Hilary attended a public meeting regarding changes to rail timetables affecting local and national services, especially in Mytholmroyd, Todmorden and Walsden.
RE: PUBLIC MEETING IN MYTHOLMROYD WITH NORTHERN RAIL 30th JUNE
Hilary Myers, Parliamentary Spokesperson for the Lib Dems, was also at the meeting. “Quite a number of people from Walsden had travelled to Mytholmroyd to add their voices to the protest”, she said. “Clearly, the issues are going to be the same there with additional pressure being put on the station car park in Todmorden which is always full by 9am on a weekday as things stand. There seems to be a lack of joined up thinking on the part of local transport planners.”
Asked about the Liberal Democrat response to the Government’s announcement that it will be consulting on its long-term rail strategy later this year, Hilary expressed disappointment. “It seems we are going to have to wait until 2012 before the Government publishes its long-term plan for the railways. We in the Lib Dems would give this matter far higher priority. It was apparent from last night’s meeting that Northern Rail’s problem is how to improve the service overall without reducing it at the smaller stations. They shouldn’t have to be faced with that choice!”
