Please show your support for the re-instatement of the Guildford to Cranleigh Rail Link.
This petition is being promoted jointly by Cranleigh Chamber of Commerce and Guildford and Waverley Friends of the Earth. If you agree with it, please pass it onto your friends, families and contacts.
As many of you reading this will know, the train service to the village of Cranleigh was axed in the 1960s but the route has been preserved. The removal of this railway line has not been good for the people and businesses of Cranleigh and the surrounding area.
A study by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC, see link to report below) has shown that there is a good business case for re-opening the line and there is also a strong environmental case for its re-opening. The proposal and the business case being put forward by ATOC is fundamentally different to the report by Surrey County Council dating from 1997 which both Waverley Council and Surrey County Council say showsthe line would not be financially viable.
We have a copy of the 1997 report and notonly is it hopelessly out of date in terms of its analysis of transport trends and the popularity of the switch from bus to train, but capitalfinancing structures have changed.There are other differences between the 1997 proposal and the new proposals, for instanceATOC are proposing a direct link to London using the London Road line with the ability to change at Guildford to a fast train,not a shuttle as envisaged in 1997 so additional trains for the shuttle will not need to be leased as envisaged in 1997 (adding to the cost).Also both in 1997 and in the ATOC proposal the only people who were included in the catchment were people living in Cranleigh and Bramley when it is clear that people in surroundingparishes like Ewhurst and Alfold will also want to use it.
Cranleigh Chamber of Commerce and Guildford and Waverley Friends of the Earthbelieve there will also be many economic, social and environmental benefits for residents and businesses in Cranleigh and the surrounding parishes including Bramley, Ewhurst, Alfold, Shamley Green, Loxwood and Rudgwick if the line to Guildford and London re-opens.
For anybody worried about the impact of the proposal on the Downslink as a walking and cycling route, members of Guildford and Waverley Friends of the Earth and the Waverley Cycle Forum have examined the proposal and believe the Downslink will not be lost by the scheme.
We started this petition in February 2010 just before an important vote by the Executive at Waverley Council. Ithadreceived a report from a sub-committee to 'do nothing' further. We believethis online petition and apaper petition helped to persuadeWaverley Executiveto be more positive. In the end it resolved to "encourage and assist" anybody who wants to carry out a further, more detailed,feasibility study.
WE URGE YOU TO SIGN THIS PETITION SO WE CAN SHOW WAVERLEY AND SURREY THERE IS COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROPOSAL AND SO WE CAN BUILD A STRONG CAMPAIGN GROUP
Thank You
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
January 29, 2010
73 Comments
Has anyone considered reopening the line as a heritage line using steam engines? It could provide a transport link on weekdays using diesel engines, and then switch to steam engines for a tourist attraction at weekends. Maybe it could be funded privately by local investors?
I come down to Cranleigh on a semi regular basis and have to take a taxi from Guildford.... a reopened station at Cranleigh would be a great help and save me money ...
This is essential infrastructure if the large-scale housing developments around Cranleigh are to get the go ahead. Such building permission should only be granted on the condition that the housing developers pay to re-instate this rail-line.
Living in West Sussex, another London option would be fantastic and also handy for trains to Reading where my parents live. More space needed at Guildford? Make it happen!
Bring back and rebuild the train station for Cranleigh.
Support this proposal, with all the new builds, the roads are very congested.
I need this train station to help with travel to work and I have to get a train to get to godalming on the weekends and late nights/ early mornings when there is no bus so having a train would benefit this travel
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Please show your support for the re-instatement of the Guildford to Cranleigh Rail Link.
This petition is being promoted jointly by Cranleigh Chamber of Commerce and Guildford and Waverley Friends of the Earth. If you agree with it, please pass it onto your friends, families and contacts.
As many of you reading this will know, the train service to the village of Cranleigh was axed in the 1960s but the route has been preserved. The removal of this railway line has not been good for the people and businesses of Cranleigh and the surrounding area.
A study by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC, see link to report below) has shown that there is a good business case for re-opening the line and there is also a strong environmental case for its re-opening. The proposal and the business case being put forward by ATOC is fundamentally different to the report by Surrey County Council dating from 1997 which both Waverley Council and Surrey County Council say showsthe line would not be financially viable.
We have a copy of the 1997 report and notonly is it hopelessly out of date in terms of its analysis of transport trends and the popularity of the switch from bus to train, but capitalfinancing structures have changed.There are other differences between the 1997 proposal and the new proposals, for instanceATOC are proposing a direct link to London using the London Road line with the ability to change at Guildford to a fast train,not a shuttle as envisaged in 1997 so additional trains for the shuttle will not need to be leased as envisaged in 1997 (adding to the cost).Also both in 1997 and in the ATOC proposal the only people who were included in the catchment were people living in Cranleigh and Bramley when it is clear that people in surroundingparishes like Ewhurst and Alfold will also want to use it.
Cranleigh Chamber of Commerce and Guildford and Waverley Friends of the Earthbelieve there will also be many economic, social and environmental benefits for residents and businesses in Cranleigh and the surrounding parishes including Bramley, Ewhurst, Alfold, Shamley Green, Loxwood and Rudgwick if the line to Guildford and London re-opens.
For anybody worried about the impact of the proposal on the Downslink as a walking and cycling route, members of Guildford and Waverley Friends of the Earth and the Waverley Cycle Forum have examined the proposal and believe the Downslink will not be lost by the scheme.
We started this petition in February 2010 just before an important vote by the Executive at Waverley Council. Ithadreceived a report from a sub-committee to 'do nothing' further. We believethis online petition and apaper petition helped to persuadeWaverley Executiveto be more positive. In the end it resolved to "encourage and assist" anybody who wants to carry out a further, more detailed,feasibility study.
WE URGE YOU TO SIGN THIS PETITION SO WE CAN SHOW WAVERLEY AND SURREY THERE IS COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROPOSAL AND SO WE CAN BUILD A STRONG CAMPAIGN GROUP
Thank You
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
January 29, 2010
73 Comments
Given the increase in population and the increase in road traffic congestion since this line was closed and noting that the downs link would not be adversely affected by the reinstatement it seems a 'no-brainer' to me to re-open the line. Go for it and good luck!
Has anyone considered reopening the line as a heritage line using steam engines? It could provide a transport link on weekdays using diesel engines, and then switch to steam engines for a tourist attraction at weekends. Maybe it could be funded privately by local investors?
I come down to Cranleigh on a semi regular basis and have to take a taxi from Guildford.... a reopened station at Cranleigh would be a great help and save me money ...
This is essential infrastructure if the large-scale housing developments around Cranleigh are to get the go ahead. Such building permission should only be granted on the condition that the housing developers pay to re-instate this rail-line.
Living in West Sussex, another London option would be fantastic and also handy for trains to Reading where my parents live. More space needed at Guildford? Make it happen!
Bring back and rebuild the train station for Cranleigh.
Support this proposal, with all the new builds, the roads are very congested.
I need this train station to help with travel to work and I have to get a train to get to godalming on the weekends and late nights/ early mornings when there is no bus so having a train would benefit this travel
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Given the increase in population and the increase in road traffic congestion since this line was closed and noting that the downs link would not be adversely affected by the reinstatement it seems a 'no-brainer' to me to re-open the line. Go for it and good luck!