APPG on South Western Railway

The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP @annietrev has been appointed Secretary of State for Transport @TransportGovUK. #Reshuffle

Great meeting of the APPG South Western Railway yesterday to talk about the upcoming timetable. Thanks to Claire Mann and her team at SWR for a great discussion! @appgonswr

Many thanks to all attendees and to our speakers today - Claire Mann, MD of @SW_Help - Mark Killick, Wessex Route Director, @networkrail #Rail #SouthWesternRail

A busy meeting with the new Managing Director of @SW_Help, Claire Mann. Some interesting work going on to get the network ready for passengers to return #Rail #SouthWesternRail

“The beginning of a new railway era, that Britain can be proud of.”🚆 Transport Secretary @grantshapps has announced the #PlanForRail, to reform Britain’s railways and put passengers first. Find out more about the changes 👉gov.uk/government/new… #BuildBackBetter

We have concluded our AGM, and are pleased to elect three new members to the APPG: @JonathanLord Jonathan Lord MP, Woking @SeemaMalhotra1 Seema Malhotra MP, Feltham & Heston @IoWBobSeely Bob Seely MP, Isle of Wight @chrisloder Chris Loder MP is re-elected as Chair #Railways

We are saddened to have learned of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. We send our deepest sympathy to Her Majesty The Queen and all the members of the Royal Family. We share the nation's sorrow at this difficult time.

Statement on the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Sir Peter Hendy CBE, chair of Network Rail, said: “It is with great sorrow that we have learned of the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. We send our deepest sympathies to the Royal Family.”

At #PMQs today our chair, @chrisloder MP, welcomed the Union Connectivity review and raised the frequency of passenger services, pollution and the levelling up of Britain's #railways. You can see more about the review here 👉gov.uk/government/col…

Very interesting presentations and many thanks to our speakers this morning from @SW_Help : Peter Williams, Commercial Director Alan Penlington, Customer Experience Director #SouthWest #Railways

The vaccine rollout gives hope of a return to more normal service. @SW_Help Commercial and Customer Experience Directors are giving insights into passenger behaviour, demand and preparations for a return in numbers later this year. #RailwaySafety #COVID19

This morning at the APPG we are joined by @SW_Help Commercial Director, Peter Williams and Customer Experience Director, Alan Penlington.

We welcome the announcement of rail expert Claire Mann as new MD of @SWR_Help. We look forward to working closely with her at the APPG. Our thanks and appreciation to Mark Hopwood, who is returning to @GWRHelp #Railways #southwest railbusinessdaily.com/appointment-of…

Great to hear an update for our final presentation from Mark Hopwood of @SW_Help

We are now hearing from the Three Rivers Community Rail Partnership @threeriversrail Chair Nick Farthing, on potential new rail lines in the region #FawleyRail

This morning at the APPG we are hearing from @threeriversrail, @TransWiltsCIC and @SW_Help, looking at the economic opportunities of new rail lines First presentation is from TransWilts CIC Chairman, Paul Johnson