There will be fewer trains from Sevenoaks to London next Saturday and Sunday, and they will also all be diverted. On Saturday there will be just 2 fast trains to London each hour (xx21 and xx51), and they will go to … Continue reading
Category Archives: London Bridge
Today we have published our “Survival Guide” to the major rail service changes for Sevenoaks area passengers from 11 January 2015 to August 2016. Our key advice: You need to plan your journey – both to London and back to Sevenoaks … Continue reading
We’ve been invited to present a paper about the effect of London Bridge Rebuilding on Sevenoaks to the Kent County Council/Sevenoaks District Council Joint Transportation Board on Tuesday 9 December. Our paper asks the Councils to:
- recognise the risks to commuters and other users of the main rail artery through West Kent during the London Bridge rebuilding, and that these are likely to fall disproportionately on Sevenoaks
- express concern at the lack of effective action in advance by the rail companies, and TfL, to manage risks to passenger journeys
- urge rail operators to enhance customer information at stations, on trains and before leaving home
- press the Department for Transport and the rail companies to address these issues urgently, especially the problems with passenger information.
Southeastern have today announced fare rises for 2015 – although they are in the fourth paragraph of the press release, and blamed on the Chancellor. Yet again Sevenoaks fares are going up by more than average. The average increase for regulated … Continue reading
Rail companies – including but not limited to Southeastern – seem to have problems giving passenger accurate and up to date information when things go wrong. We’ve been looking at the information Southeastern supplied on Twitter during the disruption to … Continue reading
Trains to and from Charing Cross will not be able to stop at London Bridge during the first phase of the rebuilding of the Southeastern side of London Bridge – from January 2015 to August 2016. This affects trains from and … Continue reading