26-04-2025
This is innovative and good news, but also more use of the North Downs Rail Link. Note where the new rail service will serve "The proposed Newcastle to Brighton service would call at: Newcastle, Durham, Darlington, Northallerton, York, Doncaster, Sheffield, Derby, Burton-on-Trent, Birmingham New Street, Warwick Parkway, Banbury, Oxford, Reading, Wokingham, Guildford, Redhill, London Gatwick, Haywards Heath and Brighton"
I recall in the formative days suggesting HS2 should link Heathrow, Oxford and Stratford upon Avon as part of the route, which was laughed at and mocked by supporters of HS2!
Clearly, there is a need to look at Redhill again. It ideally needs direct curves from Guildford and Tonbridge to the south for direct links with Gatwick, Three Bridges and South Coast plethora and vice versa without recourse to changing, reversing trains causing delay and raising issues on train length for example. Ideally, a new flyover linking the Guildford-Redhill with the Tonbridge line for direct running to Ashford should again be studied for enable more.
If you agree, please email your MP:
Our AGM is at Guildford this year:
Saturday 12 July 2025 2-4PM Business
Venue: Guildford United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4VS
Venue Website: guildfordurc.org.uk
Phone: 07410-950207 (mobile)
All are welcome. Our Guildford-Horsham rail link would enable a wrap around to Gatwick from the south and give more options too.
Clearly Transport for the South East has not anticipated this, nor demand, could they also be absent on realising what a Guildford-Cranleigh-Horsham rail link could offer in connectivity terms? Likewise Guildford Station needs all the land and platform capacity it can get, so developments must be curtailed to ensure that capacity is optimal, not restricted.
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