A Staffordshire MP has challenged plans to cut train services and demanded services between Stafford and Birmingham be urgently addressed.
Sir Gavin Williamson arranged a meeting with West Midlands Railway regarding plans to withdraw the Birmingham to Stafford section of the Birmingham – Stoke – Crewe service.
The MP for South Staffordshire says he will continue to push for the retention of this service for the people of Staffordshire who “don’t deserve such and imposition on their mobility”.
The proposed plans would improve the journey times to London Euston from Birmingham.
Sir Gavin, who has been selected as the Conservative candidate for the new constituency of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge at the next election, said: “It is all very well to improve the connections between Birmingham and London, but to do it at the expense of regional connections would be to put strain upon other regional transport services and weaken the ties between the great cities of Staffordshire.
“I’m ardent in the belief that cancelling HS2 was the right call, as I fully believe that further investment and development in our regional services will be a far more beneficial use of tax-payer money.
“However, I will not stand for a reduction in local services. We want and need to have good services running between Stone and Birmingham and that is what I will keep fighting for.”
