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Rail Electrification And The Calder Valley Line

EDM number 955 in 2013-14, proposed by Linda Riordan on 15/01/2014.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.

That this House welcomes plans to electrify a number of rail routes; notes that a joint taskforce was recently announced to look at developing eight new electrification schemes in the North; expresses concern that the Calder Valley Line (CVL) was not included in the list of schemes; further notes that as a key trans-Pennine route linking major cities and towns the CVL has a strong case for electricification; further notes that both passenger figures at stations on the CVL and the growth in those figures have been very great over recent years, often greater than for routes on the taskforce list; considers that CVL electricification would bring significant social and economic benefits to towns and cities along the route including Bradford, Halifax, Brighouse, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Littleborough and Rochdale as well as local and wider environmental benefits; understands that electricification of the route would operationally link the route with other proposed electrified routes in the region leading to savings in operational costs; urges the Secretary of State for Transport to take into consideration the excellent characteristics and passenger figures of the route; praises the work of organisations like Halifax and District Rail Action Group campaigning for electricification of the route; and calls on the Calder Valley routes to be added to the list being considered for electricification by the taskforce.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Linda Riordan15/01/2014HalifaxLabourProposed
Alan Meale16/01/2014MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn16/01/2014Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins20/01/2014Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley21/01/2014Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Jim Dobbin22/01/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell22/01/2014Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell22/01/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn23/01/2014Newport WestLabourSigned
George Galloway05/02/2014Bradford WestRespectSigned
David Crausby13/02/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Katy Clark24/02/2014North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned

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