The MarshLink Action Group (“MLAG”) Annual General Meeting was held last week with guest speakers from Southern Rail (“Southern”), Network Rail (“NR”) and local MP Sally-Ann Hart. Phil Hutchinson and James Harris of Southern reflected over the last year. It would be necessary to be present to understand the detail of the review but one […]
I ma pleased to announce that we will be holding a much delayed AGM on Friday 18 November at 7 PM in Rye Town Hall. After a short business meeting we will have guest speakers from National Rail, the network operator and Southern, the train operator. There should be ample opportunity for questions and we […]
MarshLink trains There has been much consternation about the MarshLink services operated by Southern Railways over the last couple of years since the arrival of Covid but there is one current issue of concern – the stock operating on the line and apparent reduction in capacity. In general, for many years the MarshLink was serviced […]
As has been extensively reported, train services across the UK will beextensively affected by strikes in the coming week: – the strike days are Saturday 1 October, Wednesday 5 October and Saturday 8 October. – but services on the intervening days are likely to have problemsrunning a normal service; – some lines may well operate […]
It has been a few months since we have updated this web site. In part this has been due to a lack of news affecting our line. I have traveled a number of times recently and noticed that passenger numbers seem to be rising from the low levels seen during the pandemic. The good news […]
Train services cancelled on Rye Bonfire Night Southern Railways has announced their rail services will not stop at Rye from 3pm this coming Saturday, Bonfire Night – so the last services of the day to/ from Rye will be at 14.48. Southern explain their reasons for the cancellation in their circular (appropriately issues on 5th […]
There have been signs of a return of passengers to the MarshLink after months of low numbers. Indeed at weekends recently there has been overcrowding caused on one occasion by a train cancellation, leading to the scenes depicted in the photo above. MLAG has been in contact with Southern, the train operator, concerning this case […]
Rail passengers have been promised a better and more efficient service under the biggest shake-up in decades. (from the BBC) A new state-owned body, Great British Railways (GBR), will set timetables and prices, sell tickets in England and manage rail infrastructure. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it would replace an “overcomplicated and fragmented” system. He […]
Among possible options for the MarshLink are battery powered trains and Hitachi recently announced a new model, as in this article reproduced below: Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive agreement opens way for battery trains across Britain Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive Innovation have signed an exclusive agreement to develop battery packs to power zero-emission trains and create […]
I discovered rather late in the day that there will be no trains running between Ashford and Hastings on either of the May Bank Holiday weekends. There will be a replacement bus service but this adds at least thirty minutes to the journey and creates problems for visitors with luggage or push chairs etc. In […]