From 2018 there will be an all-day “Thameslink” service from Maidstone East to Cambridge. There will be two trains an hour of 8 cars, calling at West Malling, Borough Green, Otford and Swanley, then fast to London Bridge, Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon … Continue reading →
Young people aged 16-18 are now required to be in education or an apprenticeship scheme. But they have to pay their own travel costs. Sevenoaks Youth Council are investigating and are asking families affected – not just in Sevenoaks – to respond to a quick survey.
It’s now months since Southeastern ripped out the “Permit to Travel” machine at Dunton Green. In one sense it was no great loss: it seldom worked. However although the intention seems to have been to replace it with a credit-card-only … Continue reading →
Southeastern have today notified us about their final proposals for the timetable from late August 2016. In the next phase of the London Bridge rebuilding, trains to and from Charing Cross will be able to stop at London Bridge, but trains … Continue reading →
Southeastern are running an offer of 25% off “Weekender” tickets purchased online until 27 May for travel up to 3 July. Weekender fares are a good, but little-known, fare option. But the fare rules are complex and different from Day Returns, … Continue reading →
In an email to participants today Southeastern have announced that their “Community Panel” is being closed with immediate effect. We’re not surprised: we have already written about the lack of engagement by Southeastern in the Panel and how there has been only one comment this year on how good or bad their services are. But we’re disappointed that there has been no effort to develop a new, more engaging, successor. Instead participants have been told that they should simply contact the out-sourced ‘Customer Services’ department in the Midlands.