Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the reopening of the Lewes Uckfield rail line was not included in the list of line reopenings contained in the Department for Transport’s document Connecting people: a strategic vision for rail, published on 29 November.
The Department for Transport’s recently published strategic vision for rail includes some illustrative examples of potential schemes, but it is not an exhaustive list. The publication makes clear that these schemes require further development and any that potential rail line re-openings would need to demonstrate a strong business case where they are seeking Government funding. In the case of Lewes-Uckfield, we have yet to see a sufficiently strong business case.