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Stressing the case for new rail link for Beverley - Graham Stuart MP to join in action day in the town

Minsters Rail Campaign is pushing for the railway connection

[Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart is to join in an action day organised by the Minsters Rail Campaign]

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Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart is to join in an action day organised by the Minsters Rail Campaign(Image: grahamstuart.com)

An action group pressing for a new railway link between Hull and York, via Beverley, is to hold a campaign event this coming weekend.

The Minsters Rail Campaign, which is actively pushing for the connection, will hold a campaign session in Toll Gavel, Beverley, on Saturday, December 14, from 1pm. Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has announced he will be there to lend his support.

Mr Stuart has long supported the campaign for a new railway Hull and York, which received 50,000 in funding under the previous governments Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund, since scrapped by the Labour administration. The Minsters Rail Campaign is pressing hard to get funding for a Strategic Outline Business Case to be included in the manifestos for Hull and East Riding mayoral campaigns.

The project is supported by local MPs, including Dame Diana Johnson (Lab, Hull North and Cottingham ), Emma Hardy (Lab, Hull West and Haltemprice), Charlie Dewhirst (Con, Bridlington and the Wolds) and Sir David Davis (Con, Goole and Pocklington). The campaign event on Saturday will take the form of a street stall, with members of the group available to answer any questions and to ask people to sign a letter of support.

Mr Stuart has been at the forefront of getting the project moving. He has organised briefings of MPs in Parliament, obtained a commitment that the 168m Local Transport Fund could fund the project and has worked closely with the Minsters Rail group for many years. He said: "We need to keep up momentum to move York to Hull Rail forward and on Saturday we will build on the incredible public support the railway proposal already has.

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Minsters Rail is a first-class campaign group and Im grateful that theyve invited me to help them put the case for the railway to the people of Beverley. I hope to see many people at Toll Gavel on Saturday.

Roy Begg, project manager for the Minsters Rail Campaign, said: We at Minsters Rail are really looking forward to talking to people in Beverley about the benefits a new railway line between York and Hull would bring. Graham has been a stalwart supporter of the railway so its great to have him with us.

Itll be a massive challenge to get this railway to the planning stages, but its the right project for our area and I hope all the mayoral candidates get on board.

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