Todmorden Curve link on track for start in 2014 (From Lancashire Telegraph)

When will LCC fully support the Colne to Skipton rail Link which is just as importantas the link from Burnely to Manchester if not more so, notice that they wont be any direct trains from Colne to Manchester via this link to, Pendle is just as important as Burnely, and By the way, LCC, why is it that the Todmorden Curve project gets the go ahead when the campaign to re-link Colne to Skipton as been going on now for over 10 years, which is a lot longer than the Todmorden curve link campaign.
Both LCC and North Yorkshire CC both know that there are Private investors out there, but as Government say's both CC's need to get their Act together and support it, its not for the DFT to push for this project.

When will LCC fully support the Colne to Skipton rail Link which is just as importantas the link from Burnely to Manchester if not more so, notice that they wont be any direct trains from Colne to Manchester via this link to, Pendle is just as important as Burnely, and By the way, LCC, why is it that the Todmorden Curve project gets the go ahead when the campaign to re-link Colne to Skipton as been going on now for over 10 years, which is a lot longer than the Todmorden curve link campaign.
Both LCC and North Yorkshire CC both know that there are Private investors out there, but as Government say's both CC's need to get their Act together and support it, its not for the DFT to push for this project.

What a waste of money. We don't need this. Longer journey times than the current express bus service, bound to cost a lot more to travel, dirty trains, overcrowded trains, late trains, infrequent service. I thought we were in a recession so I fail to see how this can be though of as good use of public money.

Aahh. The Colne to Skipton dream line, because that's all it is. There is no chance of this pipe dream going ahead, once Blackburn, Accrington and Burnley get their direct link to Manchester, the writing is on the wall for the Burnley to Colne line. The trains between Burnley and Colne are always empty and there is no business case or requirement for the Colne/Skipton. A few beardy train enthusiasts and ramblers will never make this link viable as the LCC, the rail companies and the Government know well.
As for the Colne/Skipton line being proposed first, it's all down to economics.
Take it from me Burnley/Colne will soon become a cycle path.

Why does it take so long to re- instate 500mts of track? In 1863 the Yankees built the 3000 mile trans continental railway in 6 years and the record was 10 miles in 1 day!

Total and utter waste of money on an scheme which few will used, just think what use the area could make with £7 m

davidinburnley wrote:
What a waste of money. We don't need this. Longer journey times than the current express bus service, bound to cost a lot more to travel, dirty trains, overcrowded trains, late trains, infrequent service. I thought we were in a recession so I fail to see how this can be though of as good use of public money.

Longer Journey times, Hmm, you dont know much about this link, and the bus service then, it can take nearly 2 Hrs on the Bus to get to Manchester from Nelson, with this rail project you will be able to get from Burnely Manchester RD station in about 1hr.

Which is not a wast of money, but could have done for a lot cheaper, if Network Rail wasn't doing the rebuild, if the track and train service was all under one banner, it would have been put back for about 1 Million.

By the way the Colne to Skipton rail line project will get off the ground, which is also seen as part of the Todmorden Curve Project, once you have both rail links in place it would provide faster links on both sides of the border, to either Manchester or Leeds, with no major rail tunnels and it happens to have the lowest gradient over the Pennines than the other lines, far cheaper to run train this way.

But this is also seen as a missing link between the West Coast and East Coast Ports for freight movement.

And could provide direct link from the East Coast main Line to the West Coast Main Line, if their are issues on the line.

The Project does have the Backing of Private Investors to, but Government and both CC's need to get of their backs and place the Financial Guarantee's their, and fund the Grip 3 Study.

sim1846 wrote:

davidinburnley wrote:
What a waste of money. We don't need this. Longer journey times than the current express bus service, bound to cost a lot more to travel, dirty trains, overcrowded trains, late trains, infrequent service. I thought we were in a recession so I fail to see how this can be though of as good use of public money.

Longer Journey times, Hmm, you dont know much about this link, and the bus service then, it can take nearly 2 Hrs on the Bus to get to Manchester from Nelson, with this rail project you will be able to get from Burnely Manchester RD station in about 1hr.

Which is not a wast of money, but could have done for a lot cheaper, if Network Rail wasn't doing the rebuild, if the track and train service was all under one banner, it would have been put back for about 1 Million.

The trains will run from Burnley, not Nelson. The bus from Burnley to Manchester takes rarely an hour and I can't see it taking a further hour from Nelson to Burnley.
Without an express bus from Nelson to Burnley how long would it take you to get to Mcr Rd station? Then another hour on the train? I think you're over-egging the pudding a bit to try and justify something that the vast majority of others see as an utter waste of money.

Regular passenger services have not run along the route since the mid-1960s and most of the track was removed in 1972
as someone who grow up in todmorden the track has allways been there it was never removed ,another waste of money as for colne to skipton who the hell wants to visit these towns in the first place

Personally I can't wait to be able to travel directly from Burnley to Rochdale, at the moment traveling time takes upwards of 2 hours either going through Manchester on the bus, Manchester via Blackburn on the train or Hebden bridge. Add that when traveling from my parents in Burnley the last thing I really want to be doing is lugging heavy bags around from Chorlton street coach station to the nearest railway line, I see this will prove more popular than Burnley to Preston currently is- especially with the amount of teens that visit Manchester every weekend.

davidinburnley wrote:

sim1846 wrote:

davidinburnley wrote:
What a waste of money. We don't need this. Longer journey times than the current express bus service, bound to cost a lot more to travel, dirty trains, overcrowded trains, late trains, infrequent service. I thought we were in a recession so I fail to see how this can be though of as good use of public money.

Longer Journey times, Hmm, you dont know much about this link, and the bus service then, it can take nearly 2 Hrs on the Bus to get to Manchester from Nelson, with this rail project you will be able to get from Burnely Manchester RD station in about 1hr.

Which is not a wast of money, but could have done for a lot cheaper, if Network Rail wasn't doing the rebuild, if the track and train service was all under one banner, it would have been put back for about 1 Million.

The trains will run from Burnley, not Nelson. The bus from Burnley to Manchester takes rarely an hour and I can't see it taking a further hour from Nelson to Burnley.
Without an express bus from Nelson to Burnley how long would it take you to get to Mcr Rd station? Then another hour on the train? I think you're over-egging the pudding a bit to try and justify something that the vast majority of others see as an utter waste of money.

I assume you don't commute

I set off from summit at 7:15am, I don't get to Manchester till 8:45 most mornings, which is longer than the 45 minutes the train will "Supposidly" take

Plus this will skip the bi-weekly car crash that happens and extends that journey another 30-60 minutes