Following the announcement of the latest strikes to the Southern rail network, and with the franchise for Southeastern rail being put out to tender next year, local MPs, Amber Rudd and Huw Merriman, have stepped up their campaign for High Speed rail services for Rye, Hastings and Bexhill. The MPs recently met with the Chief […]
Local MPs press rail operator to improve services
Amber Rudd, Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye, and Huw Merriman, Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle met Southern in Parliament on 8 June. The MPs challenged the rail operator to do more to improve rail services which have badly let down local people in recent weeks. Representatives of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) […]
Amber Rudd’s 2016 Transport Summit
Rail Improvements Industry leaders, ministers and MPs met in March in Hastings for the third time in as many years to discuss the future of transportation in the area and the town’s road and rail links to London and elsewhere. Chairman of the Summit and Co Chairman of East Sussex Rail Alliance, Ray Chapman, underlined […]