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Department for Transport’s plans to withdraw WiFi on trains are a backward step

Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association Posted on 25 May 2023 by Secretary31 December 2023

The Department for Transport have apparently told the train operators that they should cease offering wifi if they “cannot justify it financially”.
This is a backward step. As the Chief Executive of Transport Focus has said: “Access to wifi is something many passengers now expect as standard. It helps people use their travel time productively and is something which could encourage more people to use rail over other modes.”

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Southeastern buying a fleet of new trains

Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association Posted on 21 November 2022 by Secretary21 November 2022

The excellent ianVisits website about London and travel reports that Southeastern have issued a notice to train manufacturers to buy a new fleet of trains, to go into service in late 2027. It seems that these are to replace the … Continue reading →

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Timetable changes from 11 December

Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association Posted on 10 October 2022 by Tony Clayton21 November 2022

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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Maidstone East Fast Service: will DfT’s alternative be good enough?

Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association Posted on 2 February 2021 by Roger Johnson2 February 2021

The Department for Transport will shortly propose to local MPs an “alternative” Maidstone East service instead of the through Thameslink service original promised from December 2018. We understand that it will be based on the existing Southeastern peak service that runs about hourly to and from Blackfriars.

Any alternative proposal for the Maidstone East line needs to be tested against the benefits offered to the community by the original proposal that is already over two years overdue.

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Local commuters demand “Honour Your Thameslink Commitments”

Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association Posted on 3 December 2020 by Roger Johnson3 December 2020

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Our local MP, Laura Trott has arranged a 30 minute public meeting with Rail Minister, Chris Heaton-Harris, about the government’s failure to provide the long awaited Maidstone East to Cambridge fast service. The meeting will start at 17.30 on December 14th 2020.

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Nine days of longer journeys and diversions

Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association Posted on 23 July 2020 by Secretary11 October 2021

Starting this Saturday, 25 July, and for the whole of next week there will be nine days of changed times, longer journeys and diversions to Southeastern services from Sevenoaks. Basically on the off-peak pattern fast trains on the Ashford/ Ramsgate … Continue reading →

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