Bellenden Residents' Group (BRG) - Central London radial services - stop the cuts

Thameslink Franchise consultation - some comments

eileen — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:49:44 +0000

Here are links to some of the responses to the Department for Transport's consultation on the combined Thameslink & Southern Franchise which ended in September 2012.

SRUG (Southwark Rail Users' Group)

Camberwell Society

Herne Hill Society

Kings College Hospital

Southwark Council

Valerie Shawcross, London Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark

London Travel Watch

Passenger Focus

London Mayor backs need for more Victoria services

eileen — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:55:39 +0000

Found in the Archives of February 2012 - this letter from London Mayor Boris Johnson supporting the SRUG claim to regain a full 7 day & evening service to Victoria. Now we have lost the full week service of two tph from London Bridge to Victoria, with the demise of the South London Line in December 2012, we need to remind him and TfL of this, and ask what they will do to make it happen.

SE Franchise consultation - some comments

eileen — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:32:11 +0000

Here are links to some of the responses to the Department for Transport's consultation on the South Eastern Rail Franchise which ended in September 2012.

SRUG (Southwark Rail Users Group)

Camberwell Society

Nunhead's Voice

Southwark Council

Valerie Shawcross, Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark

London Travel Watch

Passenger Focus

Sat 8th Dec All aboard for our journey on the SLL

eileen — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:50:35 +0000

Email to SRUG:
This coming Saturday 8th December the South London Line (SLL) service will end. It first started in 1866 and has more or less served us and our predecessors faithfully all that time. This is an invitation to join us for all, or just part, of an extraordinary group journey on this last historic day. One of the joys of being a south Londoner is the pleasure of sailing along the roof tops of inner south London on the historic line connecting directly all our local stations - South Bermondsey, Queen's Rd Peckham, Peckham Rye, Denmark Hill, Clapham High St, Wandsworth Rd, Battersea Park with central London stations London Bridge and Victoria - any journey to central London being 20 minutes or much less. Some of those journeys to central London in future will take two to three times as long and be long and circuitous instead of short and direct, and/or less frequent or partial.

Victoria & Blackfriars services imminent changes

eileen — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:51:00 +0000

There are some important changes coming from 20 May in our local services to Victoria and Blackfriars. The new pocket timetables are now available in the stations. These changes are the consequence of Blackfriars station reopening after a long closure for redevelopment. That closure resulted in our Blackfriars services being diverted to Victoria after 8pm during the week and on Saturdays and Sundays.

campaign to Save our Services to Victoria

eileen — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:07:00 +0000

From SRUG (Southwark Rail Users' Group)

Please join the campaign to Save our Services to Victoria.
EMAIL THE TRANSPORT MINISTER & THE LONDON MAYOR
SRUG is asking rail users of Nunhead, Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill stations to email the Transport Minister, the Mayor of London and their elected representatives to say something like:

Responses to the draft L&SE RUS

eileen — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:06:34 +0000

Here are links to the responses to Network Rail's consultation on their draft 20 year RUS (rail utilisation strategy) for the railways in London and SE England, which are especially relevant to our SRUG interests:

London & SE RUS - SRUG comments

eileen — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:40:09 +0000

SRUG comments on the draft London & South East RUS (Rail Utilisation Strategy) cover several major topics. Read more - click on main heading above. Click here for the full version.

TfL report on options for filling gaps in Victoria services after 2012

eileen — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:03:40 +0000

TfL released their report in June 2010 on how to fill the gaps in Victoria services left by the cut of the SLL in 2012. See the report here . They identified several different options that would create direct links to Victoria for Southwark stations Nunhead, Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill, and Lambeth's Clapham and Wandsworth stations, some less feasible than others. They concluded that Option 7 was the most feasible so that is what they are still investigating with Southeastern Rail. Read more.

Train overcrowding fears as axe on SLL looms

eileen — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:16:00 +0000

from SLP 7 September 2010: When the South London Line is axed in 2012, the overcrowding at Clapham North on the Northern line will be severe. The funding for the Victoria - Bellingham and Bromley new service that was promised in mitigation was taken by TfL for the East London Line Extension to Clapham Junction. This means that Clapham High St and Wandsworth Rd stations will lose all their services direct into central London. Read article...