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18 December 2019
Vol 26 Issue 51
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After landslide election victory for Boris and his promise to pour billions into infrastructure projects in the North, West Lancs MP says...
NOW DELIVER A TRAIN STATION FOR OUR TOWN! Report by Henry James
WEST Lancs MP Rosie Cooper has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver his election pledge to reconnect Skelmersdale to the rail network. The Tory promise was included in proposals to reinstate rail lines which were scrapped in the 1960s following the recommendations of Dr Richard Beeching. Now, boosted by a whopping big majority gained by winning seats in the traditional Labour heartlands of the North, Cooper wants the new PM to
Memo to Boris... it’s time to act on reinstating Skem’s lost railway station
Rail pledge must be honoured, says Rosie Cooper following her re-election
deliver on his pledge and give Skelmersdale its long-awaited train station. Before his landslide election triumph, Mr Johnson stated that ‘for too long, too many towns and villages across Britain have been overlooked’, and he pledged to spend £500m to reconnect to the rail network such places as Ashington, Seaton Delaval and Blyth in the North East of England, and Skelmersdale, Thornton-Cleveleys and Fleetwood in the North West. Rosie Cooper, who was returned as the West Lancs
MP in last Thursday’s General Election for the fifth time, told the Champion: “I have taken every opportunity to lobby Ministers, ask questions in Parliament and make the case for a railway station in Skelmersdale. “Many Skelmersdale residents feel isolated and forgotten. They thought the railway station would never be built – actually it was already on its way with plans well advanced but after the Prime Minister ’s announcement, it’s a lot closer! “A railway station in the heart of Skelmersdale
will open up a world of economic and social opportunities for the town and its residents. “It is inconceivable that in the 21st Century, a town with a population of 38,000, is served only by infrequent buses and where residents who don’t own cars can’t easily go about their daily lives, work, shop or enjoy visits to theatres and cinemas in nearby towns such as Liverpool and Manchester. This railway station will mean that West Lancashire constituents will no longer be isolated from 21st Century Britain. Continued inside
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