A bid to rebuild a direct rail link between Beverley and York could benefit from HS2’s northern leg being scrapped, according to a local MP who is backing it.
The original York-Beverley line closed in 1965 after carrying passengers for 100 years. A decades-long campaign to revive it has been waged by the Minsters Rail group. Now, Graham Stuart, the Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness, has pressed the case for reopening the line after a meeting with Huw Merriman, the Rail Minister.
, though the Governments political opponents have pointed out that previous pledges to upgrade East Yorkshire lines have come to nought. Transport Secretary Mark Harper refused to commit to a date for electrification of the Hull-Selby line when questioned by Dame Diana in Parliament. However, Mr Stuart said that the meeting with Mr Merriman showed that the project was indeed on the Government’s agenda.
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