A CUMBRIAN railway line closed more than half a century ago may reopen as part of an ambitious plan by the area's MP.

The line from Carlisle to the seaside town Silloth was closed as part of British Railways chairman Dr Richard Beeching's cuts on railways on September 6, 1964.

Now Mark Jenkinson, the MP for the Workington constituency, has submitted a bid to the Restoring Your Railways Fund for a feasibility study to be undertaken on the potential to reintroduce a railway line connecting Silloth and Carlisle.

Christopher Mckay said: "Making more places accessible to people can only be a good move even more so if they have an environmentally friendly powered train to get there since it means there's another option other than driving there which can lower emissions from cars and other vehicles."

Claire Taylor said: "Definitely people that don’t drive can catch the train because the bus is every two hours."

Alan Hedworth said: "There’d need to be a significant amount of re routing done to accommodate this proposal, most of the villages along the way have houses/development on the original route."

David Rambo Gill said: "Yes 100 per cent."