This evening, at the packed meeting to discuss the future of Island Line, Cllr Steve Stubbings delivered very positive news to those at the meeting.
He read out an email that he’d received following meetings and discussions had been held with the Department for Transport.
DfT officials had informed them that Island Line would be included in the next rail franchise.
This has come as quite a surprise as all of the talk so far, initiated by the Island’s MP Andrew Turner, was that this was a lost cause.
Later in his well-received speech, Cllr Stubbings went on to tell the audience, “Only way to remove it from the franchise would be to close it. ”
The detail
You can read OnTheWight‘s live coverage of the meeting, if you were unable to attend.
Update 12.Aug.2015 – Smoothed a few of the rough edges and added links.
