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Just been sent this by a mate in the area.
Feesible ?
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/passenger-rail-services-could-return-17825341
Feesible ?
Passenger rail services could return to East Cleveland for the first time in 50 years.
Redcar and Cleveland Council has commissioned a study to see "how feasible" a regular service would be on the line used by the Boulby freight train.
Campaigners say it's a "unique journey that people will want to take"- linking communities and boosting the area's tourism.
The route itself takes in stunning scenery, along the cliffs between Carlin Howe and Brotton.
Only one person currently gets to see it; the Freightliner train driver moving ICL Boulby's polyhalite and rock salt from the mine to Tees Dock, up to six times a day.
But that could all change if the numbers stack up, with a cost analysis due by early summer.
Ideas include platforms or 'halts' at Saltburn West close to Saltburn Learning Campus, Skelton, Brotton, Loftus, Carlin Howe and Easington.
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https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/passenger-rail-services-could-return-17825341