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.

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 →