Chamber members at the ‘Look the Business’ event at Jarrolds in Norwich showed their support for the Great Eastern Rail Campaign last night.
The Norfolk Chamber has been lobbying collectively with its partners for years for an improved Norwich to London rail service but the campaign took a significant positive step forward with the production in 2009 of the ‘Once in a Generation Rail Prospect for East Anglia’. Chamber members achieved a breakthrough in 2013 when at a Norfolk Chamber event the Chancellor George Osborne announced the creation of a Taskforce to deliver the Norwich in 90 campaign.
This Taskforce has been working with Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex and the campaign has been rebranded as The Great Eastern Rail Campaign.
The campaign is looking to achieve:
- A faster and more reliable trains service Norwich to London in 90 mins
- More seats and more improved carriages
- Significant investment to upgrade the track
Caroline Williams CEO Norfolk Chamber of Commerce said: “The Norfolk Chamber membership are passionate about securing an improved rail service. Our economy is really starting to grow and we need the infrastructure to support this growth.
We have a great opportunity of the next couple of months to visibly show the government just how important investment in our railways is to us as the business community and our workforce.
If you are reading this article and have not yet physically shown your support which take only a few moments please do so now. https://www.norfolkchamber.co.uk/great-eastern-rail-campaign
