South Eastern Rail Franchise

(asked on 7th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 36 of the paper South East Rail Franchise Stakeholder Document, whether the new franchise operator will be required to carry out an assessment to include an option to reinstate trains to Victoria on the Bexleyheath Line; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 13th December 2017

Bidders for the South Eastern franchise competition will be required to run Bexleyheath line services to London Bridge, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street by 2022, subject to a successful future public consultation on detailed timetable proposals. The Invitation to Tender is however the minimum specification. The small minority of passengers (around 1,100 in the peak) who currently travel directly to Victoria and Denmark Hill would change at Lewisham, where they would connect with more frequent services to Victoria. The specification for the new franchise doubles the frequency of the Lewisham to Victoria corridor to four trains an hour from the current two.

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