Buses – It is time for timetables
With the gradual resumption of normal travel arrangements, you might expect bus companies to welcome back their passengers with open arms. However, […]
Year: 2021
Southeastern transfers to public ownership
Today, 17 October 2021, ownership of the train company Southeastern transferred from the private company Govia to the Department for Transport, in […]
Two cheers for Southeastern’s September 2021 timetable
Back in pre-pandemic days, train timetables used to change twice a year, in May and December. Over the last 18 months we’ve […]
Flexible Season Tickets are coming – but will they flop?
As part of the announcements surrounding Great British Railways, long-awaited plans for Flexible Season Tickets were also announced. We’ve been campaigning around […]
The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail – how great will Great British Railways be?
Back in the heady pre-pandemic days of early 2019, Tonbridge Line Commuters submitted a response to something then known as the Williams […]
A Spring Squeeze? Southeastern’s Worrying Lack of Capacity Planning
TLC recently had the opportunity to meet with the Minister of State for Rail, Chris Heaton-Harris, Southeastern’s Managing Director, David Statham, and […]
New Southeastern timetable sees deep cuts to Tonbridge line services
Let’s start with some good news. Network Rail has completed its repairs to the line between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, which was […]
Two timetables and a landslip sees misery on Southeastern
On 1 February 2021 a landslip was reported just to the north of High Brooms station and services between Tonbridge and Tunbridge […]
Join our campaign on rail fares – we need flexible ticketing now!
Covid has seen a dramatic squeeze on many household incomes, and yet the Government is steamrollering ahead with an above inflation rise […]
A new year and another new timetable
A new year has dawned, and one which we can only hope will – eventually – be better than 2020. Southeastern is […]