HC Deb 02 July 2002 vol 388 c215W
Mr. Soames

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to improve co-ordination between local bus and rail services in West Sussex. [66146]

Mr. Spellar

As part of the Government's Local Transport Plan process, West Sussex county council are introducing a number of initiatives through their plan to improve links between bus and rail services. These include the upgrade of 6 interchange stations (at Worthing, Chichester, Three Bridges, Haywards Heath, Crawley and Horsham), improvements to Railbus links, particularly with new housing developments, and the introduction and improvement of Passenger Information Terminals and freephone telephone links to the County's travel information line.