Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Southeastern Railway’s timetable changes of December 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of adding additional off-peak services to the Bexleyheath line but not additional peak services.

As announced last week, following a review of the new timetable, Southeastern will reinstate direct off-peak services to Charing Cross on the Bexleyheath line, Monday to Saturday from May 2023. Passengers using the Bexleyheath line in the peaks already benefit from direct services to Charing Cross as well as to Cannon Street and London Victoria.