Trains, planes and automobiles

Every Member of Parliament works hard around key transport issues that impact on the lives of their constituents and Steve Brine has led many campaigns to improve how we get around our area as well as travel to and from work.

He has successfully argued for major investment in the M3 motorway which saw, in 2015, resurfacing with new quieter material brought forward by more than five years for stretch between J9-14.

Steve has worked alongside residents arguing for improved junctions, better surfaces and safer crossings including; the 'Cart & Horses' A33 junction at Kings Worthy, Oliver's Battery / Badger Farm Road, Worthy Road in the city centre and Main Road in Otterbourne.

Furthermore, he has led calls for restrictions on HGV's using rural lanes - such as Hocombe Road in Chandler's Ford - and worked hard to flag the impact large lorries have on the centre of New Alresford.

Our hard-working MP maintains strong relationships with local bus operators, Stagecoach and Go South Coast, and has joined with constituents to protect services where they are threatened.

Many Winchester & Chandler's Ford constituents enjoy the convenience of flying from nearby Southampton Airport but it's important to manage aircraft noise and Steve Brine has worked closely with residents in Compton and Otterbourne over the years on the subject.

On top of all of this, the local train service has consistently been at the forefront of Steve's work as a constituency MP; whether that is campaigning for new services, improvements at Winchester Station, on-train wi-fi or holding South Western Railway (and before them South West Trains) to account.

You can see links to more than a decade of our MPs work on local transport infrastructure and services below ...

News

Winchester’s MP welcomes the future of Britain's railways

Steve Brine has welcomed the creation of Great British Railways which will integrate the railways and deliver passenger-focused travel with simpler, modern fares and reliable services. The Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, has today unveiled the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail which wil

Steve Brine sees ‘county lines’ operation at station

Winchester MP Steve Brine joined officers from the British Transport Police at Winchester station this morning as they carried out an important county lines operation. Joining Detective Superintendent Gareth Williams, Steve was taken through the work of the county lines team in combatting the pract

SWR dispute settled at last

Railway workers have accepted a deal to end a long-running dispute over guards on trains. The three-year dispute has regularly disrupted journeys between Winchester and London Waterloo. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) on South Western Railway (SWR) voted to back an agreemen

SWR responds to MP pressure on December strikes compensation

Steve Brine has welcomed an announcement by South Western Railway that passengers affected by the strikes of December 2019 will get additional compensation, above and beyond normal delay and repay schemes. Constituents of Winchester and Chandler’s Ford were heavily affected by the strikes, which to

“Step up or step aside” MP warns South Western Railway

Winchester and Chandler’s Ford MP Steve Brine has warned directors of South Western Railway that the company must “step up or step aside.” The MP has recently been elected as a Vice Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on South Western Railway, a cross-party group of MPs who’s constituents

MP raises Flybe ‘crisis’ in Commons

Steve Brine raised the ‘uneven playing field’ around air passenger duty as he addressed the Flybe crisis in the House of Commons on Tuesday 14th January. The Winchester & Chandler’s Ford MP has Southampton International Airport bordering his constituency, and he told the House that APD and vari

MP visits performance improvement centre at London Waterloo

Steve Brine joined the Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris and other MPs at London Waterloo on Tuesday 22nd October as they review a new performance improvement centre. The Winchester & Chandler’s Ford MP, himself a regular commuter, has long put rail issues at the centre of his work, holdin

Steve Brine MP visits Southampton Airport to understand expansion plans

Steve Brine visited Southampton International Airport on Wednesday 9th October to understand their plans for expansion on behalf of his constituents, particularly those living to the south of Winchester. The Winchester & Chandler’s Ford MP pressed home that, while he recognised that Eastleigh B

Steve Brine raises aviation in No Deal contingency debate

Steve Brine raised the subject of aviation in a No Deal contingency debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday 8th October. The Winchester & Chandler’s Ford MP, who has Southampton International Airport on his constituency’s doorstep, recognised that the Government has permitted EU Airlines to c

RMT industrial action continues

Workers on South Western Railway who are members of the RMT Union have voted to continue industrial action on South Western Railway. The dispute over guards on trains is a long-running one.