The Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) is a campaign that is looking to reopen the Skipton to Colne railway line, as part of connecting the Lancashire town of Colne to the North Yorkshire town of Skipton. The line between them had been closed in 1970.

SELRAP, which has led the campaign to re-open the 12-mile trans-Pennine Colne to Skipton line closed in the 1970s, is hopeful the new Labour government may opt to re-instate the line for which draft plans have already been drawn up.

2024年10月18日 · Members of the Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) met Jonathan Hinder MP in his office in Colne and then showed him a section of the old track bed. The Labour backbencher...

2025年1月3日 · Skipton and East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) has long been pressing for the route to be restored. Now the group has been buoyed by the reopening last month of a disused...

2025年2月20日 · CAMPAIGNERS seeking the reinstatement of the Skipton to Colne railway line are due to hold their annual general meeting in March. The 23rd AGM of the Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (Selrap), which will take place in Colne, will be a chance for supporters to receive an update of what has taken place in the past year.

2023年3月23日 · The Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) is campaigning to restore the abandoned Skipton to Colne railway that once connected North Yorkshire and Lancashire. The line was originally opened in 1848 as part of the Leeds and Bradford Railway's Shipley to Colne extension.

2023年3月15日 · The partnership group, also known as SELRAP, held its annual general meeting in Colne this week. It was the first in-person annual meeting since the covid pandemic began.

2024年9月13日 · The Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) says recent talks since July's general election raise hope about reinstating the 12-mile link between Yorkshire and Lancashire. Their long-term aim is to expand connections from west to east, including for Blackpool , Preston , Liverpool, Bradford, Leeds and Hull, through a new Colne ...

2021年6月2日 · SELRAP, the action group campaigning to reinstate just 12 miles of rail track between Colne and Skipton, are building up to a major last push to get the project over the line. A new rail corridor will be transformational – forming the North’s freight trans-Pennine link, supporting the levelling-up of the Northern economy.

2021年2月4日 · Supporters say a new rail corridor will be transformational - forming the north’s fourth trans-Pennine link, supporting the levelling-up of the East Lancashire and wider northern economy.