{"id":461,"date":"2014-01-11T15:12:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T15:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/?p=461"},"modified":"2014-01-13T17:21:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T17:21:48","slug":"offpeak-services-from-sevenoaks-virtually-halved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/posts\/461","title":{"rendered":"Offpeak services from Sevenoaks to Charing Cross virtually halved"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20140111-hastings-cancellations\"Offpeak services from Sevenoaks to Charing Cross have been virtually halved. \u00a0Southeastern have sacrificed the xx29 and xx59 stops at Sevenoaks on services from Hastings in order to catch up time. \u00a0Some early peak hour services will run a few minutes earlier too.<\/p>\n

This is due to speed restrictions at Wadhurst after a landslip. \u00a0<\/span>This week this has been done by cancelling the stops on the day, and Southeastern have announced a revised timetable from Monday 13 January for services from Hastings. \u00a0Southeastern have said that this is a temporary measure, but have not given any indication of how long the new timetable will last (they say that that is up to Network Rail).<\/span><\/p>\n

The main change is that offpeak services from Hastings will not stop at Sevenoaks at xx29 and xx59 on Monday to Friday. \u00a0Instead they will speed through Sevenoaks and Orpington with lots of empty seats “to catch up time”.<\/p>\n

Because of the pattern of the other fast services from Tunbridge Wells and from Ashford, the maximum wait for an offpeak fast train has risen from 15 minutes to 25 minutes. \u00a0 What was nearly a turn-up-and-go service like the London Metro services has become something which requires more planning.<\/p>\n

For Sevenoaks passengers the pattern will now be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sevenoaks<\/td>\nCharing Cross<\/td>\nNotes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
xx06<\/i><\/td>\nxx57<\/i><\/td>\nSlow train, overtaken<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
xx14<\/td>\nxx49<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
xx19<\/td>\nxx52<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
xx36<\/i><\/td>\nxx27<\/i><\/td>\nSlow train, overtaken<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
xx44<\/td>\nxx19<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
xx49<\/td>\nxx22<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

There are also small changes to the timing of early peak hour services – the 0630 to Charing Cross will now leave Sevenoaks at 0628 and the 0653 to Cannon Street will leave at 0652. \u00a0Most peak-hour services from Hastings do not stop at Sevenoaks anyway.<\/p>\n

It does not appear that any changes have been made to services from London. \u00a0 It is unclear whether the change applies at weekends.<\/p>\n

SRTA have already written to Southeastern to complain about this change which disadvantages more Sevenoaks and Orpington travellers more severely than the advantage gained by a small number of Hastings passengers. \u00a0We’ve also asked about some of the consequential details, for instance Delay-Repay compensation if one of the other trains does not run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Offpeak services from Sevenoaks to Charing Cross have been virtually halved. \u00a0Southeastern have sacrificed the xx29 and xx59 stops at Sevenoaks on services from Hastings in order to catch up time. \u00a0Some early peak hour services will run a few …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Offpeak services from Sevenoaks virtually halved. #southeastern http:\/\/wp.me\/p3QBJ4-7r","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trains"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Secretary","author_link":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/posts\/author\/secretary"},"featured_img":null,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Trains<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Trains<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"9","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 12 years ago","modified":"Updated 12 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 11 January 2014","modified":"Updated on 13 January 2014"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 11 January 2014 15:12","modified":"Updated on 13 January 2014 17:21"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3QBJ4-7r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 00:31:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}