Rejected petition Re-open the leamside line.

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The Leamside line is a railway that runs from Newcastle, through Washington and to Durham and could be used as a Metro service, Tyne-tees express and would also relieve traffic from the East Coast mainline.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This is a matter for Nexus, the local passenger transport executive.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 20 March 2012
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