SOUTHEASTERN TRAINS' SITTINGBOURNE AND SHEPPEY SERVICE

Early day motion 573, tabled 12 January 2010 by Derek Wyatt (Labour). Signed by 10 members.

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 Southeastern 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.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Liberal Democrat 1.