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Petition update, 09 January 2009

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We support ASLEF’s electrification campaign which urges the government to electrify the UK’s rail network as oil prices soar and environmental pressures increase. Electrified railways would be cleaner for drivers and passengers and by using renewable energy sources would reduce carbon emissions and cut reliance on oil. Electric trains will bring future savings because they’re cheaper and require less maintenance than diesel trains. Greater electrification will enhance carrying capacity and improve comfort for passengers and emit between 20-35% less carbon than the diesel equivalent.

We believe the short-term, profit-obsessed and fragmented UK rail industry will not permit the necessary and expensive investment necessary for an infrastructure development as vast as electrification.

Accordingly on behalf of passengers, trade unionists and environmentalists we urge the Prime Minister to instruct Network Rail to proceed with electrification of the UK’s rail network forthwith, thereby ensuring an economically and environmentally sustainable railway for future generations.

Current signatories

James McGowan, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Brian Pears
• dirk rees
• Eoin Murphy
• Keith Norman
• GAIL KELLY
• Hugh Bradley
• Declan Mac Intyre
• David Calfe
• Jim Waddell
• chris proctor
• Jason Wyatt
• Tim Reynolds
• Lee Darnton
• Nigel Harradine
• Gregory Hirst
• Richard Fisher
• David Rowe
• Philip Gates
• Jim Peters
• gary comfort
• Graham Dean
• Alan Edwards
• Michael Beck
• Nigel Gibson
• Alan Griffiths
• Marc Tanner
• Colin Hicks
• John Hay
• john mccue
• a viner
• John Delahunty
• Ian May
• rob elflain
• michael burnitt
• William Burns
• graham martin-royle
• Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/air-curtains/)
• Del De Souza
• GEORGE ADAMSON
• Estelle Calfe
• Perry Calvert
• tam mckendrick
• Keith Saunders
• stuart surridge
• Kevin Lindsay
• James Kerr
• Ivor Riddell
• Alan Moss
• P G Whitehead
• James Hopkins
• stuart hammond
• Alan Moir
• george Anthony Hill
• Peter Hodgett
• John Saunders
• george moore
• Jayne Saunders
• Adam Beizsley-Pycroft
• melvin tweats
• John Bird
• Susan Edwards
• Vince Mills
• margaret gallagher
• Steve Connolly
• Nigel Price
• Colin McAteer
• Gordon Harrington
• christophe pierre suant
• andrew smith
• Brian Crayford
• Struan Johnston
• Mark Hesketh
• james lafferty
• Andrew Brown
• Kieran Fielding
• Dave Watson
• kevin gray
• john mackay
• Brian Fitzpatrick
• sarah simpson
• andy baker
• Gary Nuthall
• Stewart MacDonald
• James Morrison
• paul jackson
• John McKenzie
• safwan samad
• sara johnson
• steve clayton
• Una Walker
• donna childs
• Keith Morum
• Andrew John Stocks
• Michael Phillips
• Simon Reed
• Colin Nolan
• Colin Cooper
• mike rhodes
• David Whyte
• robin farthing
• Gary Spicer
• John McDonnell MP
• brian greig
• Ron Proffitt
• Patrick O'Rourke
• Peter Ritchie
• David Jones
• Hilda Palmer
• IAN HEATH
• Ian Ridsdale
• Finn Brennan
• allyson jones
• Frank Thomson
• Des Thompson
• Andrew Wiemers
• Lee Simpson
• Craig Beharrie
• Mark Herron
• Shelagh Wilcox Hughes
• David Bacon
• Phil Bartlett
• Bob Hayes
• Darryl Chamberlain
• Anindya Bhattacharyya
• Thomas LEE
• andrew watson
• R A Hill
• Peter Beare
• James Teyhan
• Michael Delamar
• ANGUS GRANT
• Fiona Grant
• John Farmer
• Mark Henshall
• N. Tregoning
• Michael Binns
• Malcolm Graham Ian Scoular
• Andy Brady
• Malcolm Thorpe
• James Fenwick
• Michael BENNETT
• jim clark
• Nicola Jacobs
• Bob Thomson
• james buchan
• Paul Stannard
• Nicky Whitehead
• Sean Clayton
• Jim Smith-Wright
• Simon Dunkley
• graham fry
• Bob Hawes
• Joe Holmes
• Gerry Baldwin
• Sarah Murray
• D EGERTON
• roy luxford
• John Ruddy
• Stefano Fella
• Simon Birtwistle
• Mike Trodd (Barnham)
• Anthony Titherly
• Andi Dell (dagworth)
• Nicholas Chadha
• Mark Winn
• john colvill
• Kevin Eade
• geoff burton
• Nigel Harkness
• David King - RMT Stirling 1 Branch Secretary
• s simcott
• john johnson
• Daniel O'Brien
• David Forrest
• Stephen Biggs ASLEF Rep
• wayne massey
• shel waters
• John Burke
• alan brown
• Colin Coats
• john wagstaff
• Austin Harney
• Andrew Cook
• V. Galantsev
• Andrew Pratt
• K Beresford
• SALIM RAVAT
• kennon culbert
• Stuart Marlow
• Michael Moloney
• Patrick Sinclair
• Leslie Bird
• Harpall Samby
• John Howell
• John Ward
• Keith Saxon
• John Clark
• Dave Piggott
• Andrew Burton
• A.P. COLE
• Andrew Dix
• Gary Ward
• Keith Anderson
• William Simpson
• JOHN, GEOFFREY, REED
• Michael Hogben
• Brian hammonds
• paul dennis
• Roger Isaacs
• Marz Colombini
• Robert Davey
• david gwynn
• Steve Gurdler
• Neal Cooper
• Jamie Chadwick
• Dave Mortlock
• mansoor ahmed
• Wayne Seddon
• Phil BRAND
• steve robinson
• Linda Ferguson
• Joe McGilvray
• Andrew Hopkins
• Joe V Grew
• william sapsed
• Andrew Harris
• Fred Behardien
• Andy Reed
• Mark James
• Dave Johnson
• Neil Cassidy
• Christopher Sumner
• Tim White
• Brian Rampling
• Derrick Lowrie, ASLEF REP
• Tim Miles
• Laurie Campbell
• Donna Saunders
• andrew grainger
• Tom Corbin
• d kinslow
• David Tuckley
• Paul Ireland
• David Geraint Lewis
• David Hoyle
• Darren Rees
• John Fleming
• Michael Berg
• Derek Walker
• john siraut
• Paul Crake
• Chris Grayell
• Gareth Sullivan
• Felix Chapman
• Tim Deacon
• EilishLindsay
• Tim Wade MBE
• GrahamWade
• Gordon Gilmartin
• C McCullen
• michael field
• Anthony Holloway
• stuart cruickshank
• Jacob Millar
• john cunniffe
• Stuart Boaks
• Ben Parish
• Chris Davenport
• David Haddon
• Hugh Dickinson
• Sandy Fraser
• Peter Wright
• Anthony Fraser
• Brian Scott
• Michael Geldard
• Brian Dey
• Adrian Wheway
• Darren Evans
• murdo mcalder-macphee
• Charles Margetts
• Robert Skedgell
• P.A.Thompson
• Paul Coles
• rob porter
• Matthew Kent
• Andy Seal
• michael mcrae
• G R Cox
• Steve Funnell
• Neil Redfern
• Peter Smith
• Allister Prow
• John O'Connell
• Duncan Irving
• Jacqueline Sorfleet
• Felix Sorfleet
• Antony Sorfleet
• Andrew Gardner
• Robert Smith
• Ben Hughes
• Mr C G Martin
• Ian Westwater
• Anne McFarlane
• Bruce Lake
• Chris Keating
• Richard Dunnill
• doug futers
• George Gregory Anderson
• Christine Cooper
• Chris Hoptroff
• Dave Gould
• Ernie Watt
• Anne Gould
• Paul Gore
• David Lubin
• M Cochrane
• m hills
• Ian Thomas
• Ian Duncan
• Adrian Rabbage
• p watson
• a m watson
• Martin Exley
• Graham Peacock
• John Bull
• Neil Wheelwright
• Adrian Lunn
• John Spencer
• Mark Ward
• J Darby
• C Rose
• Sara Mazzanti
• Peter Robinson
• David C. (Stan) Sowden
• Ian McHugh
• paul white
• Catherine Walsh
• Caryn Woolcock
• Penny Buxton
• steve harrold
• David Bull
• Sylvia Loots
• Roy St Pierre
• Paul Haywood
• sean finlay
• Peter Greenhalgh
• David Penney
• Graham Wickenden
• Simon Weller
• David Weir
• Robert Wilson
• Kenny Orr
• Neal Ricketts
• Andrew Cowell
• Ray Wills
• Gareth Jones
• John Band
• Bruce Warren
• John Howard
• Ganesh Sittampalam
• Keith Fransham
• Dan Browne
• Simon Field
• Neil Nerva
• David Mawdsley
• Charles Ashbury
• Stephen Radford
• Alistair Gunn
• Derek Bibb
• Matt Carlson
• Julian D. Gulliford
• Ivan Leo Puoti
• Robert Wilson
• roger ellis
• Timothy James Price
• Lars Brunner
• Ian Gibson
• Bob Rayner
• christopher barrie
• trevor goddard
• Tom Nelson
• A Hughes
• Keith Walden
• Cary Gee
• Andrew Jones
• YVONNE REID
• Stephen A Watson
• Graeme D. Moyes
• Roderick McPherson
• Simon Barratt
• Brian Hanson
• Mark Pearson
• alistair gorman
• Kevin Steinhardt
• Jack Paterson
• William M Garden
• Paul Winter
• Mark. S. Young
• kenneth nish
• Craig Williams
• Benjamin Whitehead
• Tom Miller
• P. Foulger
• David Tomlinson
• Stephen John Ward
• Toby Harling
• Mark Fawcett
• Keith A Mallinson
• John Gallop
• Chris Briton
• Brian Leslie
• Martin Clee
• John Pratt
• Angus Watson
• Dominic Evans
• Bruce Williamson
• Michael Ruddock
• Diggory Hardy
• Andrew Durrant
• Peter Vincent
• ALAN CHAPMAN
• Peter Bendall
• Nick Marland
• Gary Downes
• Maurice Austin
• Phil Eaton
• Alister Kinsman
• Danny Ayling
• Malcolm Chainey
• Robert Ross
• Robert Graham Nalty
• Colin Brazier
• H.Baggs
• Peter J Walker
• James Pilgrim
• Francis Marsden
• Stephen Foster
• Tom Porter
• Stuart Mack
• Mark Hollings
• Peter Skuce
• Sue Tibbles
• Douglas Williamson
• Bill MacKeith
• Tom Tamplin
• Mike Rowley
• A. Wallace
• j rawbone
• Geoff Causer
• John Davison
• Andrew Long M.Sc. FCILT.
• Stuart George
• John Harrison