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It’s Meltdown Monday as Southern’s new train timetable bites
Entirely predictably, Govia Thameslink, the operators in charge of Southern train services, have caused complete chaos with their new timetable, as our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports No one needed to study the works of Nostradamus to predict the train … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged East Croydon, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, Southern Railway, Thameslink
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Freedom Pass-users left to wait by Southern’s new timetable
JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, on the emerging problems of ‘clustering’ of rail services under Southern and Thameslink’s new timetable, which is due to begin – as long as there are no delays – on Sunday At Victoria Station this … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Coulsdon, East Croydon, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Coulsdon Town, Freedom Pass, Govia Thameslink, Southern Railway, Thornton Heath
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£2,000 per year season ticket and Purley service to get worse
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on the discovery of our loyal reader that finds some serious flaws in the new rail timetable to be implemented in a fortnight’s time The devil, as the over-used saying goes, is always in the … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Purley, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Purley, Southern Railway
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Timetable promises to get commuter trains back on track
What does the timetable changes later this month do for the rail users of Croydon and Sutton? CHARLES KING takes a look In March, Charles Horton, the chief executive of Govia Thameslink Railway, stated in the Metro newspaper that the … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Norwood Junction, Southern Railways, Thameslink
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May Day! #SouthernFail get in their excuses for new timetable
Promising the biggest overhaul of commuter network timetables for decades, Southern and Thameslink’s boss does not sound too confident, reports transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON Could the end of Croydon rail passengers’ misery be within sight? Passengers on new Thameslink trains … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, Nick Brown, Southern Railway, Thameslink
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#SouthernFail: 94% of Croydon rush hour services are late
JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, on a report that confirms the bleedin’ obvious A National Audit Office report has confirmed what Croydon commuters have known for more than three years: they daily endure the worst train performance in the whole … Continue reading
It’s official: East Croydon has the worst train service in Britain
Commuters on the 09.24 Caterham to Victoria, stopping at Purley, South Croydon and East Croydon along the way, won’t need telling this, and probably would rather not be reminded of this, either, but they are officially enduring the worst train … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged East Croydon, Govia Thameslink, Southern Rail
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#SouthernFail: Rail closures promise Boxing Day chaos
Southern’s apology for a rail service looks set to create traffic chaos on the roads in and around south London on Boxing Day and in the week following, when Brighton supporters drive up from the south coast for their game … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Southern Railways
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#SouthernFail: Victoria night services to be axed permanently
JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent, on the latest, inevitable erosion of rail services by stealth for Croydon Southern Railway’s effort to reduce services out of Victoria on the Brighton line, via East Croydon, will take another big step forward at noon … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Transport
Tagged East Croydon, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Southern, Southern Railways, Victoria
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‘Stooge’ Philp draws scorn for Walter Mitty role in rail dispute
Transport reporter JEREMY CLACKSON on a breakthrough in the dispute on Southern trains, as the unions call off industrial action after agreeing to talks with the minister following much hard lobbying by commuter group ABC Chris Philp, the Tory MP … Continue reading
Southern Rail’s £13.4m fine is ‘less than a slap on the wrist’
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on the latest shameful piece of Tory mismanagement of commuter rail links Chris Grayling today maintained the Conservative Government’s absurd charade over the scandalous levels of poor service on the south London commuter rail network, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, Southern Rail, Thameslink, Tory
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#SouthernFail The Musical makes a song and dance over trains
The appalling poor service suffered by commuters who have to use Southern Rail is about to be turned into a stage musical. Reporting by JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent, and BELLA BARTOCK, arts editor The possible musical numbers that could be … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Commuting, East Croydon, Music, Transport
Tagged Association of British Commuters, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Southern Railways
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Tories withhold ‘dynamite’ report on commuter rail crisis
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on how the Tories have suppressed a highly critical report on the failures of their government over the commuter chaos on Southern, and why some of the report’s recommendations may already have been implemented Just like … Continue reading
Southern never consulted TfL about late night timetable cuts
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, reports on how the train operators are railroading through their plans for reduced overnight services to south London and the coast Transport for London was not consulted over the timetable changes to be introduced at … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Stuart King, TfL, Transport
Tagged East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Southern Railway, STUART KING
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Commuters launch Judicial Review to hold Grayling to account
Local Tories, who for the past couple of months have been disingenuously pumping out the party line that it is the unions who are responsible for the appalling mismanagement of Southern Rail services, will be dismayed to learn that a … Continue reading
Rail strikes are the symptom, not the cause, of the problem
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Like thousands of other local commuters, CATHERINE SHELLEY has been affected by the long-running rail dispute. She says that the real problem lies with Southern Rail’s mismanagement, aided by the Tory Government On a weekday evening at Victoria … Continue reading
Coulsdon commuters deserve much more than compensation
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Offering refunds to Southern Rail passengers does nothing to improve the dreadful service endured by the forgotten commuters of Coulsdon South, says CHARLES KING Rather than resolving the problems faced daily by Croydon commuters travelling to and from … Continue reading
Philp backs ‘gesture’ rail refund as train fares are hiked again
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on a government announcement intended to divert from the news that rail commuters are about to get shafted again Rather than actually sorting out the on-going crisis over the terrible service provided by the operator that … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon South, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Southern Rail, Tory
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Commuter group calls on transport ministry to act on Southern
An organisation representing rail commuters has begun circulating a poster showing a picture of the overcrowded platforms at East Croydon Station as part of an appeal to DafT, the Department for Transport, to intervene to resolve the dispute between Southern … Continue reading
Southern’s savings on guards includes cuts to safety training
Even the Rail Safety Standards Board has highlighted that the changes to guards’ duties which Southern Railway’s management wants to impose are more about profit than enhanced passenger safety. Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, reports Govia Thameslink Railway’s real motivation … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Southern Railways
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‘Vile’ Southern facing new staffing crisis of their own creation
The industrial dispute which is blighting rail commuters’ lives on a daily basis is a long way from reaching the end of the line. After a week in which Govia Thameslink’s social media appeal to passengers back-fired spectacularly, forcing the … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, Labour, Southern Rail, Tory
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Light at the end of the tunnel for London Bridge commuters
Maybe there is some light at the end of the (railway) tunnel for Croydon commuters who have to endure daily disruption to their journeys into London. Because as well as the calamitous mishandling of staff and services by Govia Thameslink, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Transport
Tagged East Croydon, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, London Bridge, Thameslink
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Southern Failways: Passengers plan mass demo at Victoria
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, reports on the latest exhibition of discontent from angry commuters Commuters are planning possibly the biggest demonstration yet against Southern Rail’s poor service and the Tory government’s role in undermining the railway network, to be … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon South, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Govia Thameslink, Labour, Sadiq Khan, Southern Railway, Tory
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‘Normal’ service is resumed, but 2018 plans are incomplete
A consultation on supposed “improvements” to Southern and Thameslink train services, and those on Transport for London’s Overground, appear to have wiped Gipsy Hill and Thornton Heath stations from the rail maps, while muddling several existing services. JEREMY CLACKSON, our … Continue reading
