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Bringing the railway back to Cranleigh

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Oliver
2 months ago

Bring back and rebuild the train station for Cranleigh.

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SAM COLE
1 year ago

Support this proposal, with all the new builds, the roads are very congested.

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Maisy matthews
1 year ago

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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Ervin beshi
1 year ago

By having the train station currently it will help the economy grow and the population will be greater and younger because there will be a lot of tourist coming through the town daily

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Brunilda
1 year ago

would be very helpful to have the railway back in cranleigh

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Sidney Sullivan
11 years ago

With the 'village' of Cranleigh having a population which is growing rapidly and now exceeds that of towns such as Dorking or Leatherhead, it must be time for the authorities - both central and local - to revisit this oversight as soon as possible.

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Sidney Sullivan
11 years ago

With the 'village' of Cranleigh having a population which is growing rapidly and now exceeds that of towns such as Dorking or Leatherhead, it must be time for the authorities - both central and local - to revisit this oversight as soon as possible.

Tony Dawes

This would be a good way of not having to get to Guildford in the early morning rush on our overcrowded roads.

Eileen West

I have signed this As I feel that it would Be fantastic to re open These railway lines This would certainly benefit The Public And would have more choice of Rail journeys.

Evan Gregory

The re-instatement of Guildford to Cranleigh Rail Link would be a good start to revealing road traffic.

DAVE HARDING

with more and more cars on the roads we need more of these lines reopened,i would definatley use the train to guildford

paul norton

The future benefits of all road users is to look to the past and open up these old rail lines

Anonymous

the only people who protest are the selfish ones who cannot see pollution endangering the planet

Robin Parkes

Would be a great help with travel

Anonymous

its about time this happens!

Anonymous

This would greatly reduce the amount of commuter car journeys to Guildford and to the London Mainline. It would also assist daytime journeys to Guildford

F MALCOLM SUREY

cranleigh station was closed more than 50 years ago by replacement bus and I seen heavy traffic on road from there to guildford is problem for buses!!!

Owen Carlstrand

Seems to me to be an obvious solution, nit only opening alternative north south capacity but helping reduce the lunatic traffic in and around Guildford and the surrounding towns and villages

Freddie Metheringham

very good idea to reopen this line

Richard Olej

This railway line should be re-opened NOW. The sheer volume of cars on the parallel road more than adequately makes the case.

Kaelan Morris

Reopen this line

Joe Erwood

This line must be reopened

Alan Wise

The traffic growth on the A281 from Cranleigh and the surrounding roads towards Guildford is getting worse annually..With the many house building projects now planned in and around Cranleigh it`s only a matter of time before we reach gridlock !!! It is now the right time to rebuild part of the old Guildford Horsham line from Cranleigh towards Guildford.It would only require a simple 2 coach train single track that could run alongside the existing downslink bridleway.With the huge population explosion.People living much longer.And almost everyone wanting a car.The situation as it is cannot continue.

Kelly

Open the line

Simon Prudence

Very familiar with this route. Think it has a strong case for reopening as a functional railway for local people.

Simon hall

With the prospect of Dunsfold becoming a small town this makes the case to reopen the line from Guildford to Horsham. Other wise a break down in the transport system

M Hardy

We need to build a sustainable low-carbon transport network for the 21st Century

Richard Pill

I want Guildford-Cranleigh-Horsham-Shoreham reopened as one through route with bypasses where necessary. A need to protect route is understood.

Robert McBride

This line would assist in keeping road traffic down in an expanding area.

David Poynter

I believe the reopening of this line is long overdue. With the population increases and new housing this line would be of great benefit. It would also allow other journey opportunities for Horsham, and Guildford residents.

Anonymous

Please bring back this line into use. I do not have a car and cannot get to see my elderly mother who lives at Elmbridge

Audrey porter

Bring back the railway!

Kenneth Potter

I am sure the reopening of this line would help reduce the traffic on the southern approach to Guildford from Horsham. It would serve a large catchment area, with especially Bramley, Cranleigh and Ewhurst benifitting.

Rick Kimber -Blackwater Valley FoE

This line is certainly needed particularly if the Dunsfold development is given the green light

Paul Meek

Living in Wonersh I would use this line weekly

Anonymous

Would be a very welcome link through to Guildford, would certainly use it rather than drive.

John Sansbury

Anyone commuting into Guildford from the Horsham direction would absolutely welcome this proposal as alleviating the A281 jams and the Bramley bottleneck!

neil bate

The more interconnectivity the better to relieve the roads and allow the railway to expand.

Brian longley

This line is needed lot of new homes in this area

John Baker

Railway is the way forward for clean public transport and cut traffic into Guildford

Anonymous

I have family in Cranleigh who would use the railway if reinstated

martin Noyes

Beechings remit was to make make British Railways ( as it was then ) pay, compleatly regardless of any social consequences in the 1960,s.As was shortly to be seen just three years after closure in 1965, Cranleigh started expanding with all the new housing, and all the road traffic problems through Cranleigh that it has brought.

Joe

Cycled downslink loads and it would create another route to london

Michaela Overton

Wherever a railway existed should have remained as a railway and be left to enable access to any designated place etc.

Michaela Overton

All lines should be accessible and not interfered. Putting them back should make a big difference by making travelling convenient. I hope it all goes along.

Michaela Overton

I sign because all railway lines should be restored and improve travelling services, that is if the government wants to reinstate the lines, but there could be doubt. Pity that all lines were cut including Crystal Palace High Level.

Anonymous

Now Dunsfold aerodrome is to be built on a revived rail link to Cranleigh is needed more than ever,the line to Guildford should never have been closed.

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Henry Allum
11 years ago

We need the line reopened! Guildford and Cranleigh's roads are becoming gridlocked and this would provide much needed congestion relief and be environmentally friendly two!

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Henry Allum
11 years ago

We need the line reopened! Guildford and Cranleigh's roads are becoming gridlocked and this would provide much needed congestion relief and be environmentally friendly two!

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Phil Swaden
11 years ago

I bet 90% of people voting to get the railway reinstated don't live anywhere near the line. I live withim 200 yards of the line and it would reduce the value of my house by hundreds of thousands of pounds therefore I am against the reopening of the line. I moved to this area 25 years ago due to its quite and peaceful nature and the railway would ruin this and then due to the reduced value of my house I wou be able to afford to move away. So no thanks.

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simon jones
11 years ago

it should have never been closed id love to someday leave the car at home and take the train into work

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simon jones
11 years ago

it should have never been closed id love to someday leave the car at home and take the train into work

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Eve Montgomery
11 years ago

This line should never have closed. I fully support the campaign to re-open the line. It will greatly benefit both residents and businesses in Cranleigh and nearby, as well as making great sense environmentally.

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Eve Montgomery
11 years ago

This line should never have closed. I fully support the campaign to re-open the line. It will greatly benefit both residents and businesses in Cranleigh and nearby, as well as making great sense environmentally.

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Ian Munday
11 years ago

It should never have been closed

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Anonymous
11 years ago

Well worth a thorough study, especially as ATOC are up for it. The A281 is a nightmare.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

The area needs good public transport that would benefit the environment as well as the local community

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Jonathan Riddell
11 years ago

This should have been reopened by now, but councils etc are too pro car to have any real vision.

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Josh
12 years ago

I agree with this campaign Keep up with the good work

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Christopher Trayling
12 years ago Featured

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?