Wharfedale Transport for Future Sustainability

06/09/2024

Find out more about the campaign to rebuild the railway link between Skipton and Colne.

The Colne to Skipton rail line will be a brand new Trans-Pennine route to connect East Lancashire, Yorkshire and beyond. Regenerating Communities across the North, SELRAP has been campaigning since 2001 to reopen this vital railway.

23/01/2024

Don't miss out! Share your views about Ilkley Railway Station by taking the short survey by FOIRS. Use the QR cose, or scroll down their home page and click on the link https://www.foirs.co.uk/

06/07/2023

Wonderful to see the great work being done by the Friends of Ilkley Rail Station.

Artwork depicting Ilkley, designed by children from local primary schools Ashlands, Ben Rhydding, Ghyll Royd, Moorfield and Sacred Heart has been…

02/12/2022

Have you say on the future of Bradford district’s city and towns
Bradford Council is inviting developers, businesses, landowners, and members of the public to have a say on a new policy framework which will guide development in the district’s city and town centres over the coming decades.
The new development framework will set the direction, development principles and specific site-based opportunities to deliver sustainable economic growth across the city of Bradford, Keighley, Ilkley, Shipley and Bingley town centres and will focus investment decisions and priorities for regeneration over the next 20 years.

This first consultation focuses on people’s perceptions of their community and the challenges and opportunities they face. These will then feed into the plans as they are developed before a second consultation in the spring looking at specific ideas and options.

The Council believes the development framework will inspire investment confidence and maximise the district’s development potential beyond the Bradford City of Culture year of 2025 and the Shipley and Keighley Towns Fund programmes to create employment opportunities that will improve local people’s lives and protect the environment for future generations.

This is your opportunity to tell us about what you believe to be the challenges and opportunities in relation to developing Ilkley over the next 20 years.The information we collect is governed by our Privacy Policy which is available by following the link at the bottom of this page.The survey will b...

04/01/2022

FREE WEBINAR
11:30 to 13:00 on Wednesday 12 January

Rail is the safest and most sustainable form of powered transport, and should be quick, comfortable, cost effective and reliable, but is currently operating below capacity and failing to meet customer expectations. Recovery of the rail industry is critical to sustainable growth of the UK economy, but what is needed to make rail recovery happen?
This 90-minute webinar organised by Railfuture will explore what product offering will attract people back to rail travel, close the credibility gap between the rhetoric and the customer experience, and turn good intentions into reality.
We have designed the webinar to allow plenty of time for Q&A — these will be influenced by both the Webinar Chat and a series of Polls, including one circulated before the webinar. As a scene setter each of our panellists will start with a five-minute update.

Our Panel is:
Webinar Chair: Christian Wolmar, Railfuture President
Steve White, Managing Director, Southeastern
Suzanne Donnelly, Commercial Director, Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT)
Stewart Palmer, Vice President and Director, Railfuture
Previously Managing Director of South West Trains
Ian Brown CBE, Vice President and Policy Director, Railfuture
Previously Managing Director of Transport for London Rail

Registration (free) is needed and can be completed at the link below:

Speakers: - Chair: Christian Wolmar, Railfuture's Presdent - Steve White, Managing Director, Southeastern - Suzanne Donnelly, Commercial Director, Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) - Ian Brown CBE, Railfuture Vice President and Policy Director and previously Managing Director of Transpo...

23/02/2020

This Yorkshire Post article from 2017 highlights the lost links between Ilkley and Skipton, and Ilkley and Otley.

Transport secretary Chris Grayling recently announced that he wanted his department to identify disused railways which could be re-opened to passenger traffic.