Hurst Green-Lewes Line

HC Deb 10 August 1966 vol 733 cc335-6W

Mr. G. Johnson Smith

asked the Minister of Transport when a decision on the future of the Hurst Green-Lewes line will be made, in view of the Government's White Paper on Transport Policy, Command Paper No. 3057.

Mr. John Morris

The Railways Board has sought my right hon. Friend's agreement to the publication under Section 56 of the Transport Act 1962 of its proposal to discontinue passenger services on this line. She is studying the advice of the Economic Planning Council for the South East and other relevant factors and hopes to give her decision shortly.