It is good to see that the traditional signal box at Rye station is being repainted. This is a listed building with an interesting history which I reproduce below: Information from Historic England Rye Signal Box A Grade 11 Listed Building Reasons for Designation Rye Signal Box, an 1894 example of a Saxby & Farmer […]
This year’s MLAG AGM took place at Rye Town Hall on Tuesday 18 June, following which there were presentations from Southern Railways and Network Rail. This first section reports Southern’s presentation to be followed by a separate report covering Network Rail’s presentation regarding progress with the objective to deliver the extension of the HS1 service […]
MLAG AGM The MarshLink Action Group (“MLAG”) normally holds its Annual General Meeting in March/ April each year – this is because in most years there are timetable updates to report (most particularly last year when there were major changes – see later related matter). On a technicality, this year the only change on the […]
23 April 2019 Disruption on the MarshLink/ MLAG AGM The MarshLink services saw extensive failures on Saturday, during the Bank Holiday weekend when many tourists rely on the train service, and Tuesday, the first day back to work for many commuters (though the early morning trains were running). Saturday saw four services and […]
Landslip at Wadhurst provides 4-car unit service on MarshLink There was a landslip on the line at Wadhurst, 13 March which resulted in the line between Robertsbridge and Tunbridge Wells being closed until today, Monday 18 March. SouthEastern laid on replacement buses and, of relevance to Rye train users, permitted travel along the MarshLink […]
Rail partnership brightens East Sussex station Rye railway station has just become even more interesting as a result of the partnership between Rye museum, Southern, and the Sussex Rail Community Partnership (‘SCRP’). The booking hall at the pretty East Sussex station now includes posters detailing some of the exhibits on display at the […]
MLAG has released two detailed reports on presentations to the MLAG Open Meeting on 29 November (so primarily aimed at those who were unable to attend the meeting): the first on Southern Railway’s presentation, the second on the results of MLAG’s survey immediately following May’s new timetable. Both of these have been placed on this […]
Readers of Rye News will be all too aware of discussion of the service provided by Southern Railway – especially timetabling and reliability – over recent months. MarshLink Action Group (MLAG) exists to represent the views and interests of all users of the line. The timetable changes of May this year seemed a good opportunity […]
MLAG invited Southern Railway to an open meeting in Rye on 29 November to discuss the problems with the MarshLink service over recent weeks: this was arranged in association with Hastings and Rother Rail Users Alliance (“HRRUA” being the alliance of rail user groups along the line which has a regular dialogue with Southern). The […]
10 November 2018 Southern Railways invited to MLAG meeting on Thursday 29th November The MarshLink rail service has experienced some significant service failures over the last six months so MLAG has now invited Southern to Rye to discuss recent performance at a meeting. And to look to the future. MLAG (along […]