of certain stations listed in Section (F).
≑ Proposal for Leeds/Bradford—Ilkley section still under consideration.
¶ Proposal for Craigellachie—Elgin/Keith still under consideration.
^** Consent given to the closure of certain stations listed in Section E.
†† Consent given to closure of Bishop Auckland—Crook section.