A councillor has won a battle to secure better public transport links between West Sussex and the new Eurostar station in London.

Tex Pemberton, cabinet member for highways and transport for West Sussex County Council, has helped to secure a bus link between the old Eurostar terminal - Waterloo International - and its new home at St Pancras and has been told it should have been named 'The Tex Express' after his efforts.

He became concerned when the move was announced that there would be no provision for passengers who travel from Sussex and use Waterloo as their main port of call in London.

He claimed passengers faced having to make several changes on the underground, change buses, take a taxi or face a walk from King's Cross station to St Pancras.

He said: "I contacted Transport for London about this issue because for most people from Sussex getting to Waterloo to catch Eurostar trains has been comparatively easy usually involving no more than one change, and, for thousands of travellers, Waterloo has been the very convenient London railhead for travel to Europe.

"However, getting to the new Eurostar terminal at St Pancras from Waterloo is not as easy. It currently involves making several changes on the bus and underground or having to use a taxi, which is certainly not suitable for everyone."

He added: "When a contact at Transport for London wrote to tell me about the decision he joked they were going to call the bus the 'Tex Express', in recognition of my lobbying activity."