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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called for new action to deal with the ongoing disruption of local rail services.

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has welcomed news that the RMT have now called off their strike for Thursday and Friday and agreed to enter into talks with GTR/Southern at ACAS again saying: "In my view, the unions should drop their selfish and disruptive action altogether and reach a sensible agreement with the company."

Statement from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Southern Rail.

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has said that the rail unions must not escape blame for the serious disruption to Southern Rail services over recent weeks.

Nick Herbert met the Transport Secretary,  the Rail Minister and the Chief Executive of GTR last week to discuss the rail service, and he is leading an MPs' delegation to meet the Transport Secretary again today (Wednesday).

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has described Govia Thameslink’s management of its rail franchise as "absolutely lamentable" and called on the company to honour its promise to deliver improvements to the service.

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has welcomed a commitment from the Rail Minister to hold rail companies to account following another week of service disruption to local trains.

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has written to the Rail Minister to ask her to clarify what sanctions are available to ensure that Network Rail and Govia Thameslink Railways are held to account for their failure to deliver acceptable standards of performance.

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called for Southern and Thameslink to be stripped of their rail franchise unless they show immediate improvement.

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called on Network Rail to compensate passengers following the decision by the rail regulator this week (Monday 10 August) to impose a £2 million financial penalty on the track operating body.

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has said that Southern Railway should "hang its head in shame" after being rated the worst performing train company in the country by passengers.

The Rail Minister has pledged action to improve Southern train services, saying that at times delays and disruption were “simply inexcusable”.

Rail companies have pledged to improve performance on the Brighton line after MPs complained to Ministers about the deteriorating standard of service.

Rail companies have pledged to improve performance on the Brighton line after MPs complained to Ministers about the deteriorating standard of service.

The Government has demanded that rail services in Sussex must improve after an MP raised his concerns last week.