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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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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
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
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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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
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
Southern Failways: Tory Government backs rail operator
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on how the Department of Transport’s idea of stepping in to improve commuter services is to axe 350 trains per day Chris Philp, the Croydon South MP who has spent more than a year playing … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon South, East Croydon, Purley, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, Purley, Southern Railway, Tory
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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
Southern Failways: The train driver’s story
“Make no mistake, GTR are coming after their own staff like the KGB and Stasi.” That’s from a Southern Railway train driver who claims the company’s management is actively preventing staff operating timetabled services. By our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon South, East Croydon, Purley, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, Purley, Southern Railway, Tory
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Danger on the rail tracks: urgent need to fix overcrowding
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A Tory MP has demanded that Southern should lose its franchise for operating services from Coulsdon, Purley and Croydon into London. But for regular commenter ROD DAVIES, the acute overcrowding of trains between East Croydon and London Bridge … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon South, East Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, Purley, Southern Railway
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Tory MP demands rail service be handed to TfL ‘immediately’
Nearly a year after first making the threat, Chris Philp, the MP for Croydon South, has written to the transport minister to demand the immediate withdrawal of the multi-million-pound franchise from Govia Thameslink Railway for operating Southern and other commuter … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon South, London-wide issues, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Purley, Southern Railway, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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MP Philp’s running late on promised action over rail service
Chris Philp, Croydon South’s new(ish) Tory MP, has probably made more appearances on Channel 4 News, Daily Politics and Newsnight to peddle his party line so far this year than he’s managed to post information for his constituents on his … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon South, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South, Purley, Southern Railway
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Commuters call on Philp to carry out his threat to Southern
Commuters in Croydon are calling on local MP Chris Philp to carry out his threat to demand that Southern Railway be stripped of its train-operating franchise as a consequence of the abysmal level of service. Philp has pursued the populist … Continue reading
The 18.19 to Coulsdon South: it’s no way to run a railway
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Has Chris Philp got his railway lines crossed? Or is he simply doing a bit of grandstanding? NICK DAVIES takes issue with his constituency MP over the real problems with our commuter services Chris Philp can shout at … Continue reading
Don’t panic! ‘Railageddon’ is about to arrive in south London
It’s not just local news websites which are being alarmist about the shut down of a wide range of rail services over the holiday period, beginning as soon as tomorrow evening. The rail companies are getting a bit panicky, too. … Continue reading
MP Philp: ‘Southern Rail’s service is totally unacceptable’
CHRIS PHILP, the MP for Croydon South, is promising commuters that he will continue to pressure the train operators to deliver an adequate service on lines into London This morning I spoke in a Westminster Hall debate about the appalling … Continue reading
