BRTA LINKS | |
British Regional Transport Association Blog | brtarailvolunteer.blogspot.com |
BRTA Main Facebook | www.facebook.com/brtarail |
BRTA LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/richard-pill-brta |
BRTA Reopenings Info | www.facebook.com/BRTARailReopenings/about_contact_and_basic_info |
Rails4Wales | www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550631475553 |
Bedford to Northampton B2N | www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092719906338 |
Bedford to Northampton B2N | www.facebook.com/NorthamptonBrackmillsRailLink |
Bedford Area/Stations North of Bedford (SNOB) | www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566833106949 |
Retail Park Bedford Area etc. | www.facebook.com/KempstonStation4RetailPark |
BRTA London/M25 cordon | www.facebook.com/BRTALondonM25 |
Rails4Wales | www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091749627443 |
Rails4Leicester et al (new page?) | www.facebook.com/Rails4Leicestershire |
BRTA Devon | www.facebook.com/ReRailDevon |
Quainton2Leicester via Rugby | www.facebook.com/QuaintonLeicesterviaRugby |
Northants Rail general | www.facebook.com/RerailNorthamptonandshire |
South East England | www.facebook.com/Polegate2StoneCrossraillinkdirect |
BRTA Northern/Reopen Woodhead | www.facebook.com/BRTAWoodheadRailway |
BRTA Northern | www.facebook.com/BRTAnorthernraillinks |
BRTA Scotland | www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568192464841 |
BRTA West Midlands | www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568380168586 |
Rails4Hertfordshire | www.facebook.com/Herts4Rail |
Gloucester2Hereford | www.facebook.com/Southampton2ShrewsburyviaGloucester2Hereford |
Bedford Area (Bedford-Bletchley) | www.facebook.com/CelebBedfordBletchleyRly |
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SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT ORGS | |
Smart Growth UK: Pursuing Sustainable Communities, Planning & Transport | smartgrowthuk.org |
Acorn: Union for the Community, Bristol area | www.acorntheunion.org.uk |
Go-op: a co-operative rail operator preparing services for Somerset and Wiltshire | www.go-op.coop |
Enroute: a not-for-profit voluntary sustainable transport research group | enroutecic.com |
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UK REOPENING CAMPAIGNS | |
Ruabon-Llangollen | https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/llangollen-four-great-highways-threat-increased-richard-pill |
Ruabon-Llangollen | https://www.change.org/p/mark-drakeford-support-and-fund-mainline-railway-links-to-llangollen-railway-to-connect-it-to-ruabon-and-bala |
Minsters Rail Campaign | www.minstersrail.com |
Witney Oxford Transport Group | witneyoxfordtransport.org.uk |
Wisbech Rail Reopening Campaign | www.wisbechrail.org.uk |
Welland Valley Rail Partnership | wvr.org.uk |
Scott Handley Report 2004: ‘The Bedford-Northampton Rail Link’ | https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/d0a88cb3/files/uploaded/Scott%20Handley%20Report%202004%28The%20Bedford-Northampton%20Rail%20Link%29%20.pdf |
TAVYRAIL | tavyrail.2day.uk |
SELRAP – Trans-Pennine route to connect East Lancashire, Yorkshire and beyond. | www.selrap.org.uk |
Re-open the East Lincolnshire Line | https://www.change.org/p/chris-brewis-and-richard-davies-lincolnshire-county-council-reopen-the-east-lincolnshire-line |
Radstock to Frome Railway Trust | www.radstocktofromerailwaytrust.co.uk |
Peaks and Dales | www.railstaff.co.uk/2021/12/22/reinstating-the-peaks-and-dales-line |
Middleton Towers Restoration Group | www.middletontowers.org.uk |
MEMRAP (Manchester and East Midlands Rail Action Partnership) | www.memrap.org |
Lutterworth Line | lutterworthline.org |
Keswick Campaign | www.everylaststation.co.uk/penrith-keswick |
Why Upgrade Harrogate? | sites.google.com/view/why-harrogate |
Don Valley Railway | donvalleyrailway.org |
Connecting South West England – Transport Action Network | Connecting South West England – Report by Transport Action Network Jan 2025 |
Connect Bude | www.connectbude.co.uk |
Combe Rail | www.combe-rail.org.uk |
Campaining to re-connect Bude and Holsworthy | www.connectbude.co.uk |
Campaign For The Reopening Of The Ivanhoe Line | ivanhoeline.org |
Bideford Railway | www.bidefordrailway.co.uk/ace-rail |
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UK PRESERVATION AND RAILWAY FRIENDS | |
North Somerset Railway | www.northsomersetrailway.com |
Wensleydale Railway | wensleydale-railway.co.uk |
Observations from Daventry and Rushden | enroutecic.com/observations-from-daventry-and-rushden |
Ironbridge Railway Trust | ironbridge-railway-trust.org.uk |
Friends of the Derwent Valley Line | fdvl.wordpress.com |
Friends of Narborough Station | fonsnarborough.wordpress.com |
Long Lost Yorkshire Railway | www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/25004725.long-lost-yorkshire-railway-line-among-uks-beautiful |
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STRATEGYAND POLICY | |
Rail Professional December 2019 page 43 ‘Englands Economic Heartlands Transport Strategy Consultation | https://issuu.com/railpro/docs/rail_professional_dec_2019_issuu_5a3fc825fb92d3?fr=sZDIzYjU2MDMzNw |
New Civil Engineer | www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/east-west-rail-potential-to-be-maximised-as-part-of-transport-strategy-15-07-2020 |
New Civil Engineer | www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/regulator-calls-for-stocktake-of-27bn-roads-plan-to-assess-impact-of-covid-19-12-06-2020 |
High Speed UK – Connecting the Nation | www.highspeeduk.co.uk |
Great British Railways Transition Team | gbrtt.co.uk |
England’s Economic Heartlands Strategic Alliance | www.englandseconomicheartland.com |
East-West Rail Co.Ltd | eastwestrail.co.uk |
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SUSTAINABILITYAND HEALTH | |
BBC News Climate Change | www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48964736 |
FCC Environment – the waste and resource management company that looks at the bigger picture | www.fccenvironment.co.uk |
Tyre Wear Concerns: Green Flag | blog.greenflag.com/2019/tyre-particles |
Transport Action Network: Climate Science vs Roads | transportactionnetwork.org.uk/2020/06/12/top-climate-scientist-warns-against-more-roads |
Emissions: The Conversation | theconversation.com/transport-emissions-have-doubled-in-40-years-expand-railways-to-get-them-on-track-122794 |
PurpleAir | www2.purpleair.com |
Guardian: air pollution | www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/17/air-pollution-kills-more-people-in-the-uk-than-in-sweden-us-and-mexico |
Cost of Congestion: Fleet News | www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/fleet-industry-news/2017/12/13/cost-of-congestion-to-uk-business-approaches-1bn |
Air Pollution Kills 5000 per year in UK | www.airclim.org/acidnews/air-pollution-traffic-kills-5000-year-uk |
INRIX: Traffic Congestion to Cost the UK Economy More Than £300 Billion Over the Next 16 Years | inrix.com/press-releases/traffic-congestion-to-cost-the-uk-economy-more-than-300-billion-over-the-next-16-years |
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RAILWAY COMPANIES | |
West Midlands Trains | www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk |
Rail Operations Group | www.railopsgroup.co.uk |
London & North Western Railway | www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk |
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FREIGHT BY RAIL | |
Network Rail – Solent to Midlands Freight Strategy | networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Solent-to-the-Midlands-Multimodal-Freight-Strategy-Phase-1-June-2021.pdf |
London Rail Freight Strategy | networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/London-Rail-Freight-Strategy-Summary-Report.pdf |
DB Cargo – the UK’s largest rail freight company, offering our customers safe, sustainable, and innovative rail logistics solutions. | uk.dbcargo.com/rail-uk-en |
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BRTA IN THE NEWS | |
Rail Professional April 2020 pages 39-41’New route chosen for Bedford-Cambridge Rail Link heralding new dawn’ | https://issuu.com/railpro/docs/april_2020_issuu?fr=sOGQ3YjkyODQxNA&utm_source=Rail+Professional+subscribers&utm_campaign=c39c136ca0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_29_12_54_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5d9e747ff0-c39c136ca0-98704673&mc_cid=c39c136ca0&mc_eid=063afb783e |
Brackmills Line: Northampton Chronicle & Echo | www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/rebuild-brackmill-s-derelict-train-line-into-northampton-s-own-park-and-ride-tram-service-says-transport-group-1-9158115 |
Bedford St John’s Site and corridor down to Cardington Road | linkedin.com/pulse/help-save-former-bedford-st-johns-site-corridor-down-cardington-pill |
Re-link Leicester to Northampton: Leicester Mercury | www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/bid-launched-re-link-leicester-9980348 |
East West Rail commentary LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/pulse/east-west-rail-bedford-demolition-northern-route-versus-richard-pill |
BBC News Market Harborough and Northampton | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64936990 |