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SouthEastern will be holding one of their periodic “Meet the Managers” events on the Cannon Street concourse from 0800 to 1000 on Thursday 27 February. If you travel through Cannon Street, please take a few moments to tell those responsible for your train service what you think of it and how it could be improved. You might also give your views on the proposed timetable during the reconstruction of London Bridge.
On the 1055 from Tonbridge on 13 February 2014 most of the seats are empty
Hastings services to London offpeak are not stopping at Sevenoaks in order to catch up time lost by the landslip at Wadhurst. We travelled on one of these trains and found that there were nearly 300 empty seats. That’s nearly 600 empty seats an hour – while people are waiting 15 minutes longer at Sevenoaks.
Hastings station in 2013, with Victorian-era signalling. Hastings trains are slow because of poor infrastructure, not because of Sevenoaks stops.
We think that MPs should be working together to sort out our rail service.
Yet Amber Rudd, MP for Hastings, told BBC Inside Out South East on 3 February that she wants the next rail franchise to include faster trains from Hastings to Charing Cross. This “would involve arranging for less stops, so I’ll have to combat other MPs on the way up to London”.
We asked for comments on the proposed timetable changes for the first phase of the rebuilding of the Southeastern side of London Bridge. Thanks to all who contributed. We have now submitted our initial comments to Southeastern:
We have asked for further discussions with Southeastern, so please making comments and suggestions on the proposals which we can pursue with Southeastern.
Trains to and from Charing Cross will not be able to stop at London Bridge during the first phase of the rebuilding of the Southeastern side of London Bridge – from January 2015 to August 2016. Southeastern are consulting on changes to the timetable, and other arrangements, during this period. This affects trains from and to Sevenoaks and Dunton Green. We want to hear your views.
Update January 2015: Final timetables have now been published and we have written a Survival Guide to the London Bridge Rebuilding which includes details. You can read it here.
SouthEastern will be holding one of their periodic “Meet the Managers” events on the Charing Cross concourse from 0800 to 1000 on Thursday 30 January. If you travel through Charing Cross, please take a few moments to tell those responsible for your train service what you think of it and how it could be improved.