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Petition update, 28 April 2008

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Reopen the railway from Manchester to Sheffield via Woodhead tunnel

The former main line railway between Manchester and Sheffield via Woodhead was closed to passengers in 1970 and to freight in 1981. Closure occured despite electrification in 1954. and journey times between the the two cities are now longer and existing routes are at capacity.

Reopening the Woodhead summit line and introducing through trains Manchester - Woodhead - Penistone - Barnsley - Sheffield - St. Pancras will increase capacity between London and Manchester, and could take a lot of lorries off the road!

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• john fowler
• Steve Heninghem
• Steven Corbett
• Anthony west
• David Hoyle
• Anne Grange
• Andrew Millner
• Barry Edwards
• David Whittaker
• Peter Mackness
• chris
• mark whiteley
• Paul Kenworthy
• Dawn Biram
• Brendan J Stone
• simon hills
• Peter Miller
• tony robinson
• Derek Waites
• Graham Jellett
• Gill Upham
• Gareth Houghton
• David Jackson
• Gary Stimson
• Peter Barbour
• Cllr Jillian Creasy
• Steve Trumm
• Diane Mc Naught
• Keith Martin
• Richard Bedwell
• Ian Hacking
• Wilfred Carey
• D. S. McCracken
• Colin Divall
• Karen Hunt
• Andrew Wood
• Eric Simpson
• Steve Barber
• Ron Gillott
• Sylvan Davies
• James E Reynolds
• Patrick Rigby
• PAUL NEWTON do it andget th wagons off the wood head road
• James Benedict Brown
• Nigel Wood
• Michael Walters
• Ursula Harries
• Paul Jones
• craig pemberton
• Robert Curtis
• Ian Cohen
• Robert Mullins
• John Weaver
• mark whitfield
• rob murphy
• Rowan Lidbury
• Keith Richards
• Adam Sykes
• Norman Nicholson
• Andrew Wallace
• Andrew Jones
• andrewe wheal
• Dave Spencer
• John Wright
• David Geard
• Ian Besford
• Richard Preece
• Jeremy Benson
• jessica gregory
• Chris Cozens
• Jonathan Wood
• Nichola Sweeting
• Angie Wain
• Andrew Grace
• Richard Holland
• Michael A Sorfleet.
• John Michael Wood
• Clive Poole
• N.MUFFETT
• Margaret Lacey
• Craig B.Emerson
• BRIAN SMITH
• Tony Webber
• richard attwood
• Sean C Austin
• christopher andersen
• G W Manuel
• SImon Carey
• jacqueline Sorfleet.
• Michael Hannah
• Andrew Phillips
• James Butterworth
• Paul Walsh
• CJ Barlow
• JOHN CARTER
• Patricia Carter
• John White
• Andrew Sewell
• Chas Gilbert
• Rodger Damian Harden
• David Ablitt
• Dennis Holmes
• David Sterratt
• Will Smith
• David Atkin
• Peter Poole
• Lucille Sharp
• Michael James Arman Brough
• Patricia Hammond
• Tom Holloway
• Rob Sawyer
• Luke Gibbons
• Michael Hirst
• paul short
• andrew Stanney
• Simon Durnford
• Martin Cussell
• martin nixon
• claire dewar
• Toby Fenwick
• Jeremy Sorfleet
• David Shaw
• David
• James Ollerenshaw
• margaret edwards
• Matthew Moran
• John kilner
• Felix Sorfleet
• Dave Yates
• Darren Cawthorne
• David Bruce MacDougall
• L W REGARDSOE
• Brian Catt
• James Briggs
• David Marshall
• shaun parkin
• Mr Edward Barnes
• Anthony Gerard Kirby
• Jeffrey T E Langham
• Trevor Stone
• G R Carr
• Scott McKavett
• Peter Arnold
• Nick Jablonski
• D Lennon
• Christopher Grimbley
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• mark gledhill
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• stephen chapman
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• christina longden
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• Jane Varley
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• colin scott
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• Yasminah Beebeejaun
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• Ronald Morris
• Peter Hunt
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• John Band
• Chris Leah
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• Steve Gold
• Stuart List
• gary ripley
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• Ian Andrew
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• Adrian Millward
• Nicholas Bethune
• Mark Wills
• Jonathan Wright
• tom stanforth
• Stuart Edgar
• Rob Daniels
• robert graham
• Clive Dean
• Daniel Grey
• Paul Robertson
• Sally Buxton
• John Ward
• Kevin Gauntlett
• Malcolm Jevons MBE
• MARK ROBBINS
• Simon Hyde
• Dawn Price
• Lloyd Butler
• Richard Middleton
• Steve Parrish
• Dr Paul Alexander Stewart
• Dan McNeill
• karl wilson
• Lawrence Marshall
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• Iain Mackay
• Graham Firth
• Phil Marshall
• Harold A. Nicolson
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• Matthew Squirrell
• Kenneth Watson
• Daniel L Pitman
• John Saul
• Jim Hillman
• Arwel Parry
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• Mike Harrison
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• Stephen Holloway
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• David Bradbury
• leon johnson
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• Kenneth Combe
• Damon Powell
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• John Farr
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• Mark Christopher Herbert
• Patrick Swan
• Kieth Glover
• John Hewitt
• Graham Symms
• Colin Smith
• Peter Booth
• Sue Daws
• mrs a.e. humphrey
• Malcolm Roper
• M.Hammond
• Andy Spenceley
• Mervyn Smith
• Chris Owen
• Brian Litherland
• Simon Hutton
• Alan munday
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• Richard Sargeant
• Alistair Shepherd
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• martin stride
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• Paul (Elmo) Dowie
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• MARTIN RYNN
• Colin Porter
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• lee spence
• Gavin Blackburn
• Adrian Hawley
• Paul Soane
• James Gamble
• John Roberts
• Gareth Wain
• Andrew Sutton
• Craig Wain
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• David Overall
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• Gregory Tingey
• Stephen Ralph
• Lester Olliff
• Robert Masson
• jon s clough
• sophie brown
• sophie gledhill
• Adrian Thompson
• Greg Richardson
• Ian Van Ryne
• John Campbell
• Charlie Shepley
• PHILIP MEAD
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• John Lyon
• Neville Sloper
• jennifer robinson
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• Andrew Hocking
• Darren Axe
• Anthony Grubb
• Peter Milner
• paul toone
• Mark Appleton
• Peter J Owen
• Peter Bartley
• William Dewar
• Stan Beben
• Mark Scott
• Lee Davies
• Peter Wakefield
• Mark Hoyle
• Sam Keyworth
• Chris Brooks
• Christian Horner
• Gary kemp
• Ian Tunstall
• David Ingham
• Warren Armstrong
• John Hooson
• Brian Jones
• Mark Rawcliffe
• Kevin Scarth
• Grahame Beacher
• John Stocks
• Robert Alexander
• Alan Henshall
• Jean K Brown
• Patricia Earle
• Malcolm Holmes
• Sue Horsman
• melanie sharp
• raymon robson
• Janet Ogden
• Terry Wright
• Paul M Knapton
• Ian G Strang
• James Hall
• paul spain
• david stone
• Garry Blackmore
• Darren Powell
• David Furmage
• Andrew FRANKLIN
• Richard Paterson
• roy blackmore
• Vic Gerhardi
• KEVIN TAYLOR
• Pamela Burston
• Ben Thompson
• Stephen Oliver
• Ian Cook
• Martin Petchey
• George Thomas
• Gerrie Brown
• Richard Goddard
• Stephen John ward
• Philip Bisatt
• Jeremy Bingham
• Peter Weller
• Miss Carol Hill
• Robert Frost
• David Spain
• Clare Burningham
• Bruce Oliver
• Brian Hutchings
• Michael Cherry
• j h rickman
• Adrian Haw
• Geoff Tuffnell
• Philip Simpson
• Gary Griffiths
• Michael George
• kevin crowley
• Gordon Sutton
• Richard Brown
• ray grey
• timothy wheat
• Nigel Tout
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• Helen Ryan
• Elizabeth Brooks
• Gregory Healey
• Sarah Healey
• Graham Dines
• Martin Fitzpatrick
• Marcus Jones
• G. G. Sweeney
• Brendan Biggs
• Lee Fletcher
• Peter Burkimsher
• john elsey
• C A S Honnor
• Stuart Gascoigne
• Fran Perry
• Steve Perry
• Graham Ditte
• Mark Adams
• David Scroxton
• Anne Hill
• David Phillips
• Andrew Battersby
• Eugene Lucas
• John Henderson
• Tom Cairns

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