Early Day Motion·EDM 2904
CROSS COUNTRY TRAIN SERVICES
1 November 200639 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrat — Orkney and Shetland
Motion Text
That this House notes with concern the terms of the consultation on the future of cross country services from Scotland to the South of England, and vice versa; notes in particular that these are popular routes with elderly people, young families and other social travellers; further notes that the consultation envisages an end to direct services and that in the future people will be required therefore to change at Birmingham or Crewe; regards this as a retrograde step; and calls on the Government to ensure that the new franchise will allow direct services between Scotland and the South of England.