Comments wanted on Rail Services
The franchise to operate rail services in the South Central region (which includes West Sussex) is due for renewal in 2009.
The Department for Transport is carrying out a consultation exercise to help decide the terms of the next franchise contract.
The Chanctonbury County Local Committee on 18 March at Pulborough Village Hall will be discussing the priorities for improvements that the County Council will put forward to the Department. If you have views on local rail services please attend the Committee meeting and/or send me your comments.
Some of the issues which may be of concern are: -
journey times, reliability, connections with bus services, overcrowding on trains,
problems on trains which may arise from large numbers of children travelling to school,
ticketing arrangements which could be improved, and
access to stations, parking problems etc.
One of the problems in the Steyning area is the lack of sufficient buses at times for connection to London trains at Shoreham Station in the morning and evening peaks. Perhaps the new rail operator should run ‘Rail Buses’ from Henfield and Steyning at those times to connect with the London trains?
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