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Richard Holden in North West Durham

Transport infrastructure in North West Durham is, to put it bluntly, lacking.

Places like Crook, Willington, Weardale, Dipton, Burnhope and Burnopfield have limited bus services, particularly at the weekends and in the evenings. The number of constituents who have got in touch with me about this is a concern – people sometimes wait up to an hour for a bus and, in rural areas, the public transport can be non-existent. Meanwhile, we have no dual carriage ways or main line railway stations in the constituency.

Local Bus Links

I am campaigning to improve the bus services across the constituency and have brought the Transport Secretary to North West Durham in order to see these issues himself. I have spoken in Parliament, and with both Arriva and North East about their timetables and how they operate to serve the community. I’ve pushed them on their long-term plans to improve local transport and look forward to continuing to work with them as we work to deliver on what the area needs.

A New Rail Line

North West Durham doesn’t have a rail line, which is why I launched a campaign to see a new trainline built between Consett and Newcastle/The Tyne. I have won the support of ¾ of constituents and both the Transport Secretary and the Prime Minister. As a result of my campaign, the Government have commitment to begin a feasibility study. I will continue to work with them to ensure the feasibility study is a success and push them to take further steps to improve public transport and roads across North West Durham.

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Richard Holden in North West Durham

Richard Holden confirms that all four County Durham and Darlington Conservative MPs back bid to examine re-opening and expansion of the Weardale Railway

Tuesday, 2 March, 2021

Richard Holden, Member of Parliament for North West Durham, has written to the CEO of the Auckland Project in a letter co-signed by Dehenna Davison MP for Bishop Auckland, Paul Howell MP for Sedgefield, and Peter Gibson MP for Darlington, to show a united support for the Restoring Your Railway su

Richard Holden in North West Durham

Richard Holden writes to the Department for Transport confirming his support for a key road proposal

Thursday, 25 February, 2021

Richard Holden, Member of Parliament for North West Durham, has confirmed his support for the A693 Stanley proposal.

Richard Holden in North West Durham

Richard Holden launches campaign for the Weardale Line

Monday, 22 February, 2021

Richard Holden, Member of Parliament for North West Durham, has launched a campaign to look at reopening the Weardale Line, with a link to Crook and enhanced cycling and walking routes in Weardale.

Richard Holden speaks in Westminster Hall debate on spending on Northern infrastructure

Saturday, 28 November, 2020

Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, has spoken in a Westminster Hall debate on infrastructure spending in Northern England.

Richard Holden in North West Durham

Richard Holden wins battle for feasibility study for a new link between Consett and The Tyne

Wednesday, 25 November, 2020

Richard Holden, Member of Parliament for North West Durham, has welcomed today’s announcement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, that the feasibility study he has been campaigning on for a new public transport link between Consett and The Tyne has been successful.

Richard at the old shotley bridge station

Richard Holden confirms the details of his bid for a feasibility study into a new public transport connection from Consett to the Tyne

Friday, 3 July, 2020

Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, has confirmed the full details of his application for a feasibility study into a public transport link which will run from Consett to Gateshead/Newcastle.

Richard Holden with the Transport Secretary

Richard Holden confirms that his feasibility funding bid has received the backing of North West Durham by over three to one

Wednesday, 1 July, 2020

Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, has confirmed that his feasibility funding bid has received the backing of North West Durham by over three to one.

You can read about Richard’s campaign and work on this here and here.

Richard Holden in North West Durham

Richard Holden continuing work to improve bus services for North West Durham

Monday, 25 May, 2020

Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, is continuing to work on improving bus services for North West Durham.

Richard Holden during PMQs

Richard Holden gets Prime Minister's support as he kicks off the campaign for a new public transport link between Consett and Gateshead/Newcastle

Wednesday, 20 May, 2020

Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, has this morning submitted a formal expression of interest to the Department for Transport to request that a potential new link between Consett and Newcastle be looked into.

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