Rail minister to 'explore opportunities' to reopen Staffordshire railway line to passengers again
A transport minister has committed to "explore opportunities" to re-open a railway line in Staffordshire for passenger services – with a potential stop at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Kevin Forster said he was "very happy" to work with lobbying MP Michael Fabricant over the Lichfield to Burton line, which has not had any passenger services since the mid 1960s.
The line has been closed to passengers since the Beeching cuts and is currently only used for freight trains, with Mr Fabricant campaigning to get the line back up and running for people.
And the Lichfield MP he joked that he hoped the rail minister would be in place "long enough" to see the changes through, with there being a "number of changes" in personnel at the department over the last few years.
