After a week of the new timetable, we have drawn together our view from reports from our members and supporters, our own use of services and our monitoring of social media. Overall it has not been as bad as some … Continue reading
Category Archives: London Bridge
The experience of the first week of the London Bridge rebuilding has shown that Cannon Street and London Bridge services are bearing the brunt of the load while Charing Cross and Waterloo East services are emptier than usual.
City workers need greater encouragement to switch from overcrowded London Bridge/Cannon Street services to Waterloo/Charing Cross and Victoria services and then complete their journey on TFL, and vice versa in the evening.
We set out our proposals, and invite your comments.
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In advance of my usual monthly diary, here are my observations on the first week of the new London Bridge rebuilding timetable:
- Most days the 07.23 to Cannon Street has already been very crowded on arrival at Sevenoaks.
We regularly monitor the Twitter conversations about “@se_railway” and have collected a number of reports about fights on trains and platforms in the first week of the London Bridge rebuilding.
Continue readingTomorrow it begins. The rebuilding of the Southeastern side of London Bridge. A new timetable. Fewer trains to Charing Cross, Waterloo East and London Bridge. The biggest changes of our commuting generation. There’s been a crescendo of communications from the … Continue reading
An investigation by the Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association has uncovered that the rail industry’s main website nationalrail.co.uk is quoting the “cheapest” Sevenoaks to Charing Cross return fare for Saturday 10 January of £27.80 – over double the proper fare of … Continue reading