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Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed a passenger survey from the independent transport user watchdog, Transport Focus, which describes the interim rail service provided by West Coast Railways on the Lakes Line as “a huge success”. Transport Focus, alongside Transport for the North, conducted informal interviews with passengers at all stations on the line. The […]
A South Lakes councillor is calling on Cumbria’s Liberal Democrat and Labour-run County Council to confirm when the Windermere Ferry will reopen. The Ferry, which is managed by the council, was forced to close at the end of May due to an engine fire – forcing drivers to make a 15-mile detour to reach the […]
This afternoon South Lakes MP Tim Farron handed over the first 5,000 signatures to 10 Downing Street calling for Northern to be removed from operating the Furness and Lakes Lines. Tim was joined by the chair of the Lakes Line Rail User Group Robert Talbot who has worked alongside Tim on the campaign and was […]
Windermere councillor Ben Berry is urging South Lakeland District Council to withdraw the Royalty Cinema from a list of sites it has submitted Lake District planners for future redevelopment. The council, which owns the building, asked the Lake District National Park Authority to include the cinema in its Local Plan Review which is currently out […]
South Lakes councillor James Airey is urging the UK’s rail industry to get behind calls for troubled operator Northern to fund a marketing campaign for the Lakes after weeks of disruption on the Oxenholme to Windermere line. Councillor Airey, the Conservative Group leader on Cumbria County Council, has written today to the Rail Industry Group’s […]
Local MP Tim Farron has called for there to be a new rail franchise for the three local train lines that operate in Cumbria. Tim’s intervention follows his successful bid to secure support for West Coast Railways to step in and run the Lakes Line between Oxenholme and Windermere after current operator Northern Rail cancelled […]
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has celebrated the return of trains back on the Lakes Line after a long campaign. The line, which runs from Oxenholme to Windermere, had been suspended by Northern Rail for the past two weeks. But after days of negotiating between Tim, Network Rail and the Department for Transport, trains are […]
Local MP Tim Farron has been keeping up the pressure on rail bosses following Saturday’s march in protest of the ongoing chaos on the Lakes Line. Tim has been speaking with bosses at Network Rail and Northern, pushing them to get a shuttle service from Oxenholme to Windermere running as soon as possible. Tim has […]
South Lakeland councillor Chris Hogg has congratulated organisers of the Great North Swim following the success of last weekend’s event on Windermere. Thousands of swimmers completed a range of challenges – from the beginner 250m wave to the gruelling 10k marathon swim – in Europe’s biggest open-water swimming event, which is now in its 11th […]
Local MP Tim Farron has today called for the Transport Secretary to explain himself after misleading the House over the suspension of trains on the Lakes Line in Cumbria. Last Monday, Chris Grayling said he would not allow the closure of the Lakes Line to be extended by Northern Rail. But on Friday, a spokesperson […]
