AGM Thursday 14th September 2023
Beattock Station Action Group are holding our AGM in Beattock Village hall, High Street, Beattock DG10 9QZ on Thursday 14th September at 7.15 pm. Why not come along to meet the committee and update on the station.
Regional Transport Strategy
On Friday 30th June 2023 Swestrans board submitted it’s Regional Transport Strategy ( 2023 to 2042 ) to the Scottish Transport Minister for approval . In it ( Priority 38 ) says ” Opportunities should be investigated to run a local service on the WCML between Carlisle and Glasgow/Edinburgh and ( Priority 42 ) ”…
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Meeting with Transport Scotland and SWestrans 17th May2023
The meeting was a general discussion and overview of the process to date including the submission of the original Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance ( STAG ) in 2019 the pause due to STPR2 and then following the lark of any local rail interventions through this process our subsequent ask to that Transport Scotland assess the…
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Meeting TransPennine Express
Ron Mc Lean ( Chairman ) and Katherine Clemmens ( Secretary ) had a virtual meeting this afternoon with Graham Meiklejohn ( Head of Regional Development ) of TransPennine Express further discussion about reopening of Beattock station. Graham was very positive and feels that BSAG must keep up the political momentum with our MSPs and…
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AGM 28th July 2022
Beattock Station Action Group is holding it’s AGM in the Proundfoot indoor sports & club, Mansfield Place, Moffat DG10 9SD on Thursday 28th July at 7.15 pm.Why come along to hear how we getting on with the objective to reopen Beattock Station and have chat with the members of the committee. The AGM will elect…
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Report OF A VIRTUAL MEETING 8th June 2022
Beattock Station Action Group was represented by Ron Mc Lean ( Chair ) Franca Bruno ( Vice Chair ) and Katherine Clemmens ( Secretary ). Tony Couch, chair of Kirkpatrick Juxta Community Council was also present, along with presentatives from Eastriggs and Thornhill Railway Action Groups and Douglas Kirkpatrick of SWESTRANS. The group meeting was…
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Joint Meeting 23rd March 2022
Beattock Station Action Group was invited to a virtual meeting convened by Emma Harper MSP on 23rd March. This meeting was convened and chaired by Scott Mc Ivanney , Emma Harper ‘ PA . There should have been a mixture of politicians, civil servants and campaign groups present, but due to circumstances beyond our control,…
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Steering Group Meeting
Beattock Station Action Group is delighted to announce that a new Steering Group, chaired by Emma Harper MSP, will convene on 23rd March 2022 .The group’s remit will be to progress the re-opening of Beattock, Thornhill and Eastriggs stations and will compromise delegates from Transport Scotland, Swestrans and local ward councillors and MSPs from the…
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Have you say on the STPR 2
The Beattock Station Action Group would like as many people in the area to give their views on the STPR 2 report which was published on Thursday 20th January and this would be much appreciated , our concern is the lack of railway projects in the Dumfries and Galloway area. Just because our project isn’t…
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Walk Moffat
The Beattock Station Action Group are very happy to sponsor and support the relaunch of ” Walk Moffat ” this weekend and wish them a successful weekend and welcoming new visitors to the area to discover our wonderful countryside,we thank the many people that have worked so hard to make this weekend happen. In a…
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