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Gatwick’s bigger, new rail station promises to cut delays
Southern and Thameslink rail operator says changes have made possible a one-hour service between London and Brighton and fewer disruptions A new-look Gatwick Airport rail station opened to passengers this morning, transforming the journey from train to plane and giving … Continue reading
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Tagged Gatwick, Gatwick Airport, Govia Thameslink, Network Rail, Southern Railways
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Victoria bus station to close for safety works for six weeks
The busy and often crowded bus station outside Victoria Station is to close on Monday for about six weeks for urgent safety works, causing significant disruption for commuters and other travellers going into London over the Christmas period for shopping, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, TfL, Transport
Tagged Southern Railways, TfL, Transport for London, Victoria Bus Station, Victoria Station
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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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Rail operators move to ban e-scooters from stations and trains
Thameslink and Southern Rail, who operate the majority of services through East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Purley and the Coulsdon stations, are to ban e-scooters across its stations and trains from next Thursday, June 1. Under the new restrictions, e-skateboards, hoverboards … Continue reading
Southern shut down Victoria Station services for extra week
Southern has cancelled all trains to and from Victoria Station until mid-January, citing pandemic-related staff shortages as its reason. This comes on top of the planned closures from Christmas Eve until Jan4 for engineering and signalling upgrades. No Southern services … Continue reading
Thameslink can’t blame covid for service cuts, says Pidgeon
Swingeing cuts to rail services by Govia Thameslink Railway have caused one London Assembly Member to declare that she is “totally unsatisfied with the timetable GTR are providing”. Among the worst-affected are those who used to travel from Purley and … Continue reading
Network Rail warns of major disruption on Brighton mainline
Emergency work to replace two damaged rails on the Brighton mainline means passengers on the route are being urged to only travel if necessary this Sunday morning. Engineers will start work late on Saturday night between East Croydon and Redhill, … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, Transport
Tagged East Croydon, Network Rail, Purley, Southern Railways, Thameslink
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Railway group launches appeal to sock it to homelessness
Govia Thameslink Railway, the country’s largest rail network which operates services through East Croydon, South Croydon, Selhurst and Norwood Junction stations on Southern and Thameslink routes, will join forces once with a variety of its regional charity partners again this … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Transport
Tagged East Croydon, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Norwood Junction, Southern Railways, Thameslink
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Govia refuse to attend scrutiny meeting to discuss rail chaos
The chair of Croydon Council’s scrutiny committee has expressed his “strong disappointment” to Govia Thameslink Railway at their failure to send anyone to tonight’s Town Hall meeting that is to look at the chaos affecting tens of thousands of Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Sean Fitzsimons, Transport
Tagged East Croydon, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Sean Fitzsimons, Southern Railways
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MP Jones’s letter on rail chaos increases pressure on Grayling
MPs from commuter constituencies across southern England are demanding action from the Transport Secretary. But Croydon South’s Chris Philp is not among them, as JEREMY CLACKSON reports Calls for the resignation of the Transport Secretary and for Govia Thameslink to … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, East Croydon, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tom Brake MP, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Govia Thameslink, Sarah Jones MP, Southern Railways, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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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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#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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#Southernfail: There’s no need to cancel night trains
Suspicions mount over the true reason behind Southern withdrawing overnight trains from Victoria to East Croydon, as our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports There has never been any real need to cancel all though-the-night train services between Victoria and East … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon South, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, East Croydon, Southern Rail, Southern Railways
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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
#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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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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‘Epic fail’ by Southern as emergency timetable is withdrawn
A representative of railway staff has hit back at Southern Railways for blaming its employees for the failings of management over the withdrawal of around 150 services per day under what it called an “emergency” timetable. Mick Cash, the general … Continue reading
Tory MP calls on minister to block Southern’s fare rises
Croydon South’s Tory MP, Chris Philp, has called on the rail minister to block a planned 1.9 per cent fare rise on Southern Railways. “For a service that has failed its customers time and again, this will be seen as … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon South, East Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon South, Govia Thameslink, Purley, Southern Railways, Tory
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Croydon passengers have to stand against worsening service
Government figures confirm the dire over-crowding on our commuter rail services, but as transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports, the Department of Transport refuses to take any immediate action It will come as no consolation to all those commuters from Croydon, … Continue reading
