We’ve been concerned for some while about Southeastern’s growing use of “Station Skipping” to get trains back on time. Essentially this reduces recorded delays on trains by increasing delays for customers. It’s good for Southeastern because their performance is measured … Continue reading →
Today’s newspapers (Guardian, Evening Standard) are running stories about replacing rail tickets with fingerprint or iris scans. But there’s a little-noticed part of the statement that suggests that “super peak pricing” might be back on the agenda. That would be very … Continue reading →
Southeastern have announced that from Monday 20 February they’ll only sell full-priced “Anytime” tickets on board their trains. Cheekily they say that doing so will “strip out uncertainty for you – our passengers”. However there are also some exceptions that … Continue reading →
Tony Clayton, Chair of the Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association, has written to the Leader of Kent County Council. KCC have reportedly withdrawn their support for the rail devolution prospectus published a year ago. We ask how KCC are going to ensure … Continue reading →
Stories have been circulating for a few days that the devolution of Metro South Eastern rail services to Transport for London, and the associated benefits for longer-distance commuters may be torpedoed by the Department for Transport in coming weeks.
Today’s announcement by the Secretary of State is silent on this. Instead it’s about some reorganisation within the rail industry, So it doesn’t address the issues of better services for customers, more focus on supporting economic growth in the region, stronger management of train operators, and greater local accountability that his own Department promised in January.
It’s time for members and others to make their voice heard again. Otherwise the opportunity will be lost for a further cycle and we’ll be stuck with another franchise on the current, failing, model.
Continue reading →SRTA Supporter Babette Wood writes from Otford: The City Thameslink Service from Otford has been completely unreliable in November. To add insult to injury Southeastern are issuing penalty fares to people who are left in the predicament of either jumping … Continue reading →