Very useful meeting with Cllr Alan Hepple this afternoon who holds the Transport and Regeneration Portfolio at Northumberland County Council. I was there to share SENRUG’s “Rail Strategy For Northumberland” presentation. It went really well and I found Cllr Hepple receptive and keen to work in partnership with SENRUG. The immediate priority of course is to get the Ashington Blyth & Tyne line re-opened but Cllr Hepple seemed to take the point that the Council should be safeguarding options for further rail developments after that, and that all the different ideas put forward by SENRUG gel together to form a cohesive rail strategy.
