Campaign Against New Beeching Report
Campaign Against New Beeching Report (Canber) is a confederation of campaigning groups and individuals, united in the aim of preventing the closure of lines and stations and securing their future role.
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March 2009: Sixty-five per cent of trains on the Portsmouth to Waterloo line are now high-density suburban trains known as 450 trains. They were not designed for such long journeys and passengers find them cramped and uncomfortable.
Sign a petition to get them replaced with more suitable trains
September 2008: In December, the Walsall-Wolverhampton passenger rail service is set to be withdrawn. Now is the last chance to save the service and Canber has set up a petition.
Sign Canber's petition to save the Walsall-Wolverhampton passenger rail service
October 2007: The Department for Transport has specified a 50% cut in the number of direct services between Ashchurch and Birmingham. Arriva will not implement this change until December 2009 but the consultation regarding the cuts has already closed.
Canber would like you to ask for this cut to be reversed. Please write to your MP and ask him or her to ask Transport Minister Lord Adonis to reverse these cuts.
Write to your MP through the They Work for You website
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