Southwark Rail Users Group News
Welcome. SRUG covers routes and stations serving Peckham Rye, Nunhead, South Bermondsey, Queens Road, Denmark Hill, East Dulwich, North Dulwich. See diagram. News items in date order below. See right hand column for topics.
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South London Press; Letters; Friday 5th December 2008
Tue, 23/12/2008 - 01:00 — adminRail cuts
DO YOU use rail services to London Bridge or services to East Croydon from our local stations?
Do you know that the East Croydon to London Bridge two-trains-an-hour service, which goes through East Dulwich, Peckham Rye, Peckham Queens Road and North Dulwich stations, is being cut this month?
Read morePeckham to East Croydon link is axed before Christmas
Sat, 20/12/2008 - 01:00 — adminAn important transport route from Peckham to a busy shopping hub will be cut just before Christmas. Rail timetables run by Southern Railway Group change on December 14 and will remove any direct link to East Croydon, resulting in passengers having to change trains to do their shopping or get into their cars at the busiest time of the year.
http://www.southwarkweekender.co.uk/00,news,13325,440,00.htm
Loss of East Croydon–London Bridge service
Thu, 27/11/2008 - 01:00 — adminDo you use rail services to London Bridge or services to East Croydon from our local stations?
Do you know that the East Croydon to London Bridge two trains an hour service, which goes through East Dulwich, Peckham Rye, Queens Road, and North Dulwich stations, is being cut in December?
This cuts our local link to East Croydon and Gatwick, and cuts two trains an hour to London Bridge.
If this affects you, whichever constituency you are in, please respond to Tessa Jowell's on-line survey – see below.
Read moreReminder of SRUG Meeting 17th November 08
Sun, 16/11/2008 - 01:00 — adminMonday 17th November 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Venue: Bussey building, 133 Rye Lane, SE15, opposite Blenheim Grove
Topic: Local Rail Services.
Exhibition & refreshments from 6pm
Contact us at SRUG@nutbrook.demon.co.uk
You will be especially interested in this meeting if you:
Read moreExtending the Tube into Camberwell & Peckham?
Sat, 08/11/2008 - 01:00 — admin
This report is adapted from the website of Albert Square and St Stephen’s Association, Clapham.
TfL is switching attention from the Cross River Tram to splitting the Northern Line Tube into two. This might give a possibility of extending the Charing Cross branch from Edgware to Kennington South and on into Camberwell and Peckham.
Read moreSpecification for the new South Central Rail Franchise
Mon, 03/11/2008 - 01:00 — adminThe Department of Transport's specification for the new South Central Rail Franchise (currently held by Southern Rail) is now published.
This has been welcomed by Passenger Focus.
Read moreSRUG Comments on South Central Franchise
Tue, 12/08/2008 - 22:34 — eileenComments on South Central Franchise Consultation
12 August 2008
Introduction
The Southwark Rail Users Group (SRUG) is concerned with the issues faced by users of the stations in mid Southwark, who use the services routed through Peckham Rye – in addition to Peckham Rye itself, this is Denmark Hill, Queens Road Peckham, South Bermondsey, East Dulwich, North Dulwich and Nunhead. In addition to the services covered by the South Central franchise, services coming from Kent to Victoria and Blackfriars also go through Peckham Rye, which is therefore a major direct connection station for 6 Tube lines. The housing developments in the areas served by these stations are changing the demographics and will continue for the foreseeable future to increase significantly the number of rail commuters in rush hour and during the day. SRUG was established by local residents in 2007 as a result of raised awareness about rail planning through the South London RUS consultation.
These comments on the South Central Franchise Consultation respond to the request on Page 45 for information on locations where particular issues need to be addressed. The list below indicates some of the main areas which need attention, but is not necessarily comprehensive. The franchise should require the operator to work co-operatively with local user groups.
SRUG Objection to the South London Route Utilisation Strategy
Wed, 14/05/2008 - 00:00 — eileenObjection to the South London Route Utilisation Strategy
14 May, 2008
Introduction
The Southwark Rail Users Group represents users of the stations in mid Southwark, who use the services routed through Peckham Rye – in addition to Peckham Rye itself, this is Denmark Hill, Queens Road Peckham, South Bermondsey, East Dulwich and Nunhead. SRUG was established in 2007 as a result of raised awareness about rail planning through the South London RUS consultation.
The proposal that caused most concern was the closure of the direct South London Line (SLL) that loops between London Bridge and Victoria via Peckham Rye. Although there are some welcome improvements in the overall RUS plan, the closure of this service is a serious deterioration for rail users in this part of South East London to which we need to register our formal objection. We question whether adequate information and evidence has been gathered about south London rail usage in this inner part of south London to justify this decision.
SRUG Response to draft South London Route Utilisation strategy (SLRUS)
Wed, 24/10/2007 - 00:00 — eileenSOUTHWARK RAIL USERS’ GROUP (SRUG)
RESPONSE TO DRAFT SOUTH LONDON ROUTE UTILISATION STRATEGY
Southwark Rail Users’ Group SRUG is a newly forming community group bringing together users of several stations with services linked through Peckham Rye station: Denmark Hill, Queens Road Peckham, South Bermondsey, East Dulwich, Nunhead, & Peckham Rye itself. A major feature, which users of all these stations share, is that they use these services to connect to the Underground and other London rail services. These stations and services are de facto the inner south London equivalent of the Tube system. They form a crucial part of the public transport infrastructure used to make journeys that rely on interconnections with other rail and tube services in and around London in several directions.
