Good evening everyone,

My first post. An open invite to everyone to come to our next
transport forum. We have assembled a great panel (evenings are run on
Question Time format) and as the blurb says below - the rail map of
London is going to change to everyone's benefit over the next 10+
years.

Our local MP Stephen Hammond is President of the Wimbledon Civic Forum
and he also holds a shadow transport brief. He has a particular
interest in widening the benefits of these new initiatives to a larger
catchment area in South West London. All the prinicpal players will be
there on the evening. It should be an enjoyable event.

Best wishes

Ken Wilshire
Chair - WCF Transport Forum


Thursday 16th November 2006 6:30 - 8.00 pm

Rail to Nowhere? A discussion of Orbirail, Airtrack and More

at Wimbledon Community Centre St George's Road SW19 4DP.

Map: http://www.wimbledoncivicforum.org.uk/whatson/map.shtml

Why have Wimbledon and the surrounding communties been forgotten when
it comes to enhancing orbital rail services around London and to
Heathrow Airport? London's rail network is about to undergo it's
biggest expansion since Thameslink and the DLR were implemented almost
20 years ago.

However, none of the planned routes to enable passengers to circle
London or go direct to Heathrow from the south include Wimbledon. This
disenfranchises a very large catchment area. Also hear about SWT's new
franchise plans.

Stephen Hammond MP welcomes you to this session.

Panelists a
Geoff Hobbs - Head of Strategy, London Rail TfL
George Burnett - Chair Airtrack Forum
Chris Chowns or Veronica Pinto LB Merton - SWELTRAC Partner
Stewart Palmer - MD SW Trains.


Forums are open and free. Further information at:
http://www.wimbledoncivicforum.org.uk