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Save the Woodhead Tunnel//Climate Change demonstration

Save the Woodhead Tunnel | 20.12.2007 11:41 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Save the Woodhead Tunnel have organised a demonstration to further our campaign.
DATE: Saturday, 12th January 2008
TIME: 1.00 p.m. until 3.00 p.m.
PLACE: Woodhead tunnel, Western entrance (map link below)
Speakers (to be confirmed) plus Samba bands. All we need now is clement weather!

The Woodhead Manchester-Sheffield rail route, closed since 1981, is under threat of permanent extinction. But it can still be saved with your help.

Against the wishes of the Peak District National Park and local MPs, National Grid are proposing to re-cable their power lines through the (new) 1954 Woodhead tunnel and eliminate forever this low carbon, trans-Pennine freight and passenger route.

We’re calling for National Grid to find an alternative and campaigning to re-open the Woodhead rail route.We all now understand the need to fight climate change yet this move will see a cheap, simple solution irretrievably lost.

The Government are demonstrating gross hypocrisy on the issue. While claiming to be committed to cutting carbon emissions they have refused to halt National Grid's work yet are putting millions into airport expansion.

People who wish to come are asked to make their own way to the tunnel, preferably using the Longdendale Trail (the old trackbed) traveling on foot or bicycle, but you can also travel along the B6105 to join the Trail if you can get a lift. Alternatively, you can drive to the site turning off the A628. Parking is limited and the roads are precarious - please ensure that your own and others safety is paramount.

If you wish to walk or cycle, the best place to join the demo is at either the bus stop or Railway Station in Hadfield. There are regular trains to and from Manchester every 30 minutes, and hourly buses. The route from Hadfield to Woodhead is 6.3 miles long, and although the trail is completely level, you must be reasonably fit to walk and cycle there and back.

A map of the route is available in a separate window, the link is here:
 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=100950118038398329239.000441a586b51a597a528&z=13&om=1

A flier & more details will be available in due course.

Save the Woodhead Tunnel
- e-mail: savethewoodheadtunnel@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://savethewoodheadtunnel.blogspot.com/

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Some questions

21.12.2007 10:24

Who does the tunnel currently belong to - Network Rail? And whose permission is needed for National Grid to use it as a cable run?

Are there any engineering plans of what National Grid propose published anywhere?

Is it possible that National Grid could run their cables in the cess alongside the working railway? They have 110kV cabling under the roadway of the Mersey Queensway tunnel for example. The income from National Grid could help to fund works required to reopen the rail route, and it would be far cheaper than refurbishing the older tunnel proposed.

Mike


Woodhead Tunnel dual use

26.12.2007 09:19

Eurotunnel carries communication cables as well as a railway tracks. Shared use must be feasible with current day engineering technique. Dual use of the tunnel could make the economics of re-opening the railway more attractive.

Robert Sumerling
mail e-mail: robertsumerling@btinternet.com


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