The Kent Rail Strategy 2021, which aims to influence train services in the county for the next decade, goes out to consultation later this month. Kent County Council has set out certain requirements it considers are needed for rail infrastructure enhancements to keep pace with demand for rail services. This includes ensuring there is an…
KCC has urged the government to provide more carriages on trains during peak periods, address overcrowding and improve connectivity in its response to a consultation on rail services in Kent. The Department for Transport is consulting on rail services in the county ahead of a new franchise to run services coming into effect in December…
Kent County Council has written to train operator Southern about its “appalling level of service”. The authority’s cabinet member for environment and transport Matthew Balfour has today (Wednesday) written to Southern’s chief executive Charles Horton. In the letter he expressed “serious concern” over an emergency timetable due to come into effect on Monday to Friday…