Amber Rudd is spearheading the campaign to upgrade rail services for Hastings. The MP for Hastings and Rye has arranged a Rail Summit in Hastings on Monday 31st March, which will be attended by The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of State for Transport. There she will present him with this picture to highlight the need for faster more frequent rail services to spark economic growth.

Shadow Rail Minister Lilian Greenwood MP talks with Railfuture Vice Presidents Barry Doe (centre) and Ian Brown CBE at the reception held by Railfuture in the Houses of Parliament on 12th March.

Railfuture campaigning for Wisbech is beginning to pay off with the Wisbech Rail Summit organised by Steve Barclay MP.

Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay Councils have teamed up to fight for increased rail resilience for the South-West. Photo by Network Rail.

Portsmouth Harbour shows how it should be done: frequent train services at platforms in the shadow of the Spinnaker Tower connect with ferry services at the adjacent quay. At the time, the only vessel at the quayside was the Gosport ferry. Photograph by Uli Harder, reproduced under Creative Commons license.

During the late evening of Tuesday 4th February a storm surge breached the sea wall carrying the railway at Dawlish. Photo by Network Rail.