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| Colin & Clr Jill Whitehead, Chair of our Campaign Group at Sutton Station |
This is a great victory for Sutton’s commuters
who had faced huge disruption to their journeys if services through to the new Crossrail
station at Farringdon, St Pancras International, Luton Airport and beyond had
been cut.
I set up the Thameslink Loop Line Campaign Group some years ago and it is
fantastic news to hear that the DfT have listened to local people’s
concerns. The Thameslink Loop Line
Campaign Group has been responsible for coordinating the actions of rail users,
councillors and local MPs from all along the route since the threat to the
route became apparent.
As we have argued from the start, the ‘pinch point’ beyond
Blackfriars station has always been capable of carrying trains from the Loop
Line and further afield. The DfT have now agreed with us.
- At present there are four trains an hour from Wimbledon Loop stations serving Merton, Morden, Sutton, Carshalton, Mitcham, Streatham and Tulse Hill, through to St Pancras International and beyond.
- The new proposals will see eight Thameslink trains running each hour via Elephant and Castle, including the four Wimbledon Loop trains, two from Sevenoaks via Bromley South and Catford, and two (during peak times) from Maidstone East via Bromley South.
Rail
Minister Simon Burns announced the Department for Transport’s decision today
and you can read the
government’s press statement here
See my earlier blogs on this.
Hurry! Consultation ends soon. Thameslink Campaign Update
We can save the Thameslink Loopline Service
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