WHERE DID YOU PICK UP THIS LEAFLET? LEAFLET? THIS UP PICK YOU DID WHERE TELEPHONE EMAIL ADDRESS POSTCODE ADDRESS NAME Yes

Email: [email protected] Railfuture Membership, 6 Carral Close, Lincoln LN5 9BD Or return this application form and payment to Online at www.railfuture.org.uk/join Railfuture! to join I want Bridge the gap

Oxted

Stay in touch with rail campaigning by joining Railfuture and receive the quarterly magazine Railwatch free Eridge Railfuture and reopenings 50 years of success Since the , more than 50 stations have UCKFIELD reopened in and around London and the South East. In 16 separate schemes, 100 miles of railway have been built. Successful stories include reopening the Snow Hill tunnels to create the Thameslink network, and the East London Line extensions between West Croydon, Crystal Palace and Highbury & Islington.

AZ OF RAIL REOPENINGS Britain’s LEWES Growing

TOTAL DONATION ❏ ❏ ❏ RATES MEMBERSHIP Railway

OAP/STUDENT/UNWAGED £21 INDIVIDUAL You can buy the AMILY I M FA book Britain’s Growing Railway at Cheques payable to Railfuture Newhaven £ £ www.railfuture.org. £ www.railfuture.org.uk Tick box as applicable uk/books £21 (+£2 per person) For a chance to win Seaford the book, go to: Brighton Eastbourne BRITAIN’S GROWING www.railfuture.org. RAILWAY uk/win HOW 358 STATIONS WERE ADDED TO THE UK NETWORK

Railfuture is the independent campaign for a better passenger and Link up Sussex freight rail network. Railfuture’s aim: To be the number one advocate for the railway and rail users. It is the campaiging name of the A 10-year project to restore a crucial link in the £14 Railway Development Society. Registered in and transport network for East Sussex and beyond No 5011634. Registered Office: 24 Chedworth Place, Tattingstone, Suffolk IP9 2ND. It is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee 120705 Deliverable and affordable

uckfieldleaflet120624.indd 1 05/07/2012 22:08 Bridge the gap for Uckfield-Lewes GreenDawn Graphics Look at these journey times If our campaign to reopen the Uckfield-Lewes line is successful, the benefits will be enormous with train journey times expected to beat both bus and car B2102 A22 High Street journey time in minutes bus car train Uckfield to Lewes 40 20 10 Rail to London Eridge to Lewes 57 37 27 Uckfield to Brighton 70 40 25 Bell Lane Eridge to Brighton 88 56 43 Uckfield to Seaford 90 40 30 Eridge to Seaford 116 56 46 source: Transport Direct (for bus and car journeys) and Railfuture Uck eld station The benefits of bridging the gap River Uck B2102 n Connecting communities in East Sussex and Kent existing trackbed n Increasing transport capacity and choices n Supporting growth and sustainable travel n Improving economic and social opportunities Lewes New road bridge MUST n Promoting East Sussex destinations go over river and rail What is possible if our campaign succeeds Official opening in December 2022 Stage one: Uckfield’s planned road must make room for the railway to pass beneath 10 yeArs TO cOver 10 mIles IN 10 mINuTes

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 GRIP 2 review GRIP 3 GRIP 4 GRIP 5 GRIP 6-8 Line open Planning for 2019-2024 spending in Control period 6 Greater Thameslink franchise possible extension renewal process new Greater Thameslink franchise GRIP: Network Rail’s Governance for Railway Investment Projects GRIP 2: feasibility study, GRIP 3: option selection, GRIP 4: option development, GRIP 5: detailed design, GRIP 6-8: construction earliest start latest start

Possible timeline if politicians and planners cooperate to deliver More info: www.tinyurl.com/c893l36 email: [email protected]

uckfieldleaflet120624.indd 2 05/07/2012 22:08