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There was a plan in 2018 by Hastings Borough Council leader Peter Chowney for very light trackless trams to run along the seafront between Hastings and St Leonards made by Severn Lamb which will make the Southend Pier Railway trains but so far nothing has happened.
Can we PLEASE have “Guerrilla Public service Redux” diagrams for all the “Cross.Liz” stations?
I know that such diagrams exist in various places, but to aid everyone’s route-finding a full set of publicly-available diagram/pictures would be very helpful.