The National Audit Office have published the results of their investigation into the South East Flexible Ticketing programme, of which Southeastern’s “Key” is part. It’s not good reading for the Department for Transport, or for the rail industry more generally. … Continue reading
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We’ve been watching for the conversion of car park and rail ticket machines to accept the new £1 coin. First we were told the machines had been converted; then that they would be converted by October; and now it appears that they could be removed altogether – without any consultation and seemingly without any publicity.
Continue readingIn a number of recent presentations Network Rail have flashed a diagram that they call the “Galaxy Plan”. It’s been up for only a few seconds and the print has been too small to read. But we’ve used the Freedom … Continue reading
There are a lot of engineering works over the Easter period affecting Sevenoaks. If you were thinking of taking the train, either towards London or towards the coast, you will need to plan your journey carefully and allow time for … Continue reading
The Department for Transport are holding one of their series of public consultation events at Sevenoaks station concourse on Monday 10 April from 1600 to 1900. This follows their session at our Annual General Meeting last year; now they are … Continue reading
The layout of the Sevenoaks station forecourt has been changed. John Morrison of the Sevenoaks Cycling Forum writes about the cyclists’ perspective: I took a call from Southeastern to tell me that the latest round of works in the Sevenoaks … Continue reading