My company is relocating from Burgess Hill to Guildford in Surrey.

My current door-to-door journey time is 40 minutes by foot/train.

My new journey time will be two hours, due to the longer distance and the need to change trains.

My alternative is to change jobs (not practical) or travel by car (journey time 1h 20m).

I wrote to the various rail companies suggesting that to reduce the journey time one Guildford-Gatwick Airport train be extended to Brighton in the morning and evening rush hours.

Thameslink and South Central at least replied but both turned down the idea on the basis this was either outside their Passenger Service Requirement (PSR) or that the main traffic flow was to London, so they weren't interested in Guildford.

Thames Trains and the Strategic Rail Authority did not even reply.

Today, the government announced plans to widen the M25. It looks as though I'll be forced to use the car.

There's something wrong somewhere.

-Nick Hearn, Brighton