Beattock Station Action Group
Campaigning for a stopping Rail service at a re-opened Beattock Station.
Lack of response to letter – Follow up action
In early December we sent a letter to the Transport Minister and Transport Scotland requesting a face-to-face meeting to discuss the inadequate response to to the STAG report. Our ongoing efforts to engage with Transport Minister and Transport Scotland have yielded no response thus far. Recognising the gravity of the situation, Councilor Stephen Thompson took…
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Letter to Transport Minister challenging response to STAG Report
After the poor response from Transport Scotland in relation to the STAG report, the action group felt that this was not acceptable. We have therefore drafted a letter to both the Transport Minister and Transport Scotland. Dear Transport Minister I’m writing on behalf of Beattock Station Action Group concerning the response to the STAG Report,…
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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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