East Sussex Rail Alliance (ESRA) – ESRA is an umbrella group formed to campaign for better rail services throughout the county. It concentrates efforts on coastal services between Brighton and Ashford and into London. St Leonards & Hastings Rail Improvement (SHRIMP): founded to look after the Hastings & St Leonards angle – all routes. SHRIMP is more an […]
Ray Chapman – Chairman
Ray is Channel Partnership Manager at Amadeus, the Global Technology Provider to the Travel and Transport industry. Ray has travelled to and from Hastings on the train for over 40 years and commuted for 15 years into London and Gatwick Airport. He has an MA in Strategic Marketing Management from Kingston Business School – West […]
VivaRail Updates Esra on Railcar Approval Progress
VivaRail has provided us with an update on the approval process of their 230-001 trains. VivaRail said: “As we now reach the final phase of our testing and approvals process, getting ever closer to the date that 230-001 will set off from Long Marston! Like all new trains the Class 230 needs official certification before […]