Category Archives: Rail

The Integrated Rail Plan for the North and The Midlands – woefully inadequate

It was inevitable that the Integrated Rail Plan would divide public opinion. In such a [...]

24
Nov
THE LEEDS – PONTEFRACT – GOOLE RAIL CONNECTION

Letter of support to Andrew Percy MP (Brigg & Goole) I am contacting you in [...]

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16
Mar
THE PONTEFRACT – DONCASTER RAIL CONNECTION

Response of Pontefract Civic Society to the final draft of the “Restoring Your Railway Fund” [...]

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01
Mar
Mass Transit Strategy media letter
22nd February 2021

West Yorkshire Mass-Transit, or is it? Letter on behalf of our President, and life-long rail [...]

East Coast Mainline Dec, 2021 & Grand Central services
11th October 2020

Letter sent to Network Rail 11th October, 2020 [...]

Press release. Open rail future, post Covid
6th September 2020

Opn-access-media-release-8-JUne-2020.docx Grant-Shapps-SoS-9-6-20-Open-access.docx [...]

New Northern Rail Class 195 Unit
Get on board with Pontefract Civic Society

Introduction The civic society is a charity for the public benefit for the district, our [...]

20
Nov
Grand Central train at Monkhill station, Pontefract.
Just what has Pontefract Civic Society done for rail?

When Peter Cookson became aware of the potential for a West Riding service from Bradford [...]

12
Apr
The Railways of Pontefract in Days of Steam by Peter Cookson

Peter is a lifelong rail enthusiast, campaigner and photographer of both stations and rolling stock. [...]

11
Dec