Bellenden Residents' Group (BRG)

Thameslink Public Meeting Thursday 17th March at 7pm
Rye Baptist Church Hall at 59a Rye Lane, Peckham SE15 5EX
Next to Clarks, 2mins from Peckham Rye Station

* What are your experiences of this service?
  * Frequency? Reliability? Capacity?

Other Items on the Agenda Include:
  * Ticket Office Closures
  * Ticket Machines
  * Potential New Station to Serve Camberwell
  * Interchanges
  * Disability Access
  * Station Skipping (have you ended up miles from your destination due to this?)

Meeting arranged by Cllr Renata Hamvas

Message from Southern Railway

Several platforms at London Bridge station have been removed for the rebuilding of the station for the new Thameslink tracks. The pedestrian routes in and out of the station and circulation inside the station have been signifcantly changed to accommodate the rebuilding work. The new circulation plan can be seen here.

Transport for London (TfL) is reminding customers that long term National Rail service changes being undertaken by Network Rail at London Bridge mainline station are likely to result in busier than usual services, on certain parts of the transport network, as some customers who usually travel directly to London Bridge by rail use TfL services instead. From 12 January 2015 until August 2016, major Network Rail modernisation work will take place at London Bridge station and Southeastern rail services to and from Charing Cross will not call at London Bridge. Southeastern services from New Cross, St.

There will be significant changes to Peckham's rail services from 20 December. These are not permanent but some will be with us for a long period up to 2018. They are the result of work at London Bridge for the Thamselink new services which will begin in 2018. See below the details of
the service changes before then. best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Eileen Conn
Co-ordinator, Peckham Vision http://www.peckhamvision.org

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RAIL SERVICE CHANGES AT LONDON BRIDGE

The changes affecting services from North Dulwich, East Dulwich, Peckham Rye and Queen's Road
Peckham are below:

This is a message from the Thameslink Programme.
Changes at London Bridge station from Saturday 25 May 2013
Several changes are taking place at London Bridge station 

If you use London Bridge station you will know the redevelopment work is now under way. Here is some latest news from Southern Rail who operate several services through our stations to London Bridge.
 
News from Southern Rail February 2013
Network Rail is transforming London Bridge station, which will mean more room for passengers and a huge increase in services on the Thameslink route. The station will boast the largest concourse in the UK, with entrances on Tooley Street and St Thomas Street. By reconfiguring the track, there

MESSAGE FROM SOUTHWARK COUNCIL
 
Queen's Road Peckham station is changing:
* New station entrance and retail
* New public plaza
* Step free access
* London Overground services coming soon (9th December 2012)

Southern Rail have announced that work is about to start at Peckham Rye station to remove the existing shelters on Platforms 1 & 2 to replace them with a different kind. This is to make room for more passengers after the East London Line arrives on 9 December 2012.

A summary of the works, timeline and outcome of the redevelopment of London Bridge station is here.  A major impact on services from SRUG stations is that there will be no services from London Bridge to Waterloo East and Charing Cross in 2015 to 2017.