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Peter Website Member Posts : 5064	26/08/2011 : 13:35:08 DID YOU KNOW In 1886 a railway line was planned from Addingham to Colne via Silsden, Cross Hills and Cowling to include a branch line to Lothersdale. It was never built. Attached are the plans for the Silsden area. SEE THE PLANS www.silsden.net/forum/forumpics/SilsdenRailway_1886.pdf
Dave Website Member Posts : 263	26/08/2011 : 20:19:58 quote There was proposed a railway from Addingham to Colne, a grandiose scheme to link through Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Otley, Addingham, Colne and onto the West Coast terminating at Fleetwood. The whole scheme was impractical for it would have meant tunnelling first through to Lothersdale from Crosshills and again Lothersdale to Colne. The scheme swallowed up £65,770 and 'not a sod was cut'. Taken from www.addingham.info/history.html
dogcatcher Website Member Posts : 4067	30/08/2011 : 16:57:36 this post has been edited 1 time(s) a group has got together called selrap getting funds to reopen the skipton to colne line which would be good for getting to lancs and a shorter route for man airport,last train ran feb 1st 1970, and is only 11.5 miles long so it should be feasable to reopen it.
Alan Grop Website Member Posts : 98	01/09/2011 : 16:21:52 That would be handy for getting to Burnley From Silsden station.
Peter Website Member Posts : 5064	01/09/2011 : 16:55:19 More information from here selrap.org.uk/ Skipton East Lancs Railway Action Partnership (SELRAP)
dogcatcher Website Member Posts : 4067	01/09/2011 : 21:17:53 this post has been edited 1 time(s) theres even a freight line from hellifield to blackburn if they opened that up to passenger trains it would still be quicker than going round bfd way to burnley or leeds way round to manchester or the airport etc.

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