Harry Burr

Harry Burr (born August 2006) is a British railway campaigner living in Northampton, East Midlands. At the start of his life, he lived in Canterbury, Kent, before moving to Northampton. In 2020, he started a not-for-profit called Sustainable Transport Northamptonshire, which campaigns for better and more environmentally friendly transport in Northamptonshire and the surrounding areas, after he realised something needs to be done about it.[1]

Harry Burr
Burr on a Southeastern service
Born	August 2006 Margate, Kent, England
Occupation	Volunteer railway campaigner
Years active	2020-present
Organization	Sustainable Transport Northamptonshire
Known for	Railway and transport campaigning in Northamptonshire
Website	harry.uno

Burr leads Sustainable Transport Holdings[2] at the moment, which is the not-for-profit that owns Sustainable Transport Northamptonshire, as well as Sustainable Transport Outer Regions, and both their projects, such as Weedon Station Project and South Northants Link.

Burr has come out about his stress regarding his school-work balance before in Northampton Chronicle and Echo, but said in a quote that "I don't think it's affecting me mentally much but there are worse things I could be doing".[3] He also said in the story that he has "spoken to teachers at schools about it as so much is on my mind right now"

According to news sources, Burr has received both positive and negative comments on social media, but tries to block out the negativity, but take some of it into account in future.[4]

Burr clearly cares about the environment, with one of his quotes from a source being "If the authorities wants to get to that [net-]zero emissions promise by 2050 then they have to make Northamptonshire more connected"[3]

He writes in his local village newsletter[5] on a frequent basis to keep residents updated on his projects, as well as writing for magazines on a frequent basis.

According to a source, Burr "sees a future career in technology, with a desire to work for Google in London",[1] but according to an alternative source, this is no longer true, and is looking for work experience to carry out in late 2021. According to Burr's mother, he'd "make a great politician when he is older"[1]

At the moment, Burr is focussed on his railway station campaign, and mentions his favourite quote "When a station is built, people use it." in most of his press releases and mentions in the media, newsletters and magazines etc.