What a revelation. The Sussex Wildlife Trust to create a nature reserve was outbid ten years ago by murdered landlord Mohammed Raja in buying 2.4 acres of woodland at Eldred Avenue, Withdean, for £6,500 from British Rail. The trust, after winning Lottery backing, still needs about £40,000 (The Argus, August 14).
Imagine the profits made selling off railway land and properties since privatisation. No wonder Railtrack could pay off bosses with golden handshakes. One wonders why the new Strategic Rail Authority spokesman
at the last public Southern Region Rail Passengers' Committee meeting implied there was no money to achieve South Central train operator's pledge to double track and electrify the Uckfield-Hurst Green and Hastings
to Ashford Eurostar interchange, the South Coast rail link with Europe.
Most European rail passengers and freight go to London and the north. The South Coast is left with clapped-out diesel trains shunting along the single tracks that Dr Beeching left open.
-John Stanaway, Lorna Road, Hove
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