In a parliamentary debate on the performance of Govia Thameslink Railway and Network Rail today, Crispin Blunt MP has called on the Government to address the unfairness customers using the Redhill and Reigate routes are continuing to face due to service reductions and higher fares. Explaining that the Department for Transport takes all the fare […]
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Following Crispin Blunt’s continuing efforts pressing for urgent changes to the Gatwick westerly departure flight path, Gatwick Airport have finally indicated an implementation time at the end of May for the new flight path recommended by the Civil Aviation Authority last year. In November the CAA Board adopted a recommendation on departure Route 4, paving […]
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In a letter to Crispin Blunt MP, Rail Minister, Claire Perry MP, has rejected local Rail Users calls for Oyster Zone 6 to be extended to Redhill, Reigate, Merstham, Earlswood and Salfords stations. The petition for Zone 6 has been supported by 3,281 passengers, advocated by the Reigate, Redhill and District Rail Users Association and […]
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Crispin Blunt MP has written to the Rail Minister demanding proper consideration of the case for introducing Oyster Zone 6 to Reigate, Redhill, Merstham, Earlswood and Salfords stations. Crispin Blunt and members of the Reigate and Redhill Rail Users Association met with the Minister, Claire Perry MP, on 22nd October to highlight the higher fares […]
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Crispin Blunt MP calls on local communities to come forward with proposals to tap into Biffa Award funding. Biffa have confirmed that the Biffa Award will consider directly supporting projects local to the Biffa landfill site in Redhill, within a five mile radius. There is a pot of some £250,000 to be tapped into, which […]
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Members of a Surrey rail users’ group have handed their petition for fair fares on the Redhill train to the Government. Reigate MP Crispin Blunt led a delegation of passenger representatives from the Reigate, Redhill & District Rail Users’ Association (RRDRUA) to meet Rail Minister Claire Perry. As part of the “Fair Fares” campaign, they […]
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Crispin Blunt MP met with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) last week to continue to press for urgent changes to the Gatwick westerly departure flight path following ongoing delays to implement a solution. The CAA has taken longer than expected to conduct a review of the introduction in 2014 of satellite precision-area navigation (PR-NAV) technology on […]
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Crispin Blunt MP will meet the Rail Minister, Claire Perry MP, tomorrow (Tuesday 26th May) to keep up the pressure on the Government to take action for commuters affected by the deteriorated train services from stations in the Reigate constituency. He will meet the Minister together with other MPs whose constituents are also affected by […]
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Crispin Blunt repeated his call for a day of protest by rail passengers on 1st June as another ministerial letter sent to him dashes hopes of immediate action on extending Oyster Zone 6 to Redhill, Reigate and other local stations. Rail Minister, Claire Perry, has confirmed that - whilst Oyster Pay As You Go and […]
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Crispin Blunt has received the response of Patrick McLoughlin MP, the Secretary of State for Transport, to his letter of 16th February, in which Crispin Blunt again demanded compensation for local rail users suffering unacceptable levels of disruption. Upgrade works at London Bridge ongoing until 2018 have led to a reduced level of service on […]
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