A very important date

Doncaster is in the final six of the 42 towns and cities who applied to be the new home of the Great British Railways Headquarters.

I have written to the Railways Minister asking him to announce the decision on February 24. That day is a very important date. It’s the 100th birthday of the Flying Scotsman built in Doncaster itself. My own father worked on it one time many years later.

The Flying Scotsman. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images.placeholder image
The Flying Scotsman. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images.

Having worked on this bid and promoted it in Parliament I would like to thank all those who put the bid together for their hard work. To be in the final six is a great achievement in itself. Let’s hope we can do even better.

MP Nick Fletcher

MP for Don Valley

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