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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Two-thirds of passengers want Southeastern timetables to be changed
Almost two thirds of Southeastern passengers want changes to the train operator’s timetable, five months after Government cuts led to SE London services being slashed, a survey for transport watchdogs has found. The survey of over 500 passengers in south London found that 65 per cent of passengers wanted changes to the timetable, while 42 […]
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We won’t let TfL run Southeastern Metro trains, says government
The government has resisted a call from City Hall politicians to hand over Southeastern Metro and other rail services to be transferred to Transport for London. Westminster currently controls most of the capital’s local services, but many services have faced cutbacks following the pandemic, or will suffer service reductions in the next timetable. Southeastern Metro […]
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Southeastern ‘not listening to Greenwich Council’ about rail cuts
Southeastern has been accused of “not listening” by Greenwich Council’s transport chief – who said that the government-owned rail company had not responded to her complaints about service cuts. Averil Lekau, the cabinet member for transport for the council’s deputy leader, praised the petition set up by this website calling on the government to transfer […]
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