how can i get user control textbox value when it is called from a method

Hi Guys
My first post..
i have created windows form project and user control i used a method in a model control like this

 public Route CreateRouteFromText(UCRouteCreate form)
    {

        string routecode =form.txtRouteCode.Text;
        

        Route route = new Route();
        return route;
    }

i called the method from a button in the user control like this

private void btnCreateRoute_Click_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        UCRouteCreate form = new UCRouteCreate();
       
            Route route = controller.CreateMovieFromText(form);
            controller.InsertRoute(route);
            
        

    }

i have a class called route
class Route
{

       public string routeCode ;
        
     public string Routecode
        {
            get
            {
                return routeCode;
            }
            set
            {
                routeCode = value;
            }
        }
        public Route( )
    {
        
    }

every time i call the create button event handler the value for the textbox always inserted as empty cani any one direct me to where I'm going wrong please