Following our analysis of Friday’s icy (or not) events, Karen Harding, our Borough Green Correspondent, writes:- We had absolutely nothing on the Maidstone East line – the whole line was at a standstill. We ended up driving to Otford, where … Continue reading →
Southeastern services were badly disrupted all day on Friday 12 February. This was eventually blamed on ice on the rails that the de-icing trains did not shift. However both passengers and the Met Office records suggest that any frost was local … Continue reading →
On Wednesday the Daily Mail carried a worrying story about the treatment of a pregnant woman on a train from Bromley South to Victoria. Unable to find a seat in standard class, she had sat in a vacant first class … Continue reading →
On the evening of Monday 8 February a section of the new roof at London Bridge Station had been blown on to the line preventing train services running through the station to and from Waterloo East and Charing Cross. Getting … Continue reading →
A bad month with 354 minutes delay on 19 days’ travel and continuing problems with failed lights at Bat & Ball. A nice new information display at Bat & Ball, although still problems putting up to date and accurate information onto it
Keith is a SRTA member and a regular commuter from Bat & Ball to London via Sevenoaks. Each month he gives his personal experiences and views.
Continue reading →On Friday 5 February I had the day off work and I decided to go to Dover. Although the line between Folkestone and Dover had been closed for over a month information from different rail industry sources was still poor and contradictory, … Continue reading →