Press Statement by Stuart Harland, MLAG Chairman An Opinion piece in last week’s Rye News (see http://www.ryenews.org.uk/opinions/what-do-we-do-about-southern ) raised a question about travel to the west of Rye – this makes a bit of a change from questions about the service to St.Pancras. In response, I said MLAG would endeavour to release articles on specific […]
MLAG does not wish to be an apologist for Southern but Opinion can be more informative without too much hyperbole. I appreciate the Southern service, now or as planned post-May, could be better for every individual but rail is a mass transit system and individual needs cannot be catered for. The post-May service will be […]
The new timetable – the timing of Senior Railcard and Network Railcard services to St.Pancras As readers will be aware, Southern’s new rail timetable is due to come into effect on 20 May: MLAG will endeavour to release practical information about the new services running up to the start date. Several passengers have pointed out […]
April 2018 (Below Information taken from the Network Rail Media Centre) Ashford station’s international future looks bright as first modern high-speed train calls en-route to Paris The first in the fleet of brand new high-speed passenger trains to call at Ashford International was met on the platform today (Tuesday 3 April) by Transport Secretary Chris […]
The ticket hall at Rye Station has been enhanced by the appearance of several interesting colourful posters publicising the Rye Museum and its contents. The Posters were designed by Sarah Cooper from the Museum to publicise the 90th anniversary of the Rye Museum this year. This display has been made possible by the work of […]
The Rye Neighbourhood Plan is at the Consultation stage and members of the public or local organisations have until Friday to make comments. Please see below the link to the RNP http://www.ryeneighbourhoodplan.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RNP-Draft-Plan-V10-21-Feb-2018.pdf Para 5.26 refers to the potential Javelin connection (so good to see some reference) and a couple of words about the need for more […]
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 […]