London mayor Sadiq Khan’s trial of scrapping peak-time rail fares on Fridays will begin next week — with a senior figure at Southeastern branding the idea “fantastic” . Khan announced in January that he wanted to carry out a three-month trial on the Tube and trains beginning this month. However, the change needed the backing […]
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Christmas engineering works mean no Southeastern trains to Victoria until New Year
Rail services from Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham to Victoria will be hit by major engineering work over Christmas, with lines through Brixton closed between today and New Year’s Day. No Southeastern trains will run into Victoria so work can continue on track upgrades and a multi-million pound resignalling project by Network Rail. Engineers will also […]
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Long waits for Greenwich line trains to be cut, Southeastern boss promises
Some relief could be on the way for long-suffering rail passengers through Greenwich and Woolwich after Southeastern’s boss indicated trains will be better-spaced in the timetable from next summer. The Conservative government cut Southeastern Metro services a year ago, with most stations now having four trains per hour compared with the six they had before […]
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Charing Cross closure to hit SE London’s rail services for four weekends
Rail services across SE London are being cut back over the next four weekends because of engineering work which is closing Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations. Southeastern Metro services will be less frequent and will run to Victoria or Blackfriars instead because a busy rail junction at New Cross is being rebuilt. Thameslink services […]
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Rail ticket office closures will hit disabled users hard, City Hall politicians warn
Closing scores of railway ticket offices across London – including most of those on the Southeastern Metro network – raises “very serious questions” over accessibility for disabled people, a cross-party group of City Hall politicians has said. More than 150 ticket windows in Greater London alone could go under government-led cost-cutting plans, with staff proposed […]
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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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Southeastern targets SE London stations for mass ticket office closures
Most of SE London’s rail ticket offices face closure under long-awaited plans unveiled by Southeastern today – with facilities in Kent and East Sussex remaining largely as they are for now. The planned closures, prompted by government funding cuts across England, would mean 40 of Southeastern’s ticket offices closing at stations within the London fare […]
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Thameslink overtime ban means even fewer Greenwich line trains this month
Long-suffering rail passengers on the Greenwich line will have even fewer trains this month because of industrial action by the rail union Aslef. Last December the Westminster government cut Southeastern Metro services across SE London, with services via Greenwich cut to four unevenly-timed trains per hour – two from Southeastern and two from Thameslink. Now […]
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