The group are committed to seeing the Station at Beattock re-opened and last week met the UK Transport Minister Claire Perry. Speaking after the meeting Marin Brown said: ‘I had a very positive ten minutes with Ms Perry. I was pleased that she listened and she was very enthusiastic about our Cause’ David Mundell, who…
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Tuesday, 3rd February 2015, 5.30 pm Holyrood On the day a small group of us attended the meeting as we were interested in what was to be presented by the new chief executive of Abellio. Mike Kean then spoke on the subject of the new ScotRail franchise that is due to be operated by Abellio…
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Beattock Station Action Group are holding their AGM on Wednesday 3rd December 2014 at 7:00pm in Beattock Village Hall. All welcome and refreshments will be available. The evening will include a short business progress catch up through a presentation.
These are RailfutureScotland’s top 50 stations, most of them shown in the graphic. All lie on existing or government proposed rail lines and are those assessed to provide the greatest immediate benefits. Most can be served by existing train services. Lists of additional stations and new/re-built lines which Railfuture also supports are included in separate…
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The group campaigning for the reopening of Beattock Station has welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown, that the franchise to run Scotland’s railways for the next ten years will be awarded to Abellio. The Minister visited Beattock only two weeks ago, just prior to making his decision. Abellio is a company…
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The campaign to reopen Beattock Station has been boosted by a visit from Transport Minister Keith Brown. The Minister visited the site on Wednesday 24 September, accompanied by representatives from SWestrans and Transport Scotland, to hear for himself why Beattock Station Action Group believes reopening the station is essential for the local community and the…
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Figures produced by DEFRA show that travelling by train to and from Beattock would cut the C02 emissions, currently given off by commuters vehicles, by a half to two thirds. Carbon (CO2) gas emissions are one of the main causes of climate change and are predicted to raise the earth’s temperature by several degrees centigrade,…
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Today, 30th May 2014, Chairman Martin Brown , Hugh Geddes and Peter Gray met with MSP Jim Hume at Beattock Station to explain our plans for the reopening of the station and to elicit his support for our cause. Here we see Martin with Jim Hume at Beattock Station
Event News: Informal Music session for all from 3pm till late on Sunday 11th May 2014 Venue: The Old Stables Inn “Waiting Room” in Beattock Walk the Line Beattock Station event (click to view PDF copy of event poster) “Joice” – Join in with the voice and play or listen and have fun – All Welcome…
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Jim Hume a Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland, asked a question on our behalf at General Questions in the parliament at Holyrood on Thursday the13th of March. Have a look at Jim Hume and the answer that Keith Brown, the Transport Minister gave: footage copyright SPCB2014 (http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/newsandmediacentre/40682.aspx) Jim Hume commented to us:…
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