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 […]
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 […]
Where do all the tourists go ……. Well, of course, they go home – eventually. But, first, they have to get here. And many of those tourists coming and going are doing so by rail. So, when they get home, how will they reflect on their trip to Rye ? MLAG has, again, looked at […]
The new timetable – clarifications and information sharing A lot of column inches have been used recently to discuss the Monday to Friday rail services after the new timetable is introduced on 20 May. But today we move on to some other issues: (1) Weekend services At various times we have alluded to weekend changes […]
3 April 2018 Major changes from 20th May From 20 May, entirely new timetables will be applied across the whole of the Govia Thameslink network – so Great Northern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and, in particular for us, Southern Railways. This means that all passengers who use these services will be affected as their usual […]
PRESS RELEASE – 1 March 2018 Southern Railway made a presentation to members and the public following the MarshLink Action Group Annual General Meeting on 27 February. The presentation was about changes in Southern’s services across the Eastern Coastway but, for our purposes, mostly about the MarshLink services to Brighton. Details of the service changes […]
The Committee gives Notice that the fifteenth Annual General Meeting of the MarshLink Action Group is called for: Tuesday 27th February 2018 at 7.00pm in Rye Town Hall, Market Street, Rye, East Sussex The Agenda of the formal Annual General Meeting will be as follows: Welcome and introductions Apologies for absence Approval of […]
Presentation of Southern’s May 2018 timetable This year, MarshLink Action Group’s Annual General Meeting will be held somewhat earlier in the year than usual – at 7pm on Tuesday 27th February at Rye Town Hall: as usual, the guest presentation will start at 7.15pm to enable train passengers arriving at Rye at 18:54 (hopefully) to […]
There was a large gathering of speakers at Amber Rudd’s fourth Rail Summit last week. The annual Summits were originally set up, primarily, to promote extending the Javelin service to Rye, Hastings and Bexhill (now including Eastbourne) but the speaker-list broadened the range of discussions. Huw Merriman (MP for Bexhill) started proceedings to emphasise Bexhill’s […]
Another two days of “industrial action” has been announced by the RMT union affecting Southern Railways services on Friday 1st and Monday 4th September. Southern say they plan to run normal services on most of their routes (now, that would be unusual all by itself). But one of the routes expected to be affected is […]