There are significant changes to the timetable for services from Sevenoaks, Dunton Green and Otford from 11 December. The detailed timetables have been published at https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/live-travel-information/december-timetables and Southeastern kindly gave us a briefing on the concepts behind the new timetable and the main features. We have looked at the timetable in detail and these are our main observations.
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It’s now months since Southeastern ripped out the “Permit to Travel” machine at Dunton Green. In one sense it was no great loss: it seldom worked. However although the intention seems to have been to replace it with a credit-card-only … Continue reading
The Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association has long been campaigning to bring TfL’s standards of service and integrated ticketing to the Sevenoaks area.
So we are pleased that the first steps have been taken with this morning’s announcement from the Secretary of State for Transport and the Mayor of London about proposals to create a better integrated rail network in London and the South East.
Continue readingSoutheastern will be holding one of their periodic “Meet the Managers” events at Cannon Street and London Bridge from 0800 to 1000 tomorrow (Tuesday) morning 5 January. If you travel through Cannon Street or London Bridge, please take a few moments to tell those … Continue reading
Gerald Gray writes:- There’s no need to fear that the proposed switch of the metro rail service from Southeastern to TfL would make Sevenoaks part of Greater London. Some 82 years ago the London Passenger Transport Board was formed. Sevenoaks was within the … Continue reading
SRTA and the Greater London Assembly Transport Commitee have met and agreed on the benefits of extending TFL services and Oyster to Sevenoaks.