As the trend for alternative fuels for cars continues to grow – particularly with electric vehicles, Southern is installing 50 Electric Vehicle Charging Points (EVCPs) in station car parks across the Southern network at a cost of £375,000 funded by the Office of Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV)as part of a South East-wide initiative to install more points to connect with the Energise network.
Sales of electric vehicles are on the increase and the provision of EVCPs at stations supports Southern’s strategy to encourage more sustainable travel. EVCPs at our stations will help electric vehicle drivers to complete a door to door sustainable journey and reduce their carbon footprint even further. Southern already has ECVPs at 10 stations with 13 more stations planned to have charging points over the next couple of months.
Southern’s Head of Environment, Sandra Norval said:
“We’re on target for installation of most of the 50 ECVPs by the end of March, with the final few to come soon after. Who knows – the installation of these charging points may even encourage more electric car sales. If that happens, everyone wins!”
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EVCPs have been installed at:
- Purley (two charging points)
- South Croydon (one)
- Coulsdon South (one)
- Whyteleafe (one)
- Norbury (one)
- East Grinstead (three)
- Dorking (four)
- Redhill (three)
- Eastbourne (three)
- Brighton (three)
Planned for installation:
- Three Bridges (five)
- Horsham (two)
- Ashtead (two)
- Lingfield (two)
- Crawley (three)
- Crowborough (two)
- Ham Street (one)
- Hove (two)
- Chichester (three)
- Barnham (two)
- Hassocks (two)
- Arundel (one)
- Rye (one)