South East Trains' Sittingbourne And Sheppey Service

EDM number 573 in 2009-10, proposed by Derek Wyatt on 12/01/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.

That this House welcomes the introduction of the recent high-speed train service from Sittingbourne to St Pancras; notes that as a consequence the trains to Cannon Street and Victoria are not only slower but the number of carriages have been reduced, especially in rush hour, from 12 to eight; further notes that notwithstanding that season ticket holders have had to pay above inflation increases they now find that they have to stand for what was once a 60 minute service but is now more normally 70 minutes or more; further notes that, even worse the Sheerness to Sittingbourne line was closed for five consecutive days in early January; and calls for senior management at South East Trains to rethink radically the rush hour services from Teynham, Sheerness and Sittingbourne and to reimburse hard-hit season ticket holders for their abysmal service or lose their licence.

This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.