Coffee Morning at Moffat Town Hall – 23rd November
Beattock Station Action Group are having a coffee morning event at Moffat Town Hall on 23rd November. See the attached poster for more details. Beattock Station Coffee Morning 23 November 2013
Beattock Station Action Group meeting with Abellio
The Beattock Station Action Group made further progress towards the re-opening of Beattock Station at a consultation meeting with Abellio, an international railway company who are putting in a bid to run the ScotRail franchise from 2014. The Abellio representatives wanted to meet with the Beattock Station Action Group (BSAG) to ascertain the public demand…
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Public demand for Beattock Station
Public demand for Beattock Station identified Around 800 people were involved in filling in a questionnaire, 641 complete responses were received, 135 of them from family groups and 100 from Moffat Academy pupils. All but 2 supported the opening of the station 61% came from the local area and 39% outwith the area. The majority…
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BBC Dumfries Broadcast Thursday 1st
A survey carried out as part of a campaign to re-open Beattock Railway Station has revealed overwhelming public backing for the move. The findings – based on more than six hundred completed questionnaires – are to be compiled in an official report for the local transport partnership, SWESTRANS. It’s hoped it’ll help accelerate plans to…
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Moffat hub and the aspiration for a re-opened station
Information on the Third National Planning Framework consultation. This includes a proposal for a National Network of Long Distance Trails and Routes. Looking at the associated map, Moffat is at the hub of numerous routes. The proposal makes much of connecting to other transport, especially rail. Swestrans draft response highlights the Moffat hub, and the…
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STAG Appraisal Guidance
The Guidance represents best practice transport appraisal guidance. It sets out a structure and methodology drawn from UK and European sources and is supported by a Technical Database which provides detailed advice on the application of the individual elements of STAG. Both the Guidance and Technical Database are available at: http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/scot-tag. STAG – Appraisal Guidance
Beattock Station Presentation from AGM
The powerpoint presentation from the Beattock Station Action Group AGM can be downloaded from the link below: BSAG AGM 2013
Beattock Station Action Group AGM 2013
7.00pm Thursday 30th May 2013 TOWN HALL – Moffat All welcome refreshments will be available. After a short business element catch up with our progress via a presentation & informal chat with members of our steering group followed by a showing of The Night Mail BSAG AGM
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