Southeastern Metro trains in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs could mostly return to pre-Covid service levels by the end of the year – including bringing back an all-day direct link to the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood. “Rounder” services that linked the Greenwich and Sidcup lines on Mondays to Saturdays could be reintroduced as soon as […]
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Botched consultation means more time to comment on government’s plan to close rail ticket offices
The consultation into the government’s plans to close most rail ticket offices has been extended after it was found that some companies did not provide the right materials for people to respond. Rail companies including Southeastern, which is owned by the government, are planning to close most ticket windows as a response to the Conservatives’ […]
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Greenwich councillors’ anger after another Southeastern rail meltdown
Greenwich councillors voiced their anger last night after hundreds of commuters were “kettled” inside London Bridge station following another night of misery for commuters using Southeastern trains. Services were badly disrupted by a trespasser on the tracks at Hither Green station, the latest of a series of incidents that have hit SE London’s commuter rail […]
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Southeastern boss could face new grilling over train service cuts
Updated story: Southeastern’s managing director has been invited back to face residents and Greenwich councillors for a second time, a month after timetable changes which cut train services across the borough. Government funding cuts led to reductions in peak-time trains and fewer services across the board compared with the pre-pandemic service, with rail bosses saying […]
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Southeastern cuts: Complain if your train’s overcrowded, MP says
SE London’s rail passengers should report overcrowded trains directly to Southeastern, a local MP said after government cuts to the timetable were introduced over the weekend. There are now fewer services compared with before the pandemic, with rush-hour trains particularly badly affected, with the rail minister Huw Merriman admitting last week that the cuts were […]
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Tory minister doubles down on Southeastern rail cuts in SE London
Not enough passengers are using Southeastern to justify a return to its old timetables, the rail minister has told SE London MPs days before service cuts hit lines across the area. Labour and Conservative MPs from across Greenwich, Bexley and Lewisham boroughs united to criticise the government cuts at a special debate in Westminster on […]
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