![]() ![]() When questioned on this, Govia say that their contract with the Department for Transport only allows them to operate this level of service. The Oxted line serving Sanderstead and Riddlesdown off-peak is still reduced from 2 trains per hour to 1 train per hour.The off-peak service from Selhurst, Thornton Heath and Norbury is still reduced from 4 trains per hour to 2 trains per hour.The service from Sutton to West Croydon remains reduced from 6 trains per to 4 trains per hour.This reduces the service from Carshalton and Sutton to Victoria from 4 trains per hour to 2 trains per hour London Victoria to Horsham/Dorking semi-fast service withdrawn.Reduces the peak service to 2 trains per hour, the worst service on the line since World War II. Failure to reinstate the peak hour Caterham/Tattenham Corner line to Victoria.This means the service will be used only by those that need to, rather than those that would like to. The Sunday service on the Tattenham Corner line will be reduced from 2 London trains per hour to an hourly shuttle service to Purley only.They are left with only London Overground trains. Penge West and Anerley will no longer have Southern trains to London Bridge. This reduces the Tattenham Corner branch to 2 trains per hour and removes direct trains from all stations from New Cross Gate to Anerley to East Croydon. London Bridge to East Croydon/Coulsdon Town via Sydenham withdrawn.This reduces the Caterham branch from 4 trains per hour to 2 traisn per hour and by 2 trains per hour at Purley. London Bridge to Caterham via Tulse Hill, only runs to East Croydon.The reduced services from September 4 are… Philp might well meet with Govia, but he needs to take the issue up with the DfT and the Treasury.” “The DfT is responding to a drop in usage post-covid. ![]() “You can understand why the RMT are in dispute over these cuts by stealth. “These service changes are all being implemented because of funding decisions by the Department for Transport and the Treasury,” one member of a large railway user group told Inside Croydon. Talking to the wrong people: Chris Philp MPĪfter extensive lobbying by passengers and rail user groups, Chris Philp, the Tory MP for Croydon South and until recently a junior minister in Boris Johnson’s government, has asked for a meeting with Govia. ![]()
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