Southeastern have announced today that the Department for Transport have awarded them a further contract to run services until June 2018. Our initial analysis shows that there is little new for rail travellers from the Sevenoaks area.
Continue reading →On 13 October BBC Radio Kent will broadcast a series of programmes on the future of train travel in the county. The programme makers would like to know what travellers think of SouthEastern services. Please give us your views in the … Continue reading →
SRTA member Gordon Pratt has been researching the case for more fast trains stopping at Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye. Denmark Hill is an important destination for consultants, medical staff and patients from Kent going to two major hospitals … King’s … Continue reading →
Commuters on the c2c services between Fenchurch Street and Essex will get automatic compensation if their train is more than two minutes late, reports The Daily Telegraph. From 2016 credits will be issued to holders of annual, monthly, weekly or … Continue reading →
It was disturbing to read Oliver Wright’s account in the Independent of being stranded at Orpington on an “engineering works” day. It’s not apparent why there were no trains running from Orpington at 2250 – even on a Sunday there would normally … Continue reading →
From Saturday 23 August to Sunday 31 August no Southern or First Capital Connect services will operate from London Bridge station. This is so that rebuilt platforms 12 and 13 can be brought back into use and platforms 10 and … Continue reading →