CARLISLE TO BARROW · CUMBRIAN COAST LINE

Our coast.
Our railway.
Your say.

Your MPs - Julie Minns, Markus Campbell-Savours, Josh MacAlister and Michelle Scrogham - and David Allen, your mayoral candidate, are working together, in partnership with Cumberland Council, Cumbria Combined Authority and national government, to secure the future of the Cumbrian Coast Line, with early improvements to timetables and stations and a bid to secure a major upgrade of the line.

Have your say: how would you like the line, services and your local station to improve?

Put your ideas on the map

For everyone who uses the railway. And everyone who would like to.

A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE LINE

Reopen. Improve.
Look ahead.

01 / FROM DAY ONE

Make reopening count

£50 million funding has been secured to reopen Bransty Tunnel. Tell us what timetable improvements you’d like to see when trains return through the tunnel - and any other smaller scale improvements we might be able to deliver early.

02 / FOR THE FUTURE

Building the case for investment

Your experiences will help shape the case for a major upgrade of the line we’re working to secure, ahead of a Spending Review bid planned for 2027. Tell us what a better railway would mean for you.

THE LINE IS YOURS TO SHAPE

Where would you start?

Choose a station on the map, or share an idea for the whole line. Small changes and big ambitions are both welcome.

Select a station

Bransty TunnelEnlarged local detail

Tunnel

Cumbrian Coast railway Tunnel reopeningGeographic map · route simplified between stations

Stations on this line

Coastline: ONS / Ordnance Survey · Station data: UK Railway Stations (ODbL) · Map sources

A railway ready for reopening

Enabling work is now taking place ahead of construction beginning in the Bransty Tunnel. Work is expected to take 9-15 months. The final reopening date will become clearer in the spring once the initial phase of work concludes.

Have your say

A few minutes. A better railway.

1 Your ideaWhere is your suggestion about?

What would you like to improve?

When would this make a difference?

Choose up to three themes (optional)

What change would you like to see? *Explain the change and how it would help. Please avoid personal details about other people.

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From

Which days?

Need to arrive by

Need to return after

2 Your railwayHow often do you normally use the line? (optional)Think about your use before the tunnel closure, if relevant.Do you support a major upgrade of the line? (optional)

3 A little about you

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Your voice will help shape the case for change.