After the absolutely appalling performance by Connex and Railtrack in recent weeks, it is now time to reopen the Shoreham to Horsham line to provide another route and more capacity towards London that we desperately need.

Also, if Upper Beeding is to have a large development and station nearby, this would alleviate, to some degree, the thousand daily car journeys that will be generated there.

With a rail link we could even locate the Albion at Upper Beeding instead of spoiling the downs at Falmer.

-P.Early, Ashton Rise, Brighton