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If this line was re-opened there would be a direct link to Manchester and Preston, thereby potentially removing hundreds of cars from the roads.This 11.5 mile line was closed in the 1970s.

Current signatories

Because there are so many signatories, only the most recent 500 are shown on this page.

• John Lofthouse
• Simon Hart
• Mark Catterall
• Ian Golightly
• JOHN PARKIN
• Ronald Golightly
• Margaret Buchanan Golightly
• andrew lowden
• andy holden
• Maurice Lynn
• Ken Monkman
• Tim Jelley
• Steven Slade
• jack ingham
• Walter Stamper
• Kenneth Cowling
• Valerie Cowling
• J.R.Nuttall
• Andrew Fieldhouse
• Christopher Creighton
• ian goodbody
• Ruth Ratcliffe
• F Blake
• Peter Fionda
• Derek Wild
• David Kane
• John Oates
• Kev Robinson
• Mr R K Armstrong
• JAMES O'NEILL
• Simon Thomspon
• Aimee Schofield
• Charles Mitchell
• Peter Howarth
• Frank Maidens
• Jason Drobig
• Anthony Rogers
• Gemma Rogers
• Tony Vroon
• Peter James
• Jeffrey Millar
• Robert Tait
• Jane Bracewell
• Peter Davies
• S H Dunworth
• Dr R.R. Furness
• Richard Hoggarth
• Kenneth Johnson
• George Garland
• Romayne Hutchison
• Andrew Temperley
• Roy Pedlar
• ian bennett
• Estelle Rogers
• Sarah Main
• Shevonne McLarnon
• Kyle J May
• jonathan roberts
• George E Dent
• Jonathan Wilkinson
• Solveig Rawlings
• George Harker
• David Sargison
• Paul Scott
• Chris Waite
• r m arblaster
• Edwin Bowlas
• amanda sowden
• Mark Ridehalgh
• Rpger Brown
• Richard Worsnip
• Michael Bellenger
• hilary southall
• Paul Bilinkewycz
• James King
• Anne Reynolds
• Joseph Redhead
• ANTHONY YOUNG
• Christopher Wallace
• Felix Schmid
• amanda bracewell
• Dr.Colin R.Rowley
• linda gott
• Anthony Vann
• Stuart F Bracewell
• Donald Southall
• J. McArthur
• Geoff Brown
• Julian Roberts
• Stephen Ottevanger
• Nigel Collins
• William Stratford
• Andy Dixon
• Anthony Steven
• David Lowe
• Trevor Machell
• Catherine White
• Sam Kennion
• Michael John Caine
• David Ellerton
• linden brown
• jeffrey w roberts
• Stuart Mills
• john ryan
• anthony atkins
• P Bignell
• p haworth
• Philip Birtwistle
• Alan Holmes
• Ishtiaq Ahmed
• David Craggs
• d
• Thomas Barnes
• Natalie graham
• Simon brown
• Mike Rossell
• Martin Penny
• GLEN NIGEL DENNY
• Thomas Hawke
• Richard Hawke
• David Mowbray
• mildred hawke
• cllr. carl crompton
• Brian Goulden
• Graym M. McMillan
• Emily Hawke
• Lorette White
• E. Slater
• Tom Tamplin
• Adrian North
• Helen Howard
• ray cook
• Caroline Irvine
• Robin Yates
• John Woodward
• Robin Attwood
• Neil Stapleton
• J. REYNOLDS
• Mark Allan
• John Halliwell
• Alan W S McAulay
• Andy Jones
• Lynne Higgins
• Catherine Barnes
• joanne golton
• James Isherwood
• Richard Hamilton
• Lance W Austrang
• Robert Wilkinson
• Chris Edmonds
• walter kemp
• Carole Kirk
• Michael Tobias
• Stephen Job
• Rachel Job
• Colin Hill
• Philippa Job
• Gill Marsden
• Anne Job
• Peter Marshall
• Martin Whittell
• Heather Stanton
• Hywel Satherley
• Janet Whincup
• Richard Fieldhouse
• PETER BAKER
• Mark Batty
• D. REYNOLDS
• Andy Spilsbury
• Heather Milne
• ian k rogan
• Chris Judge
• Paul Miller
• P Slegg
• Dr Richard Hall-Wilton
• Mhairi Brady
• Dawn Craven
• Aidan Turner-Bishop
• John.Hamer
• diane whitaker
• Lisa Schilz
• Ian Parratt
• Donna Sanderson
• Tom Knapp
• Chris Wray
• S B Davy
• Peter Simpson
• David Nicholson
• Stuart Wroe
• Peter Owen James
• Nathan Searle
• K Crompton
• Harry Simmons
• Mary Wooltorton
• Peter Yates
• Dr Chris Leach
• Neil Dewhurst
• Richard Tomlinson
• gareth lawton
• Matthew Withey
• Pauline Hird
• Tim Wheal
• Emma Probst
• George Greenbank
• Earl Shepherd
• Jason Towler
• Hilda Sanderson
• Carmel Barrow
• Michael Curtis
• Joanne Sutcliffe
• Peter Donegan
• paul bennett
• Christopher Hatherley
• JONATHAN MICHAEL TAYLOR
• Richard Binns
• simon roodhouse
• Michelle Clapperton
• Michael P Donovan
• Tom Barney
• Stephen William Boyd
• paolo steffenini
• Gavin Edghill
• Michael Robinson
• Robin Terry
• Brian Jackson
• Kevin Kelly
• Matthew Crabtree
• David J. Gregory
• Mark Edwards
• C Taylor
• Gavin Robertson
• peter varazinskis
• Robert Shaw
• David Black
• Les Robinson
• michael lawless
• Joy Whittaker
• James Jackson
• Vanessa Balmbra
• Guy Dixon
• John Fletcher
• Oliver Francis
• Matthew Dodd
• Kevin Haseldine
• DR JOHN DUDLEY
• Francesca Frazer
• Alan Edmondson
• Maureen Pinder
• Ed Child
• Hayley Burns
• Ian Hurley
• shaun coombes
• Alan Markham
• Steven Feather
• Chris Allman
• Kinsley Ransom
• Karen Smith
• Paul Winstanley
• Alan Bainbridge
• Heather Murgatroyd
• Paul Furness
• Amy Whittaker
• Mick Young
• B Brunton
• Dawn Freshwater
• jon brooks
• Geoff Chew
• Anne Black
• David Livesey
• Janet Livesey
• Jonathan Grimshaw
• Stephen Thurston
• Sally Procter
• Chris Culpin
• Alison Jones
• Bob Dickson
• Susan Ramsey
• Cty Cllr George W Askew
• Lee Nicholson
• Dan Gifford
• Mark Bentley
• Tom Partridge
• Dave Holladay
• John Richard Ivor Huxley
• David Robinson
• D Milnes
• Martin Young
• Andrew Morton
• Clive Parsons
• Ian Berridge
• Jess
• Helen Rimmer
• Simon Elsworth
• John Parsons
• Christine Woodham
• Leon Sienkiewicz
• Anthony Mattock
• Jacqueline Mabbutt
• jack wilders
• Nikki Packham
• John Batt
• Hugh Turner
• Leslie Percy
• Mark Rand
• William Jonathan Gregg
• Councillor Martin Love
• Mr Jon Townsend
• Ellen Spence
• Andrew Firth
• Patricia Donovan
• Paul Jackson
• Bev Knipe
• E Berridge
• C Williams
• Peter Rigg
• Lindis Percy
• Robert M Jenkinson
• Sarah Thomas
• Ann Marie Kerrigan
• Paul Thomas
• Manuel Camacho
• Craig Ward
• Margaret Bell
• Peter Sowray
• James Wilson
• Steve Macare
• J.S.WALKER
• Robert Hogben
• County Cllr Sam Riches
• Peter Wilshaw
• M C Thurston
• David Victor Beeken
• Claire Sanderson
• Charles Lees
• David Saunders
• Richard MacSween
• Paul Kampen
• Christian Schmidt
• YFletcher
• Richard Moore
• DANIELLE LOUISE CARR
• Camilla Evans
• Ruth B. Piearce
• jacqueline jordan
• Jeanette Lowe
• Florence Lawson
• K.M. Evans
• Gemma Honeyman
• g mcdermott
• howard bentley
• tommy woods
• ursula woods
• Lewis Black
• Colin Bertram
• Angela Cox
• Lucas Ward
• Katie Horsman
• Rowan Ward
• Peter Payton
• Peter Hesketh
• Stuart Villarroel
• Peter Turner
• craig taylor
• Simon Hughes
• Joanne Levey
• Wendy Feather
• Mrs M Etherington
• Alison Caddy
• Gordon Baldam
• LEE BANKS
• Peter Blackburn
• David Magnall
• Anne Garth
• Elaine Clayton
• Christopher Atkinson
• Kelly Holehouse
• Graham Bell
• Tom Wright
• Simon Westgate
• J Connor
• David (Lord) Alton
• Gillian Fontaine
• Jane Gill
• Chantelle Dwyer
• William Roberts
• Graham Holehouse
• Andrew Merrall
• Lindsey Hurlstone
• Pascal desmond
• Landon Bolton
• Stephen Gill
• Emily Sheraton
• Wendy Faulkner
• Colin Faulkner
• frank wood
• Pauline Atkinson
• irene ridehalgh
• margaret nichols
• Mark A Haydock
• Roger Wells Catterall
• JMLittle
• karl
• Ken Johnston
• Peter Bracewell
• David Little
• janet style
• Christine Merrall
• Richard Hindle
• Barbara Lamb
• Victoria Latham
• Anthony David Long
• Carl Whalley
• Janet Latham
• Jeff Latham
• Shirley Mousley
• John Wilberforce Preston
• Janet Crossley
• simon gould
• Glenis Speak
• Andrew Long
• Elaine Pearson
• Rose Laycock
• Janet Hindle
• Michael Howell
• Andrew Powell
• john stanley
• Heather Long
• David W. Alder
• Ruby Sharp
• Steven Dawson
• Paul Catlow
• Moyra Catlow
• David Stevenson
• william osborne
• Gareth morgan
• David Glasgow
• Garth Dawson
• Kathleen Durkin
• Joanne Kaye
• Valerie Mills
• Corrine Wilkinson
• Steve Clough
• Meryl Stevens
• Leigh McKenzie
• Richard Seipp
• Kevin Mason
• SHEILA NUTTALL
• Tom Askew
• Philip Derbyshire
• Val Carroll
• Rose Procter
• David R. Blaxhall
• Susan Hogg
• Mike Ridley
• Matt Hindle
• Lynn Thompson
• mrs j smith
• Maureen Allchurch
• Anita Sherlock
• Peter Speak
• Peter Speak
• Frank Cant
• P Helliwell
• Serena Cant
• Christopher Wright
• Mrs P Giles
• Deborah Lawson
• CHRIS J HINDLE
• Craig Gannon
• Catherine Gannon
• Roy King
• Andrew Carr
• Lynn Bailey
• Andrew Finch
• Marion Dawson
• mohammed yasin
• Sarah J. Fox
• Daniel Tierney
• Pam Jones
• Marian Leece
• Beverley Owens
• John Owens
• Rosie Mellor
• Emma Lawrence
• Jeremy Carter
• GLENN HIBBERT
• GILLIAN DEWHURST
• Mr L Ward
• Anthony Murphy
• John Butterworth
• Andrew Lawson
• Nick Federico
• Peter Smith
• Daniel Frazer
• s.p.bradley
• Derek Haslam
• Karen Banks
• James Anderson
• May Ackroyd
• Brian Gaskin

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