Petitioner: Caroline Moore on behalf of Campaign to Open Blackford Railway Station Again
Status:
Closed
Date Lodged:
22 January 2008
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that national and regional transport strategies consider and focus on public transport solutions such as the reopening of Blackford railway station which is identified as a priority action in the latest Tayside and Central Regional Transport Strategy, and in doing so, recognises and supports the positive environmental, economic and social impacts of such local solutions.
29 January 2008: The Committee agreed to seek responses to the issues raised in the petition from the Scottish Government, including Transport Scotland, Network Rail, First ScotRail, Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership and COSLA. Link to Official Report 29 January 2008
13 May 2008 The Committee agreed to schedule further consideration of this petition once the STAG appraisal on the Tay Estuary Rail Study has been completed and the Strategic Transport Projects Review currently being undertaken by Transport Scotland has been published. It also agreed to seek a response from ScotRail to the issues raised in the petition. Link to Official Report 13 May 2008
21 April 2009: The Committee agreed to suspend further consideration of the petition until the STAG appraisal on the Tay Estuary Rail Study has been completed and to write to Transport Scotland asking how the appraisal will address the issues raised in the petition. Link to Official Report 21 April 2009
8 September 2009: The Committee agreed to suspend the petition for four months to allow Transport Scotland to consider the service proposals outlined in the Tay Estuary Rail Study and to write to it seeking a further response to specific points. Link to Official Report 8 September 2009
20 April 2010: The Committee agreed to suspend the petition until Transport Scotland has completed its examination of the proposals of the Tay Estuary Rail Study and responded to the Tay and Central Scotland Regional Transport Partnership on how the study aligns with the Scottish Government’s national priorities as outlined in the Strategic Transports Projects Review. It also agreed to write to Transport Scotland seeking a response to the business case submitted by the petitioner. Link to Official Report 20 April 2010
29 June 2010: The Committee agreed to write to Transport Scotland seeking a response to specific points. Link to Official Report 29 June 2010
26 October 2010: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, Perth & Kinross Council and Visit Scotland seeking a response to specific points. Link to Official Report 26 October 2010
11 January 2011: The Committee agreed to write to Transport Scotland seeking a response to specific points. Link to Official Report 11 January 2011
8 February 2011: The Committee agreed to write to Transport Scotland seeking a response to specific points. Link to Official Report 8 February 2011
8 March 2011: The Committee agreed to invite, in its legacy paper, the Session 4 Public Petitions Committee to give further consideration to this petition. Link to Official Report 8 March 2011
1 November 2011: The Committee agreed to refer the petition to the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee, under Rule 15.6.2, for further consideration of the issues raised in the petition as part of that Committee’s subject remit. Link to Official Report 1 November 2011 (442KB pdf)
20 June 2012: The Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee considered a Petition by Caroline Moore on behalf of the Campaign to Open Blackford Railway Station Again. The Committee agreed to close the Petition.
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