Today I had 2 really useful telephone meetings. Firstly, with Northern’s new Regional Director Tony Baxter along with Pete Myers,…
Today I had a very encouraging phone call with East Coast Trains, the new “open access” company, part of FirstGroup,…
The March 2020 Budget and Transforming City Fund awards do not include funding for the Ashington Re-opening. Urgent enquiries to…
An excellent Public Meeting last night with Anna-Jane Hunter, Director North of England Rail at Network Rail. Anna-Jane hit exactly…
There was no mention of the Ashington Blyth & Tyne line re-opening in yesterday’s budget, despite there seemingly being plenty…
Today Trevor Watson and I met Steve Hopkinson, Interim Regional Director at Northern to discuss the long outstanding faulty CIS…
I met Dave Shaw today to discuss the next SENRUG Newsletter, and also our upcoming meeting with the North of…
Today, we are in The Financial Times. An article featuring an interview with me on the Ashington Blyth & Tyne…
Today, myself and Deputy Chair Andrew Carmichael met with Systra, Northumberland County Council and Northern, to discuss the Interim Feasibility…
Later in the afternoon it was back to Bedlington station to meet a photographer and journalist from the Financial Times,…
