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Keswick to Penrith Railway Re-opening

Media reports

On this page we will provide links to reports and film clips about the Railway Project.
This page will develop progressively - please come back and visit again sometime !

If you find an online article about the Keswick to Penrith Railway Project which we have not mentioned,
 
Please send us the link by e-mail to: ckp@martindale.f9.co.uk
 
 

2014

       

08 Aug 2014

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Planning Inspector refuses appeal for infilling Keswick Penrith rail bridge

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10 Jun 2014

News & Star

Calls to reopen a railway line suffer a fresh blow

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24 May 2014

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Nobbut laikin (opinion column includes CKP determination)

 
       

17 Apr 2014

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Train enthusiast making tracks to celebrate railway anniversary

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2013

       
       
       
       

05 Apr 2013

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Bridging the gap for walkers

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02 Apr 2013

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Railway use at record high (MEP letter)

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08 Feb 2013

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Planners reject Penrith - Keswick rail bridge infill plan

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11 Jan 2013

Cumberland News

Offices plan threat to Keswick - Penrith rail project

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2012

05 Oct 2012

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Rail revival plan heading along different track

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24 Aug 2012

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Lakeland apprentices are to learn rural skills

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04 May 2012

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Actors on track to celebrate railway anniversary

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04 May 2012

News & Star

Play marks key railway anniversary in Keswick

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09 Mar 2012

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

40 years since rail service came to the end of the line

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20 Jan 2012

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Campaigners still on track to reopen Penrith to Keswick railway

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2011

16 Sep 2011

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Regional Growth funding sought for Keswick to Penrith railway project

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09 Sep 2011

News & Star

Bid for Government cash to reopen Penrith - Keswick rail line

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14 May 2011

News & Star

(opinion) Make the train more appealing

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14 May 2011

News & Star

Fuel prices driving us back to the railways

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20 May 2011

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

New Councils urged to back rail line revival plan

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21 Jan 2011

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Parliamentary boundary changes could lead to creation of new Penrith to Keswick rail link

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17 Jan 2011

News & Star

Plans to re-open Keswick to Penrith rail line gathering steam

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2010

03 Dec 2010

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Weight restriction for Newsham Bridge (Threlkeld) ?

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10 Sep 2010

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

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07 Jul 2010

News & Star

 

Cumbrian Lord wants cars banned from parts of Lake District

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22 May 2010

News & Star

 

Hopes rising Keswick to Penrith rail line may be reopened

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06 Apr 2010

News & Star

We'll reopen Cumbrian rail lines if elected - Lib Dems

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05 Apr 2010

BBC

Lib Dems plan rail expansion by cutting road projects

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Print

2009

04 Sep 2009

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Park policy welcomed by Penrith-Keswick rail line promoter

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14 Aug 2009

News & Star

Rail must be the future for Keswick (letter)

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10 Aug 2009

News & Star

Poor transport for West Cumbria (letter)

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17 Jul 2009

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Green light for business units on former railway line

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20 Feb 2009

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Meeting for railway company bondholders

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12 Feb 2009

News & Star

Railways kept our towns vibrant (letter)

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12 Feb 2009

Cumberland News

Ideas and investment are the key to town’s future

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17 Feb 2009

News & Star

Call to stand by Keswick rail plan

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03 Sep 2009 

News & Star

Bendy buses are one solution for Cumbria (letter mentions CKP)

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22 Jan 2009

News & Star

Lakes link should open all at once - Engineer

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2008

17th Sep 2008

Westmorland Gazette

BBC story sparks railway plea

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15th Sep 2008

Cumberland News

Railway will bring annual benefits of more than £10 million

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12th Sep 2008

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Rail line could bring millions to local economy:

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5th Sep 2008

Cumberland News

For Cedric, there is no end of the line

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8th June 2008

BBC Politics Show (NE & Cumbria)

Railways - back on track ?

 

25th Feb 2008

Cumberland News

Keswick Town Council asked to be Railway Champion

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20 Sep 2008

News & Star

Bridges to an earlier time (letter)

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10 Sep 2008

News & Star

We'd be on track for 10m GBP economic boost

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19 Sep 2008

News & Star

Access all areas (views on transport in Cumbria)

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Print

2007

07 Sep 2007

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

NWDA report up to 480,000 passengers a year

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16 Jun 2007

Cumberland News

Letter of support

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17 Apr 2007

Cumberland News

Eden Council considers line abandoned not disused

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12 Jan 2007

Cumberland News

Consultants to investigate business case for reopening line

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21 Mar 2007

News & Star

Our railway network is a shambles (letter)

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07 Sep 2007

News & Star

Bring back the Penrith - Keswick train and ban cars (letter)

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12 Jan 2007

News & Star

Experts weigh up rail line costs

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Print

2006

16 Sep 2006

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

CKP talk to Penrith Chamber of Trade

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19 Aug 2006

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Fuel depot approval blow to rail line plans

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21 Jan 2006

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Ombudsman says rail line planning dispute is a difference of opinion

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19 May 2006

News & Star

Agency backs trains to Keswick plan

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14 Jan 2006

News & Star

Rail link Ombudsman complaint rejected

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08 Feb 2006

News & Star

Fuel depot will harm rail link plan

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16 Aug 2006

News & Star

Case for railway examined

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13 Jan 2006

News & Star

Planners cleared in rail row

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2005

       

10 Sep 2005

News & Star

Row over rail line reinstatement costs

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2004

04 Dec 2004

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

CKP complains to Council over Flusco planning decision

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06 Nov 2004

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

CKP rejects MP’s claim that rail scheme is pie in the sky

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30 Oct 2004

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Keswick councillors “snubbed” by neighbouring Eden over Flusco plans

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18 Sep 2004

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Industrial Park promoted ahead of rail scheme

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21 Aug 2004

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Eden Councillors will view Flusco site but reject CKP offer for Rail Engineer to attend

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07 Aug 2004

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Department for Transport approves CKP environmental scoping report

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27 Mar 2004

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Prescott’s comments boost Railway campaigners’ hopes

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10 Jan 2004

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Lake District Planners “short-sighted” over poultry plant plan

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07 Jan 2004

Cumberland News

Poultry farm plan sparks rail anger

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01 Oct 2004

News & Star

Roads row over rail link plans

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02 Oct 2004

News & Star

Fight to re-open old railway line will go on

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25 Oct 2004

News & Star

Rail-link snub for Keswick

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07 Dec 2004

News & Star

Complaint to Council over planning decision

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06 Aug 2004

News & Star

Deprtment of Transport approves environmental scope

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03 Nov 2004

News & Star

Rail line plan 'pie in the sky' says MP

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Print

2003

18 Nov 2003

News & Star

Council's transport logic is flawed

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31 Dec 2003

News & Star

Concern over poultry plant

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22 Jul 2003

News & Star

Job creation scheme could hit plans to revive railway

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