When I collected some Advance Purchase tickets at Bat & Ball recently a rail replacement bus service stopped outside the station. The display screen on the front of the bus showed a graphic of a steam locomotive and the following … Continue reading
Category Archives: Disruption
We’ve now had an update from Southeastern: The weather has resulted in numerous trains and crews being displaced, meaning many are not where they need to be in order to meet Southeastern’s timetable. In addition, major signalling failures at Cannon … Continue reading
Thameslink have sent us the following urgent message: Due to severe flooding south of London we are advising Thameslink passengers to consider travelling home early today as further bad weather is expected from 3pm and services are still seriously disrupted … Continue reading
On Friday 25 March at 07.50 hours the BBC Teletext service travel pages were showing the following information for Southeastern: –
Replacement bus service running on Southeastern between Dover Priory and Folkestone Central due to damage to the sea wall. Tickets being accepted on London Underground and alternative Southeastern services between Dover Priory and Victoria.
I suggest that this new Underground Line into deepest Kent should be called the “Invicta Line”!
Continue readingThe Chairman of the SRTA writes: Earlier this month there was a debate in Parliament on whether South Eastern Railway should be stripped of its franchise after months of poor performance. Several MPs – of all persuasions – asked whether … Continue reading
There is a “Meet The Managers” event at Sevenoaks station on the evening of this coming Tuesday, 23 February, between 1700 and 1900. We’re told that senior managers from Southeastern and Network Rail will be there to answer your questions and discuss current issues. There’s a lot to discuss!
It’s important that these managers hear about issues directly from Sevenoaks passengers. So please spare a few minutes to give them your views! – and please let us know what they say!!
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