Transport for the South East (TfSE) needs the public to support BRTA's rail agenda!

TfSE - please read and engage. Please email your local MP via 

https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons 

and give support for BRTA's principal calls which are chiefly:

1. Electrification of the North Down Rail Line for Thameslinks semi-fast from East Croydon to serve the town of Guildford (Phase 1), maybe Reading too (Phase 2).

2. Support for reopening/new-building to a modern rail standard the former Guildford-Cranleigh-Horsham rail link to enable better rail choices, connections and cut emissions and congestion in a context of growth.

3. A new-build Polegate-Stone Cross rail link for shaving 20 minutes end-to-end Brighton-Ashford journey by rail, competing with A27 which has a lot of upgrades successively whilst rail remains Cinderella.

4. Electrify and double track throughout from Brighton to Hastings to Ashford, no exceptions.

5. Eastbourne to be station upgraded, a new fast service linking London (capital), Gatwick (airport) and Eastbourne (resort).

6. Support a new direct curve from Tonbridge to Gatwick, saving time changing at Redhill, freeing up Redhill for other services more.

7. More integrated bus-rail ticketing, railcards for 18+ to Retirement audiences. If that means longer trains, longer platforms and rejigging track layouts, signalling - we need the agenda going forward now.

Switch funding from new roads, they only deliver congestion to urban areas and pollution elsewhere too. We need our local rail links back and public involvement and accountability built into Great British Railways emergent new set up: https://gbrtt.co.uk/

Thanks very much. Cycleways and footpaths need not go literally on railway courses, but can be put alongside principal roadways as per the A27 in the Lewes area - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-65921577

BRTA is having its AGM in Guildford this Summer. Please book the date. It is free and open to all, so all welcome.

Membership of BRTA and/or donations helps us produce flyers, hold meetings and we welcome support please including there are opportunities for experience and volunteering, please visit our website: https://brtarail.com/events/