Since we formed in July 2007, people who agree with Rail for the Valley have been writing many Letters to the Editor of our local newspapers. It's working... The Rail for the Valley movement has been getting a lot of press!

Articles of interest...

Interurban passenger rail option renewed (Langley Times, July 8)

BC Hydro wants to stay on tracks (The Tyee, July 8)

Rail reality grows with Hydro's revelation (The Province, July 7)

Green promotes agreement (Langley Times, July 7)

Amtrak second train now a go (Surrey Leader, July 6)

Gieselman to lead rail movement (Chilliwack Times, June 2)

Rail Fix: Two Tracks to Langley (Monte Paulsen, The Tyee, June 1)

Preserve rail corridor - City (Langley Times, May 26)

New hope for light-rail folks (The Province, May 17)

Passenger hopes ride on fading rail deal (Langley Advance, May 8)

All parties vow more transit south of Fraser (Vancouver Sun, April 22)

Rapid Transit: The light rail option (Abbotsford News, April 20)

Get on with rapid transit, Editorial, Abbotsford News (April 20)

Rail For The Valley Protests Along Highway #1 overpasses (Langley Free Press, April 15)

A honking success (Chilliwack Times, April 13)

Railing for transit (Abbotsford News, April 13)

Protesters push for rail not freeways (Surrey Leader, April 13)

VIDEO: CTV News - Fraser residents renew push for light rail (CTV, April 11)

VIDEO: Global News - Rail for the Valley (Global, April 11)

Rail transit supporters rally (Aldergrove Star, April 11)

Light rail demonstration honking success in Chilliwack (Chilliwack Progress, April 11)

Day of Action will focus on light rail advantages (Abbotsford Times, April 10, 2009)

150 km of track, trains for price of new bridge: Study (The Province, April 9, 2009)

'Massive' transit protest planned (Chilliwack Progress, April 6, 2009)

Light rail fans to hit the highway (Surrey Leader, April 3, 2009)

Want one Port Mann Bridge, or a Light Rail Metropolis? (The Tyee, March 25, 2009)

Brouhaha over bridge (Abbotsford Times, March 10, 2009)

Valley transit concerns may change gears soon (Abbotsford Times, March 3, 2009)

Transit, housing top readers' ideas, wish list (Abbotsford News, January 26, 2009)

Light rail popular theme (Abbotsford News, January 24, 2009)

Rail advocates form society (Chilliwack Times, January 23, 2009)

Transportation improvements not fast enough (Financial Times, December 22, 2008)

Keep the pressure on, editorial, Surrey Leader (December 18, 2008)

Transit study set up to fail? editorial, The Province (December 17, 2008)

Rail group pans TransLink plan (Langley Times, December 13, 2008)

Langley not in rail study (Langley Advance, December 12, 2008)

Valley rail advocates say enough with the studies (The Province, November 30, 2008)

Transit planner criticizes valley rail study (News 1130, November 28, 2008)

Study of transit a good idea, editorial, Chilliwack Times (November 28, 2008)

Study on valley transit going forward (Chilliwack Progress, November 27, 2008)

New mayor keen to study rail for the valley (Chilliwack Times, November 27, 2008)

B.C. funds commuter rail studies (Surrey Leader, November 28)

Why the Interurban won't work (Kurt Langmann, Aldergrove Star, November 19)
FOLLOW-UP: Readers defend Interurban (Aldergrove Star, November 26)

An issue that just won't go away (The Province, November 13)

SkyTrain no slam dunk: Falcon (Surrey Leader, November 13)

Research lags on valley rail vision (Surrey Leader, November 13)

Fraser Valley residents pushing for light rail (CTV News - Video, November 12)

South-of-Fraser communities push for light rail transit (Vancouver Sun, November 12)

Transit dominates election meeting (Chilliwack Progress, November 10)

Rail a big issue (Chilliwack Times, November 7)

Premier must get on board with Valley transit planning (The Province, November 4)

Abby council considers light rail project (Chilliwack Progress, November 4)

Abbotsford aims to lead the way in moving people (Abbotsford Times, November 4)

Abbotsford set to embrace light rail (The Province, November 3)

Light rail ideal for Olympic commuters, says transportation committee (News 1130, November 2)

Group wants interurban back on track (Vancouver Sun, October 31)

Light rail, not SkyTrain, urged for Surrey (Surrey Leader, October 30)

Teenage candidate devises Valley transit plan (The Province, October 28)

Commuter rail dream gets another big push (Abbotsford Times, September 30)

Valley transit study will look at rail lines (Abbotsford Times, September 16)

Pilot project promoted to revive passenger rail line (Chilliwack Progress, September 15)

Time to test the commuter rail theory, editorial, Chilliwack Progress (September 15)

Commuter rail group turns up election heat (Chilliwack Progress, September 11)

Rail fans launch media blitz (Chilliwack Progress, September 8)

Valley rail supporters plan community forum (Chilliwack Times, September 5)

Suspicions raised over Valley transit study (The Province, August 26)

Valley transit vision quest starts (Surrey Leader, August 23)

Aussie expert supports Interurban resurrection (Langley Times, August 19)

VALTAC unveils mobile ad campaign for rail travel (Langley Advance, August 12)

VALTAC picnic presses on despite the rain Langley Times, August 12)

Valley light rail is worth a look (editorial, the Province, August 11)

Mural latest step in campaign to bring LRT to Valley (Langley Times, August 7)

Transit expert calls for rail lines (Langley Advance, August 5)

Trams expert calls for light rail action (Langley Advance, July 25)

Transit solutions sought (Langley Times, July 1)

'Green Your Campbell Cash' Draws Big Response (The Tyee, June 25)

A streetcar advocate named Bateman (The Province, June 12)

Mayor, VALTAC to talk trains (Langley Times, May 18)

Langley leading transit movement (24 Hours, May 9)

Rail option backed (Langley Advance, May 9)

Spend penalty where it works (Langley Advance, May 9)

Township takes steps on light rail planning (Langley Times, May 9)

Maybe numbers are right (Chilliwack Times, May 6)

Rail advocates welcome members (Langley Advance, May 6)

Advance poll: Would you ride the Interurban... (Langley Advance, May 6)

Commuter rail could work (Langley Times, May 4)

Development put in context (Langley Times, May 4)

A desire for streetcars (Langley Times, May 4)

Rail advocates meet up (Langley Advance, May 2)

Commuters welcome: Railway (Surrey Leader, May 2)

Car-centred planning has led to many challenges (Langley Times, April 30)

Interurban focus of forum (Langley Times, April 30)

Forum pushes light rail revival (Langley Advance, April 29)

Planning for rail up the Fraser Valley is plain common sense (editorial, The Province, April 28)

Rally for rail planned (Langley Times, April 25)

Benefits of rail often go unseen (Langley Advance, April 25)

Rail rally held in Langley (Chilliwack Times, April 25)

Frustrated commuters staging all-day rally, with workshops (The Province, April 24)

Brian Lewis: Dismissing light rail in Valley short-sighted (The Province, April 20, 2008)

Regional district 'out of touch' (Langley Times, April 4, 2008)

Interurban option pushed (Langley Times, April 4, 2008)

Don't ignore south of Fraser (the Province, March 16, 2008)

More transit pressure urged (Langley Advance, March 11, 2008)

RAIL FOR THE VALLEY RESPONDS: Getting the facts straight on rail for the valley (Chilliwack Times, March 7, 2008). Click here for the unedited response

Chilliwack Mayor Clint Hames: Put local transit first (Chilliwack Times, February 26, 2008)

Forum fuels demand for light-rail transit (Chilliwack Progress, February 19, 2008)

Light rail, not rapid transit.... continued here: RALLY (Chilliwack Times, February 19, 2008)

Light-rail service pushed for Valley at public meeting (The Province, February 17, 2008)

City gauging public support on Interurban rail line revival (Abbotsford News, February 16, 2008)

Rail Rally hoping to attract hundreds (Chilliwack Times, February 14, 2008)

Info session aims to put rail campaign on track (The Province, February 14, 2008)

Valley group wants light rail (Vancouver Sun, February 12, 2008)

Rail advocates meet Saturday (Abbotsford Times, February 12, 2008)

This is how to make the B.C. transit system one that's truly world-class (The Province, February 11, 2008)

Time for all to board a revived Interurban (The Province, February 5, 2008)

Rail prez sees conflict with commuter service (Chilliwack Progress, February 1, 2008)

Southern rail line may be quick fix, editorial, Abbotsford News (January 26, 2008)

Interurban train an option for Abby (Abbotsford News, January 26, 2008)

Rail needs more than just a 'look', editorial, Abbotsford Times (January 25, 2008)

Hot debate: lanes, trains and automobiles (Abbotsford Times, January 25, 2008)

Resurrect old interurban tramline, Fraser Valley residents urge (CBC, January 25, 2008)

Perfect time for debate on transit, students say (Abbotsford Times, January 22, 2008)

Transit forum gains steam (Chilliwack Progress, January 22, 2008)

Transit forum down the road (Chilliwack Times, January 22, 2008)

Mayor 'delighted' to debate Fraser Valley transit (Chilliwack Progress, January 22, 2008)

Let's have a transit plan for the entire Lower Mainland, editorial, The Province (January 21, 2008)

What's Victoria done for the Valley lately? (The Province, January 17, 2008)

New transit plan blasted by Rail for the Valley (Hope Standard, January 17, 2008)

Surrey Leader editorial: Metro-centric plan shuns the Valley (January 16, 2008)

Transit plan bypasses city (Chilliwack Progress, Jan. 15, 2008)

Light rail fans angered (Chilliwack Times, Jan. 15, 2008)

Abbotsford Times editorial: Transit plan - what's in it for us? (Jan. 15, 2008)

Transit plan panned (Abbotsford Times, Jan. 15, 2008)

No SkyTrain for Langley (Langley Advance, January 15, 2008)

And now the race for real estate begins (The Province, Jan. 15, 2008)

Top story radio coverage on News1130 for the whole afternoon and evening! (Jan. 14, 2008)

For future, learn from the past (New Westminster Record, Jan. 12, 2008)

Time to make trains make sense (New Westminster Record, Dec. 22, 2007)

Railing for better Transit (The Cascade, October 15, 2007)

Langley Times editorial: We can learn from history Rail-based transit will work in the Fraser Valley (October 10, 2007)

Valley activists call for transit pledges (Abbotsford Times, October 2, 2007)

Rail Rally! (Chilliwack Times, September 21, 2007)

Mayor transit wary: The Times goes down on the street.... (Chilliwack Times, Sept. 18, 2007)

Rail link would kill Chilliwack: Mayor (Chilliwack Progress, Sept. 11, 2007)

Abbotsford News editorial: More rail an alternative to freeway widening (August 21, 2007)

New group presses railway case (Surrey Leader, August 17, 2007)

New group pushes for Valley light-rail system (The Province, August 16, 2007)

Pressure mounts for commuter rail line (Chilliwack Progress, August 14, 2007)

Train gaining on information superhighway (Chilliwack Times, August 14, 2007)

Chilliwack Times editorial: Get rail back for the future (August 14, 2007)


And a growing compilation of our Letters........