NORTH East Lincolnshire's case for keeping a direct express train line between Cleethorpes and Manchester Airport is being taken to Westminster today.
Council leader Chris Shaw has been invited to give evidence to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee investigation into the future investment in the railways - at 4.05pm today.
The government has been examining the option of terminating the TransPennine Express service from Manchester to Cleethorpes at Doncaster with a replacement and slower Sheffield to Cleethorpes service being operated by Northern Rail.
At the hearing later today, Councillor Shaw will have the opportunity to put forward the council's case for keeping the direct link to the airport, following the end of the consultation into the TransPennine Express franchise in the north on Monday.
The Grimsby Telegraph launched a campaign back in June, Keep On Track, to derail the plans, and a 6,600-strong petition has now been sent off to those running the consultation.
It was backed by local councils, MPs and businesses.
