MP steps into row over train horn noise problem

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has asked for a meeting with the head of Southern Rail to resolve problems over the use of loud train horns along the Arun Valley line.

By The Newsroom

Published 31st Aug 2005, 12:07 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:36 BST

Mr Herbert has written to Charles Horton, Southern's Managing Director as he believes residents concerns have not been properly addressed.

Burpham Village Committee, South Stoke and Offham Parish Meeting and Councillor Paul Dendle have already written to Southern, Network Rail and the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) but do not feel they have received a satisfactory response.

Residents have complained that they are suffering sleepless nights and that the new two-tone train horns are being used unnecessarily and at unsociable hours.

Last year the RSSB introduced changes governing the use and volume of train horns and recommended a reduction in volume.

For full story see West Sussex Gazette, September 1.