There’s an Open Day at Bat & Ball station this Saturday, 19 January between 1000 and 1200. There will be a chance to:
Dr Sarah O’Toole and Professor Nicola Christie at the Centre for Transport Studies, University College London, are conducting a study to better understand the link between the type (e.g. car, bus, train) and length of an individual’s commute on their physical and emotional well-being. Previous research has found that longer and more challenging commutes have been linked to lower life satisfaction, increased work-family conflict and greater stress.
Continue reading →All local rail users are welcome at our Annual General Meeting next Thursday. SEVENOAKS RAIL TRAVELLERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thursday 18 October 2018 at 7.30pm Christ Church Hall, Littlecourt Road, Sevenoaks TN13 2JG (corner of London Road and … Continue reading →
The Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association has responded to the consultation on the Sevenoaks District Local Plan.
“The lack of any reference in Chapter 4 – ‘Well Connected Communities” of the Local Plan to the constraints and challenges of adequate rail services is alarming. It suggests a lack of ambition for what needs to be achieved. There is no mechanism identified through which rail capacity increases of the size required can be delivered, or who needs to act to achieve and finance them. It will need central government funding, and should, in our view, involve Transport for London in developing shorter distance services
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Southeastern plan to re-introduce “Tavern Cars” on their services, if they win the new South East Franchise from April 2019. First introduced by the nationalised British Railways on services from Waterloo in 1949, the Tavern Cars aimed to create a … Continue reading →
Many of our supporters have been complaining about the “concrete” seats in the new Thameslink trains. In the House of Commons the Rail Minister claimed “seats normally become more comfortable over time through use”. We used the Freedom of Information … Continue reading →