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You fail to take in to consideration that the bus takes far longer than any train would, it's over an hour on the bus to Skipton, where the train will take 15 minutes.
More people will use the train because of the speed.
They have already invested money in to some of the study work , lots of meetings are going on behind closed doors including one with the Transport Minister this week, so watch this space.
The cost of any new Road via Cross Hills is so much more than you think, and not to mention the engineering challenges including cutting off the railway viaduct at Colne .
I know from talking to passengers on Colne train station that this number would be far greater if Northern used modern...