Braystones
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Braystones is a village in Cumbria
, England
.
Braystones railway station
is on the Cumbrian Coast Line
.
In 2009, it was approved by the British government as a site for a new nuclear power station. The site was ruled out by Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Chris Huhne
in October 2010 for environmental reasons with the former government's list of eleven potential sites reduced to eight.
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Braystones railway station
Braystones railway station
Braystones Railway Station serves the villages of Braystones and Beckermet in Cumbria, plus caravan sites and beach bungalows in the vicinity. The railway station is an unstaffed request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line. Some through trains to the Furness Line stop here. It is operated by...
is on the Cumbrian Coast Line
Cumbrian Coast Line
The Cumbrian Coast Line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. The line forms part of Network Rail route NW 4033, which continues via Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands to Carnforth, where it connects with the West Coast Main...
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In 2009, it was approved by the British government as a site for a new nuclear power station. The site was ruled out by Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change is a British government cabinet position currently held by Chris Huhne. The government department was created on 3 October 2008 when former Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffled his cabinet....
Chris Huhne
Chris Huhne
Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne, generally known as Chris Huhne is a British politician and cabinet minister, who is the current Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for the Eastleigh constituency in Hampshire...
in October 2010 for environmental reasons with the former government's list of eleven potential sites reduced to eight.