Event: MEP Caroline Lucas meets Cllr Malcolm Robertson to discuss the
future of Kent's rural rail network at a pump-trolley train exhibit
Place: Market Square, High Street, Maidstone
Time: Wednesday, April 14th, 1pm

EURO-MP ADDS VOICE TO 'BACK ON TRACK' CAMPAIGN

PLANS to slash rural rail services in Kent must be taken back to the drawing
board, the country's Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas said, adding her
voice to the growing campaign to get Kent 'Back on Track'.

Dr Lucas will discuss her concerns at proposals by the Strategic Rail
Authority (SRA) to cut rural rail services across the county during a
meeting with Maidstone Borough Councillor Malcolm Robertson tomorrow - at a
traditional pump-trolley train which has been installed in Maidstone's
market Square in the High Street.

She said: "These latest proposal are absurd and must be taken straight back
to the drawing board. At a time when the Government is proposing
unsustainable levels of hou