These are contact details of the various organisations or people you may wish to contact with your views about the railway, or local transport in general. You can really help by writing in support of the railway.

Local government organisations:

Telephone

email

Address

West of England Partnership

0117 9036114

john.malyckyj@westofengland.org

West of England Partnership, Floor 1, Wilder House, Wilder Street, Bristol, BS2 8PH

South West Councils

01823 270101

info@swcouncils.gov.uk

Dennett House, 11 Middle Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1SH

Government ministers:

The  Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP,

 Secretary of State for Transport

patrick.mcloughlin.mp@parliament .uk

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Rt Hon Simon Burns MP, Minister of State for Transport

burnss@parliament.uk

House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

Local MPs:

Dr Liam Fox MP - Somerset North

020 72194198

admin@northsomersetconservativ es.com or

mrsionedouglas@hotmail.com

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP - Bristol South

0117 9090063

primarolod@parliament.uk

PO Box 1002, Bristol, BS99 1WH

Stephen Williams MP - Bristol West

0117 9423494

stephenwilliamsmp@parliament.uk

PO Box 2500, Bristol, BS6 9AH

Kerry McCarthy MP - Bristol East

0117 9421900

southwest@new.labour.org.uk

Newfoundland Court, Newfoundland Street, Bristol, BS2 9AP

Charlotte Leslie- Bristol North West

0117 973 6811

Bristol & South Gloucestershire Conservatives
5 Westfield Park, Bristol, BS6 6LT

Chris Skidmore - Kingswood

0117 973 6811

5 Westfield Park, Bristol, BS6 6LT

Jack Lopresti - Filton & Bradley Stoke

0117 9736812

jack@jacklopresti.com

5 Westfield Park, Bristol, BS6 6LT

TravelWatch South West:

TravelWatch South West

07825 542123

office@travelwatchsouthwest.org

TravelWatch SouthWest CIC, 149 Polwithen Drive, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2SW

Local Councils and key contacts:

See also Links page

George Ferguson, Mayor of Bristol

0117 922 4213

mayor@bristol.gov.uk

Cllr Elfan Ap Rees, Deputy leader and executive member for strategic planning, highways and economic development, North Somerset Council

01934 822524

elfan.ap.rees@n-somerset.gov.uk

Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Rd, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1UJ

Transport Policy Team, North Somerset Council

01275 888507

transport.policy@n-somerset.gov.uk

Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Rd, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1UJ

Tim Kent,  Executive Member for Transport, Bristol City Council

0117 3005645

tim.kent@bristol.gov.uk

Room 206, The Council House, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TR

Local newspapers:

Evening Post

0117 9343000

epletters@bepp.co.uk

Temple Way, Bristol, BS99 7HD

Western Daily Press

0117 9343000

wdletters@bepp.co.uk

Temple Way, Bristol, BS99 7HD

North Somerset Times

01934 414010

nstimes@archant.co.uk

32 Waterloo Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1LW

Weston & Somerset Mercury

01934 422500

newsdesk@thewestonmercury.co. uk

32 Waterloo Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1LW