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Ticket office decision was ‘Halloween nightmare’ for Tories
Hailing yesterday’s decision to reject Department for Transport plans to close railway station ticket offices, one local campaigner has described the outcome as a “Halloween nightmare for the Government”. In July, nine train companies announced plans to close 269 station … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon South, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Transport
Tagged Charlie King, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Department for Transport, East Croydon station, East Surrey Transport Committee, Govia Thameslink, GTR, London TravelWatch, Norwood Junction, Purley, Railway ticket offices, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tory
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Transport watchdogs reject plan to close railway ticket offices
99% of consultation responses opposed the proposals, with East Croydon and Sanderstead among the stations to attract the largest number of objections It is probably the first cancellation on the railways to be greeted with widespread public acclaim. Plans by … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Department for Transport, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, London TravelWatch, Norwood Junction, Purley, Railway ticket offices, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tory
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680,000 responses make ticket offices biggest consultation
More people participated in the consultation over the threat of closure to the nation’s railway ticket offices than in any previous public consultation held in this country. In all, two travel watchdogs received a combined 680,000 responses from commuters and … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged #SaveOurTicketOffices, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Department for Transport, DfT, East Croydon station, London, London Assembly, London TravelWatch, Mick Lynch, Purley, RMT, Tory
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‘Spooked’ rail operators extend ticket office consultation
The Government’s scheme to close around 1,000 railway station ticket offices has not quite yet hit the buffers. But it has certainly been sent down a side track, as the Rail Delivery Group this morning announced that they are to … Continue reading
Deceit over ticket office closures is taking all of us for a ride
Any claim that the closure of ticket offices on our railways will somehow improve passenger service is intended to mislead, says ANDREW FISHER Yesterday’s announcement by the privatised rail industry of the plans to close almost 1,000 ticket offices across … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Commuting, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Department for Transport, East Croydon station, Labour, Norwood Junction, Purley, Rail Delivery Group, RDG, South Norwood, Southern Railways, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon
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Tories move to shut ticket offices at 1,000 railway stations
The Tory government, in the final throes of its catastrophic administration, has decided to end its days in a headlong battle with the rail unions, after imposing the closure of almost all of England’s station ticket offices. The move has … Continue reading
Perry starts back-pedalling over borough’s low traffic schemes
Less than six months into what was supposed to be a properly monitored 18-month trial of traffic-reducing measures, the council has announced a series of ‘drop-in sessions’ for residents to air their views on CHNs. By PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, South Croydon, South Norwood, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Addiscombe, Broad Green, Broad Green LTN, CHNs, Conservative, Croydon Healthy Neighbourhoods, Department for Transport, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Tory
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Pro-pollution Dombey re-states Sutton opposition to ULEZ
Environment correspondent PAUL LUSHION on the cynical games being played with people’s lives by some of the capital’s third-rate politicians Ruth Dombey, the leader of LibDem-controlled Sutton, today declared war on ULEZ, warning Mayor of London Sadiq Khan that she … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Surrey, Sutton Council, ULEZ expansion, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, Grant Shapps, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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‘No choice’: Khan accepts £3.6bn deal for London’s transport
Tories used threat of cuts to London’s bus routes to force London Mayor to accept pension ‘reforms’ and to move towards potentially dangerous driverless Tube trains The Conservative government has finally agreed a longer-term funding settlement for London’s buses, Tubes, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Cycling, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Department for Transport, DfT, Grant Shapps, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Report: Axing rail staff undermines billions in investment
An influential disability accessibility group which advises the government has described the current staffing on some south London rail stations as ‘completely inadequate’. By our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON A confidential report on workforce “reforms” on the railways from government … Continue reading
Tory government rail cuts cause more commuter misery
Conservative ministers might expect us to return to work ‘as normal’, but they’re doing less-than-nothing to provide a transport service at pre-pandemic levels, reports JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent New rail timetables are to be implemented from Monday, with Croydon, Purley … Continue reading
Posted in Caterham, Community associations, Commuting, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, East Croydon, Epsom and Ewell, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norwood Junction, Purley, Selhurst, Surrey, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Charles King, Crystal Palace, Department for Transport, DfT, East Croydon station, East Surrey Transport Committee, GoVia, Govia Thameslink, Norwood Junction, Selhurst, Southern Rail, West Croydon
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Government offers 1m cut-price rail tickets in ‘first-ever sale’
It is hard not to be cynical when, with the Prime Minister a proven liar and law-breaker and further Partygate revelations expected this week, his government ministers keep reaching into public funds to find distractions and enticements for the public. … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Transport
Tagged British Rail, Department for Transport, Grant Shapps
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Tram passengers face 6.5% fare rise as TfL feels the squeeze
London’s Tube, bus and tram fares are to be increased by an average of almost 5per cent, the biggest annual jump in Transport for London fares since 2012, when Boris Johnson was London Mayor. The daily tram and bus cap … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Department for Transport, DfT, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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TfL says Croydon Flyover is in need of urgent safety works
The Croydon Flyover could soon be assessed as in a state of dangerous disrepair and closed to traffic because Transport for London does not have the money required to carry out urgent repairs that are required. That’s according to a … Continue reading
London is ’23 days from disaster’ over transport funding
With one-fifth of buses and 10% of Tubes under threat of cuts, ‘TfL could become a byword for managed decline’ warns Mayor Khan as Tory government plays brinkmanship with the capital’s economy London’s transport system is “23 days away from … Continue reading
Fraud squad sent in over £25m Southeastern ‘breach of faith’
Govia, the rail operators who run the Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express franchises through East Croydon, have been stripped of their Southeastern operation and face a possible Serious Fraud Office investigation into the withholding of £25million of payments going back … Continue reading
Brighton mainline rail improvements to be axed in Tory cuts
Long-planned improvements to the London to Brighton mainline railway outside Croydon, including rebuilding East Croydon Station and unblocking a bottleneck near Selhurst, could be scrapped as part of government post-covid cut-backs. Network Rail rates the lines around Croydon as the … Continue reading
Tories impose inflation-busting fares increase on Londoners
Sadiq Khan’s fares freeze will be ended in January, just weeks before the London elections take place, as JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, reports Fares on Transport for London-operated buses, Tubes, trains and trams will rise by a “punitive” 2.6 … Continue reading
Commuters to get their day in court over #SouthernFail
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the latest twist in the legal battle between the public and the Government The commuter campaign group ABC – the Association of British Commuters – is to get its day in court at the Royal … Continue reading
Southern Failways: Has MP Philp been making empty threats?
An alternative story behind Southern Railway’s constant cancellations of commuter services continues to emerge. As our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, reports, some train drivers say that the Department for Transport is partially responsible, as the Tory Government experiments with our … Continue reading
