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Provide protection for closed railway track-beds to aid rural regeneration.

Submitted on Thursday 30th March 2017

Rejected on Friday 7th April 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Provide protection for closed railway track-beds to aid rural regeneration.

Petition Details

In the mid-1960's Dr Beeching was employed to find ways of making the railways more profitable and his report resulted in the closure of a large part of our railway system. The report failed to take into account the growth in population and the necessity for rural transport.

Additional Information

Groups would like to reopen lines such as the Somerset and Dorset, Deeside line, Lynton & Barnstable, Matlock, Bakewell and Buxton, Stafford to Shrewsbury, Stafford to Uttoxeter, Stoke-on-Trent to Alton Towers, Furness Abbey Railway Station, Bolton Railway Station, Cockermouth to Keswick and Penrith, Ashington to Blyth and Newcastle,Portishead to Bristol, Stourbridge and Burton, Leamside line. Local authorites should be required to aid projects and reject planning for developments.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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This petition appears to have been submitted twice:

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