Northern Alliance
Promoting Northern Organisations, Businesses and Registered Political Parties
Transport & Environment
This page focuses on local campaigns to restore and improve Railways, Canals, Ancient Monuments, Agriculture, Fishing & the Environment.
Railways
Northumberland Line opened on the 15th December 2024, bringing passenger trains back into service between Ashington and Newcastle with six new railway stations.
'Restore your Railway Scheme' cancelled by the British Government 29th July 2024. A great many long standing schemes at various stages of the very expensive and time consuming approvals stage have now been abandoned. Most if not all the proposed schemes would have had a very positive impact on Northerner's lives and the economy.
Canal Restoration Schemes
The Canal River Trust currently manages all inland Waterways within Northern England. http://canalrivertrust.org.uk
Sankey Canal-Opened 1757
The Canal is currently disused with only small sections along its length from Widnes to St Helens via Warrington able to hold water. There are currently no plans to restore the Canal.
Sankey Canal Restoration Society http://www.sankeycanal.co.uk
Main obstacle's to restoration apart from the lack of finance etc is that the M62 cuts across the Canal at Winwick.
