Improving Transport Infrastructure in Ashfield & Eastwood

Lee Anderson MP with other Notts MP's meeting with the Transport Secretary

Ashfield & Eastwood residents deserve a 1st Class transport system.

Restoring old Railway lines such as the Maid Marian Line will help improve access to jobs and more for those in rural Ashfield & Eastwood.

I have secured £50,000 from Government to carry out a feasibility study for this.

I am also sponsoring a bid for train stations at King’s Mill and Selston.

More recently, £1m has been secured to draft a detailed plan to reopen the Maid Marian Line to passengers as part of the Integrated Rail Plan.

A new £15m plan has also been approved to fix Nottinghamshire's broken roads.

News

Access for All: Kirkby-in-Ashfield Station

Monday, 1 August, 2022

Great News the Access for All (AFA) scheme.

I have heard from Network Rail and the Government that the new AFA submission date is confirmed as 16th September 2022, therefore it is the intention to submit bids formally in accordance with this new date.

141 Bus Service Saved for a Year

Friday, 22 July, 2022

Nottinghamshire residents celebrate as Nottinghamshire County Council uses Covid Relief money to extend the 141 Bus Service for a year.

The MP is pictured with residents and representatives from Network Rail and East Midlands Railway.

MP Backs Bid for Kirkby Train Station Improvements

Friday, 1 April, 2022

Lee Anderson, MP for Ashfield, recently met with Network Rail and East Midlands Railway (EMR) to discuss the potential renovation of Kirkby Train Station.

Maid Marian Line moves a step closer

Thursday, 18 November, 2021

Lee Anderson, MP for Ashfield and Eastwood, was delighted to learn that his lobbying of the Prime Minister is paying off to improve local trainlines.

Lee Anderson MP: Leaving Selston stop out of Maid Marian Line plans was unacceptable

Tuesday, 12 May, 2020

I want to update you all on some of the local issues I have been working on. Firstly, the Maid Marion Train Line which I want to see open and provide Selston residents a station and access to the rest of the county has been a priority of mine since being elected.

Ashfield MP to 'fight tooth and nail' for historic railway line's return

Monday, 3 February, 2020

The new Conservative MP for Ashfield has vowed to “fight tooth and nail” in a bid to see an historic former railway line reopened.

Lee Anderson - open the Maid Marion Line

Thursday, 16 January, 2020

This afternoon I once again met the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps along with Nottinghamshire colleagues from Sherwood, Mansfield and Bolsover to ask for our Maid Marion line to be opened up for our isolated communities.