The excellent IanVisits website has an intriguing report that double-decker trains are being considered as a longer-term option for peak Southwestern services between Waterloo and Basingstoke, and possibly Southampton.
Continue reading →Rail companies – including but not limited to Southeastern – seem to have problems giving passenger accurate and up to date information when things go wrong. We’ve been looking at the information Southeastern supplied on Twitter during the disruption to … Continue reading →
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. This affects trains from and … Continue reading →
After a long delay Southeastern and TfL last month finally agreed some limited acceptance of rail tickets on tubes and buses from 12 January. Southeastern have now quietly put some more details and Frequently Asked Questions on their website. There’s some bad news:
The Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association has won the top Gold Award for Best Website in the national 2014 Railfuture Awards. The judges commented that it was “easy to navigate, relevant and engaging with latest news, a rail user’s one-stop shop”. Tony … Continue reading →
The BBC have an interesting report today of a recent Parliamentary debate on the value for money of South West Trains services. However many of the points apply to other commuter services, including Southeastern. Among the points made was that the … Continue reading →