Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the proposed Arundel chord rail connection.
The Arundel Chord could provide some limited and infrequent benefits as a ‘diversionary route’ – a view confirmed in Network Rail’s Spring 2020 West Sussex Connectivity Study. As such, there is no active consideration of the Arundel Chord proposals.