Reopen the South Sub!

This is the website for the campaign to reopen the Edinburgh South Suburban Railway ('South Sub') to passenger rail services.

 

This campaign was launched by the Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG) in March 2007 in support of the petition lodged in the Scottish Parliament.

Campaign updates:

Tuesday 10th February 2009:

Letter from Lawrence Marshall published in Edinburgh Evening News - PDF, 48 KB.

Tuesday 10th February 2009:

Note to members of CEC's Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee ahead of its 10th February meeting - PDF, 95 KB.

Saturday 7th February 2009:

Comment from Lawrence Marshall on Scottish Parliament decision to close South Sub petition - PDF, 57 KB.

Monday 1st December 2008:

Submission by CRAG to the Parliament's Public Petitions Committee - PDF, 44 KB.

15th May 2008:

Article by Lawrence Marshall for Transport Times magazine - PDF, 28 KB.

May 2008:

CRAG briefing on the 'South Sub' presented to CEC transport committee on 06/05/08 - download [PDF, 142 KB].

The CEC Full Council remitted this motion - download [PDF, 48 KB] - in support of the South Sub to the transport committee who accepted it unanimously and added some points of their own regarding ways forward - download [PDF, 35 KB].

November 2007:

CRAG presented the petition to the Parliament's Public Petitions Committee on 6th November 2007. Here is the presentation that they made - PDF, 148 KB. The Parliament's Official Report of the session is also available online, as is the video of their appearance - see 30-55 minutes of the session. Also now available are the written submissions from other groups, and CRAG's responses to these (25/01/08 and 05/06/08) .

September 2007:

Message from Lawrence Marshall, Chair of CRAG:

"On this 45th anniversary of the withdrawal of local passenger services on the Edinburgh South Suburban Railway, I'd like to say "many thanks" to all who have signed and promoted our e-petition to the Scottish Parliament (which closed on 10/09/07 with 1923 signatures).

"My thanks to Paul Godzik for first suggesting raising an e-petition on this issue. Also to Margaret Baxter of Prestonfield who some 6 or so weeks ago suggested supplementing the e-petition with a paper petition - which has now attracted an additional 650 signatures.

"Let's hope that the widespread support for the return of local trains which this petition has demonstrated will soon be translated into action by those in the Scottish Government and the railway industry who together can make this return a reality.

"The time for the South Sub. to once more play its part in the life of Scotland's capital city as a small but important component of a truly integrated transport policy is now.

"I look forward to making the case for the South Sub. at Holyrood and elsewhere.

"We'll post news of the continuing campaign to re-open the South Sub. on this website.

"Please also feel free to contact me about the campaign at lawrence336@btinternet.com