PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: West Sussex (22 October 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to reverse Beeching closures in West Sussex.

Asked by:
Andrew Griffith (Conservative)

Answer

The Restoring Your Railway programme prioritises levelling-up and restoring connections to communities across the country including where lines and stations were closed in the Beeching cuts.

The second round of the Ideas Fund received 51 applications including for the Arundel Chord, sponsored by the Hon Member.

We will be announcing the outcome of the second round of the Ideas Fund in the coming weeks.


Answered by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
6 November 2020

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