In response to the completion of the Strategic Outline Business Case for reestablishing the York to Hull rail link, Graham Stuart MP, a passionate campaigner for the line for many years, is encouraging residents to share their thoughts on the Minsters Line.
The next phase of the campaign for the new Line will be an Engineering Study that will show how it would be built so that the plan for the Line can be oven-ready.
Graham is offering residents a chance to have their say on the Line now that the business case has been submitted, so he can make sure residents’ voices are heard at the highest levels of government.
Having submitted the Strategic Outline Business Case, Graham is looking forward to raising the Minsters Line with ministers, as well as meeting with other MPs and Councillors, in order to ensure this business case receives the attention it deserves.
The East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) and the Minsters Rail Campaign, with Graham as sponsoring MP, were successful in their bid for Government funding to develop a Strategic Outline Business Case for reinstating the line in October 2021.
The project was part of the government’s “Restoring Your Railway” Fund – a £500 million commitment to study restoring many of the railways destroyed by the Beeching cuts in the 1960s. After ERYC topped up the Government funding to £70,000, AECOM was commissioned to complete the project.
A more detailed business case is now in the hands of the Department for Transport following the submission of the Strategic Outline Business Case at the end of September.
By reintroducing the 32-mile Minsters Line, Beverley’s transport connections would be transformed, as well as those of other East Riding towns, increasing investment, and employment, and reducing carbon emissions.
Commenting, Graham Stuart MP said:
“We in Beverley, and the surrounding areas, need and deserve this line, which is why I’m so delighted to have worked to get the funding for this fantastic business case.
“The York to Hull line is one of the great tools we have available to level up our region, including Beverley and the surrounding villages.
“But this railway is about more than Beverley. It’s about connecting two of the great Northern cities, York and Hull. Two great university cities, and two centres of innovation.
“The Strategic Outline Business Case shows this line has demand, utility and is environmentally friendly.
“I look forward to hearing what impact the York to Hull Rail Link would make to our community.”
Residents can have their say at https://www.grahamstuart.com/campaigns/beverley-york-railway
