The boss of SE London’s biggest rail company insisted that cuts to his services were not designed to favour Conservative-voting travellers in Kent. In a stormy meeting of Greenwich Council’s transport scrutiny committee, Steve White, the managing director of Southeastern, apologised for the lack of consultation on the new timetable, which is due to begin […]
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Southeastern rail cuts will force people to drive, Greenwich Council warns
Planned cuts to Southeastern rail services will lead to more people using their cars, Greenwich Council’s leader and deputy leader have told the state-run rail company. Service levels that ran before the pandemic began will be cut across the traffic-clogged borough, which aims to cut car use by 40 per cent by 2030 as part […]
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Watchdog and MPs unhappy as Tory cuts hit Southeastern services
London’s rail watchdog has hit out after Southeastern axed scores of trains to and from Charing Cross in its new timetable – ending direct links to the West End for many local communities in SE London. Funding cuts from the Conservative government also mean that services are being reduced overall, with turn-up-and-go frequencies being axed […]
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No boost due for Greenwich’s reduced train service, despite MPs’ intervention
Rail passengers on lines through Greenwich borough are facing another week of reduced services, despite local MPs Matt Pennycook and Clive Efford calling on the government to reinstate trains as commuters start to return to their offices. Train services have been cut on Southeastern and Thameslink routes through southeast London so operators can manage staff […]
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Greenwich and Woolwich’s Thameslink trains axed because of Covid
Thameslink has cancelled all its services on the Greenwich line for the first week of 2022 because of staff shortages caused by the latest wave of coronavirus. The company’s twice-hourly Luton to Rainham service has been scrapped between January 4-7, with trains only running between Dartford and Rainham, disrupting journeys to north Kent as well […]
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TfL is ready to take on ‘crap’ Southeastern’s metro trains, Greenwich Council leader says
Transport for London is ready to take on the local rail services run by the “frankly crap” Southeastern, Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has said. The train company had its franchise withdrawn by transport secretary Grant Shapps on Tuesday after it emerged that it had held back £25 million of payments due to the Treasury. […]
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Southeastern sacked: Greenwich Tories join calls for TfL to take over SE London’s trains
Conservatives on Greenwich Council have joined calls for southeast London’s rail services to be taken over by TfL after Southeastern was sacked as the area’s train operator yesterday. Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, announced yesterday morning that a government-owned company would be taking over trains in SE London, Kent and East Sussex from 17 October […]
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Now bring in TfL to run our trains, MPs demand after government sacks Southeastern
Greenwich borough’s MPs have called for TfL to take over southeast London’s train network after the Westminster government suddenly stripped Southeastern of its franchise. Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced this morning that the government would be taking over the rail company after allegations of fraud. He said Southeastern had owed the government more than £25m […]
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