Links

Useful links to internal and external sources
BRTA LINKS
 
British Regional Transport Association Blogbrtarailvolunteer.blogspot.com
BRTA Main Facebookwww.facebook.com/brtarail
BRTA LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/richard-pill-brta
BRTA Reopenings Infowww.facebook.com/BRTARailReopenings/about_contact_and_basic_info
Rails4Waleswww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550631475553
Bedford to Northampton B2Nwww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092719906338
Bedford to Northampton B2Nwww.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 cordonwww.facebook.com/BRTALondonM25
Rails4Waleswww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091749627443
Rails4Leicester et al (new page?)www.facebook.com/Rails4Leicestershire
BRTA Devonwww.facebook.com/ReRailDevon
Quainton2Leicester via Rugbywww.facebook.com/QuaintonLeicesterviaRugby
Northants Rail generalwww.facebook.com/RerailNorthamptonandshire
South East Englandwww.facebook.com/Polegate2StoneCrossraillinkdirect
BRTA Northern/Reopen Woodheadwww.facebook.com/BRTAWoodheadRailway
BRTA Northernwww.facebook.com/BRTAnorthernraillinks
BRTA Scotlandwww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568192464841
BRTA West Midlandswww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568380168586
Rails4Hertfordshirewww.facebook.com/Herts4Rail
Gloucester2Herefordwww.facebook.com/Southampton2ShrewsburyviaGloucester2Hereford
Bedford Area (Bedford-Bletchley)www.facebook.com/CelebBedfordBletchleyRly
  
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT ORGS
 
Smart Growth UK: Pursuing Sustainable Communities, Planning & Transportsmartgrowthuk.org
Acorn: Union for the Community, Bristol areawww.acorntheunion.org.uk
Go-op: a co-operative rail operator preparing services for Somerset and Wiltshirewww.go-op.coop
Enroute: a not-for-profit voluntary sustainable transport research groupenroutecic.com
  
UK REOPENING CAMPAIGNS
 
Ruabon-Llangollenhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/llangollen-four-great-highways-threat-increased-richard-pill
Ruabon-Llangollenhttps://www.change.org/p/mark-drakeford-support-and-fund-mainline-railway-links-to-llangollen-railway-to-connect-it-to-ruabon-and-bala
Minsters Rail Campaignwww.minstersrail.com
Witney Oxford Transport Groupwitneyoxfordtransport.org.uk
Wisbech Rail Reopening Campaignwww.wisbechrail.org.uk
Welland Valley Rail Partnershipwvr.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
TAVYRAILtavyrail.2day.uk
SELRAP – Trans-Pennine route to connect East Lancashire, Yorkshire and beyond.www.selrap.org.uk
Re-open the East Lincolnshire Linehttps://www.change.org/p/chris-brewis-and-richard-davies-lincolnshire-county-council-reopen-the-east-lincolnshire-line
Radstock to Frome Railway Trustwww.radstocktofromerailwaytrust.co.uk
Peaks and Daleswww.railstaff.co.uk/2021/12/22/reinstating-the-peaks-and-dales-line
Middleton Towers Restoration Groupwww.middletontowers.org.uk
MEMRAP (Manchester and East Midlands Rail Action Partnership)www.memrap.org
Lutterworth Linelutterworthline.org
Keswick Campaignwww.everylaststation.co.uk/penrith-keswick
Why Upgrade Harrogate?sites.google.com/view/why-harrogate
Don Valley Railwaydonvalleyrailway.org
Connecting South West England – Transport Action NetworkConnecting South West England – Report by Transport Action Network Jan 2025
Connect Budewww.connectbude.co.uk
Combe Railwww.combe-rail.org.uk
Campaining to re-connect Bude and Holsworthywww.connectbude.co.uk
Campaign For The Reopening Of The Ivanhoe Lineivanhoeline.org
Bideford Railwaywww.bidefordrailway.co.uk/ace-rail
  
UK PRESERVATION AND RAILWAY FRIENDS
 
North Somerset Railwaywww.northsomersetrailway.com
Wensleydale Railwaywensleydale-railway.co.uk
Observations from Daventry and Rushdenenroutecic.com/observations-from-daventry-and-rushden
Ironbridge Railway Trustironbridge-railway-trust.org.uk
Friends of the Derwent Valley Linefdvl.wordpress.com
Friends of Narborough Stationfonsnarborough.wordpress.com
Long Lost Yorkshire Railwaywww.yorkpress.co.uk/news/25004725.long-lost-yorkshire-railway-line-among-uks-beautiful
  
STRATEGY
AND POLICY
 
Rail Professional December 2019 page 43 ‘Englands Economic Heartlands Transport Strategy Consultationhttps://issuu.com/railpro/docs/rail_professional_dec_2019_issuu_5a3fc825fb92d3?fr=sZDIzYjU2MDMzNw
New Civil Engineerwww.newcivilengineer.com/latest/east-west-rail-potential-to-be-maximised-as-part-of-transport-strategy-15-07-2020
New Civil Engineerwww.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 Nationwww.highspeeduk.co.uk
Great British Railways Transition Teamgbrtt.co.uk
England’s Economic Heartlands Strategic Alliancewww.englandseconomicheartland.com
East-West Rail Co.Ltdeastwestrail.co.uk
  
SUSTAINABILITY
AND HEALTH
 
BBC News Climate Changewww.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48964736
FCC Environment – the waste and resource management company that looks at the bigger picturewww.fccenvironment.co.uk
Tyre Wear Concerns: Green Flagblog.greenflag.com/2019/tyre-particles
Transport Action Network: Climate Science vs Roadstransportactionnetwork.org.uk/2020/06/12/top-climate-scientist-warns-against-more-roads
Emissions: The Conversationtheconversation.com/transport-emissions-have-doubled-in-40-years-expand-railways-to-get-them-on-track-122794
PurpleAirwww2.purpleair.com
Guardian: air pollutionwww.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/17/air-pollution-kills-more-people-in-the-uk-than-in-sweden-us-and-mexico
Cost of Congestion: Fleet Newswww.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 UKwww.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 Yearsinrix.com/press-releases/traffic-congestion-to-cost-the-uk-economy-more-than-300-billion-over-the-next-16-years
  
RAILWAY COMPANIES
 
West Midlands Trainswww.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Rail Operations Groupwww.railopsgroup.co.uk
London & North Western Railwaywww.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
  
FREIGHT BY RAIL
 
Network Rail – Solent to Midlands Freight Strategynetworkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Solent-to-the-Midlands-Multimodal-Freight-Strategy-Phase-1-June-2021.pdf
London Rail Freight Strategynetworkrail.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
  
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 & Echowww.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 Roadlinkedin.com/pulse/help-save-former-bedford-st-johns-site-corridor-down-cardington-pill
Re-link Leicester to Northampton: Leicester Mercurywww.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/bid-launched-re-link-leicester-9980348
East West Rail commentary LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/pulse/east-west-rail-bedford-demolition-northern-route-versus-richard-pill
BBC News Market Harborough and Northamptonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64936990