HC Deb 21 November 1968 vol 773 cc323-6W
Mr. Wood

asked the Minister of Transport if he will provide a list of those railway lines where consent has been refused to proposals to close passenger services.

1964 Mr. Carmichael

Pursuant to my Answer [Official Report, 11th November, 1968; Vol. 773, c.2] the following is the information:

List of refusals of consent to the closure of railway passenger services since January

  • Cardiff—Coryton.
  • Inverness—Wick.
  • Georgemas Junction—Thurso.
  • Inverness—Kyle of Lochalsh.
  • Ayr—Stranraer.
  • Manchester Piccadilly—Buxton.
  • Newcastle—Riverside—Tynemouth.
  • Middlesbrough—Whitby.
  • Llandudno—Blaenau Ffestiniog.
  • Bangor—Caernarvon.
  • Darlington—Bishop Auckland.
  • Carlisle—Hellifield.
  • Edinburgh Princes Street—Glasgow Central.
  • Manchester Victoria—Bury Bolton Street.
  • Ryde (Pier Head)—Shanklin.
  • Fort William—Mallaig.
  • Birmingham New Street—Worcester Shrub Hill.
  • Birmingham New Street—Redditch.
  • Crewe—Shrewsbury.
  • Romford—Upminster.
  • Manchester Victoria—Oldham—Rochdale.
  • Glasgow—East Kilbride.
  • Glasgow—Kilmacolm.
  • Glasgow—Paisley—Elderslie.
  • Workington—Penrith.
  • Kentish Town (St. Paul's Road Junction)—Kings Cross (L. T. "C" Box).
  • Watford Junction—Croxley Green.
  • Huddersfield—Penistone/Clayton West.
  • Manchester piccadilly—Glossop/Hadfield.
  • Ipswich—Lowestoft.
  • Bury (Bolton Street)—Ramsbottom.
  • Bury (Bolton Street)—Rawtenstall.
  • Liverpool Lime Street—Chester General.
  • Wigan—Bolton—Rochdale.
  • Leeds City—Knottingly.
  • Wakefield—Goole.
  • Liskeard—Looe.
  • St. Erth—St. Ives.
  • York—Harrogate.
  • Cambridge—St. Ives.
  • Liverpool Lime Street—Tyldesley—Patricroft—Manchester Exchange (local).
  • Maiden Newton—Bridport.
  • Oldham—Rochdale.
  • Birkenhead Woodside—Chester/Helsby.
  • Birmingham (Snow Hill)—Wolverhampton (Low Level).
  • Liverpool Exchange—Fazakerley—Wigan Wallgate.
  • Liverpool Lime Street—St. Helens—Wigan (North Western).
  • Stockport—Stalybridge (local).

Mr. Wood

asked the Minister of Transport if he will provide a list of those railway lines where information was published under Section 54 of the Transport Act 1962, or proceedings initiated under Section 56, but in neither case completed before the publication of the Network Plan in March 1967.

Mr. Carmichael

Pursuant to my Answer [Official Report, 11th November, 1968: Vol. 733, c. 2] the following is the information:

The closure proposals for railway passenger services not included in the 1963 Reshaping Report for which advance notice was given under Section 54 of the Transport Act, 1962 but which had not been published under Section 56 of the Act by 15th March, 1967 included:

  • Bootle Junction—Edge Hill.
  • Wath Road Junction—Normanton (Goose Hill Junction).
  • Hadfield—Sheffield (Nunnery Junction).
  • Penistone (Barnsley Junction)—Barnsley (Station Junction).
  • Barnsley (Quarry Junction)—Mexborough (No. 2 Signal Box).
  • Brindle Heath Junction—Dobbs Brow Junction—Crow Nest Junction.
  • Dobbs Brow Junction—Harwich Park Junction.
  • Mickle Trafford Junction—Chester Northgate.
  • Truro—Falmouth.
  • Par—Newquay.
  • Stratford-upon-Avon—Gloucester Eastgate/Central.
  • Ambergate South Junction—Chinley North Junction.
  • Stratford-upon-Avon—Worcester.
  • Barrow Ship yard—Millom/Grange-over-Sands.
  • Edinburgh Waverley—Dunfermline Upper-Alloa-Stirling.
  • Whitland—Pembroke Dock.
  • Hull—Bridlington—Scarborough.
  • North Erewash Junction—Trent Station North Junction.
  • Trowell Junction—Long Eaton Junction.

The closure proposals for railway passenger services which had been published under Section 56 of the Transport Act, 1962 but for which no decision had been given by 15th March, 1967 included:

  • Cleethorpes—New Holland Pier.
  • Cleethorpes—Immingham Dock.
  • Barton-on-Humber—New Holland Town.
  • Lincoln Central—Woodhall Junction—Firsby.
  • Aberdeen—Keith—Elgin.
  • Liverpool Exchange—Fazakerley—Wigan Wallgate.
  • Leeds City/Bradford—Ilkley.
  • Liverpool Lime Street—St. Helens—Wigan.
  • Peterborough—Grimsby.
  • Firsby—Skegness.
  • Willoughby—Mablethorpe.
  • Glasgow St. Enoch—Lugton—Kilmarnock.
  • Glasgow St. Enoch—Barrhead.
  • Stockport—Stalybridge.
  • Derby Midland—Tamworth—Birmingham New Street.
  • Leicester London Road—Wellingborough Midland Road.
  • Birmingham New Street—Worcester Shrub Hill.
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  • Birmingham New Street—Redditch.
  • Manchester Exchange/Victoria—Huddersfield.
  • Manchester Exchange/Victoria—Stalybridge—Greenfield.
  • Manchester Victoria—Oldham—Rochdale.
  • Birmingham New Street—Leicester London Road—Nottingham Midland.
  • Netherfield and Colwick—Nottingham Victoria.
  • Dereham—King's Lynn.
  • King's Lynn—Wisbech East.
  • Leeds Central—Doncaster.
  • Maiden Newton—Bridport.
  • Wrexham—Chester—New Brighton.
  • Ardrossan Town Station and line Castlehill Junction—Parkhouse Junction.
  • Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier Station & line Stevenston Junction—Montgomerie Pier Station.
  • Newcastle—Alnmouth—Berwick.
  • Alnmouth—Alnwick.
  • Leeds City—Cudworth—Sheffield Midland.
  • London St. Pancras—Nottingham Midland.
  • Birmingham Snow Hill—Priestfield—Wolverhampton Low Level.
  • Birmingham Snow Hill/Moor Street—Henley-in-Arden—Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • Arkleston Junction—Renfrew Wharf.
  • Birkenhead Woodside—Chester—Helsby.
  • Carnforth—Carlisle.
  • Edinburgh—Hawick—Carlisle.
  • Woodburn Junction—Aldwarke Junction.
  • Ormskirk—Preston.
  • Kilmarnock—Ayr.
  • Grangemouth Branch Junction—Grangemouth.
  • Larbert—Alloa.
  • Huddersfield—Leeds.
  • Penarth—Cadoxton.
  • Tunbridge Wells Central—Lewes.
  • Hurst Green—Lewes.
  • Hurst Green—Tunbridge Wells West.
  • New Mills Central—Hayfield.
  • Marple Wharf Junction—Macclesfield.
  • Corstorphine—Edinburgh Waverley.
  • Grendon Underwood Junction—Ashendon Junction.
  • Bristol Temple Meads—Clifton Down—Severn Beach.

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