Now I’m back from holiday I’m very keen to get cracking on taking our Cramlington proposals forward. But the Cramlington Development Trust have asked we hold fire, as they understand Northumberland County Council are now willing to own the project to relocate the station. That would indeed be fantastic news … but the Chief Executive of the Council has already written to me in dismissive tones saying the Council will not lead on the project and SENRUG must make the running. We will try to have a meeting between all 3 parties and sort out who is doing what. Time however is running out if we want to influence the TPE services calling pattern in favour of Cramlington from when their trains start running on to Edinburgh in 2019. If the Council have had a change of heart on the station relocation issue – welcome though that would be – it would be courteous if they could let SENRUG know and perhaps be willing to work a little more collaboratively with us.
