Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

At a meeting of the Policy & Resources Committee, the Town Clerk reported upon his exchange of correspondence with the Divisional Manager of BR on the subject of the future of Accrington’s Railway Station, and his report was noted with the thanks of the Committee. The Alyn Valley was the target of the ‘Rambler’, which departed town at 07:51, Rishton 07:58, and called at Wrexham at 09:50 (19:05), Cefn-y-bedd 10:14 (18:51), Caergwrle 10:19 (18:46), Hope 10:24 (18:43), Penyffordd 10:28 (18:39), Buckley 10:32 (18:35) and arriving in Harwarden at 10:36. The return left at 18:30 and was back for 21:13 and 21:19 respectively. The fares were £3:80p and £1:90p. The two night weekend in Aviemore was again being advertised for Saturday, November 20 th to the 22 nd . Passengers would have to change in Preston onto either the 08:52 or the 09:53 and again in Edinburgh. The return from Aviemore would depart at 11:21 on Monday. As on previous occasions the price for sharing a chalet varied according to numbers, with 4 paying £42:00 and £32:00, 3 paying £44:00 and £34:00 and the minimum booking of 2 paying £48:00 and £38:50p. Booking would close six weeks prior to departure. ( Extracts from .) ‘A RAIL STRATEGY FOR LANCASHIRE’ August 16 th 1982. Brian Hill, DL LLB (Solicitor, Chief Executive/Clerk). G. A. Johnson, BA

(Solicitor & Deputy Clerk). P.O. Box 78, County Hall, PRESTON.

To the Rt. Hon. David HOWELLS, MP. Secretary of state for Transport. 2, Marshall Street, LONDON. SW1P 3EB. Dear Mr Howell,

Over the past few months the County Council, in consultation with the District Councils have been working on a Rail Strategy for Lancashire. I now enclose with this letter a copy of this Strategy, which sets out the main priorities for urgently needed investment in the County’s rail network. This document was prepared with the support of British Railways, who provided much of the information. The catalyst for this document was the proposal last year by British Railways to single, or truncate various of the branch lines in Lancashire. The Local Authorities were extremely concerned that these steps might be the preliminary to closure of certain lines, with consequential damage to the economy of the County. Additionally it appeared to that some doubts were being cast on the previously high priority being given to the electrification of the Manchester to Blackpool route, via Preston. Perhaps the fundamental point which underlines this Rail Strategy in the North West and in Lancashire in particular, is that it is not receiving its fair share of the

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