Public meeting on Saturday about your train service!

[A Cinderella Line]

Hello everyone,

As you all know, the train service on the Catford Loop has some serious issues with delays, cancellations, short formed trains and this has only got worse over the last few months.

Our campaign - A Cinderella Line has been working to fight for a better service for Catford Loop passengers, so those that use the service from Denmark Hill, Peckham Rye, Nunhead, Crofton Park, Catford, Bellingham, Beckenham Hill and Ravensbourne.

We have been able to arrange a public meeting on Saturday 21st May from 2-3pm at the Rivoli Ballroom at Crofton Park http://www.rivoliballroom.com/#!how-to-find-us/mdwgs and would like to invite local residents to attend.

The meeting will be attended by Directors from both Thameslink Railway and Network Rail, and local MP for Lewisham Vicky Foxcroft will chair the meeting.

The meeting will be kept to an hour and the agenda is below:

- Welcome and introduction from MP Vicky Foxcroft

- Update from the Cinderella Line Campaign team on what we have been working on

- Update from Thameslink Railways on what they are doing to improve

- Update from Network Rail

- Your chance to ask questions and put your comments directly to those that run your service

Its really important that we have as many people attending as possible, as we need to show Thameslink that the poor service is having a real impact on local residents, businesses and the wider community.

Please see the attached flyer for more information about the meeting, and you can check our our website: http://www.acinderellaline.com/ for more details about the campaign.

We hope to see you there!

[TB2]

Of interest London Overground services on the East London Line were improved in the late evenings and weekends from last Sunday (15th) so that trains run every 15 minutes on the route via Peckham Rye until around 2330 instead of every 30 minutes after 2200. One caveat there is still a 30 minute gap to / from Clapham Junction as one train in the 15 minute cycle goes to and from Battersea Park to fulfill a 'Parliamentary train' requirement - still serves all the other stations though and their connections to and from Clapham Junction at Battersea Park. This improvement was prompted by 2014 research by London TravelWatch. http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/documents/get_lob?id=3896&field=file

Encourage everyone to attend the meeting on Saturday.

[A Cinderella Line]

Thank you TB2! We are in touch with London TravelWatch to look at the Thameslink Services and have their support of our campaign.

We hope that as many of you are able to attend as possible tomorrow.

If you are unable to attend but would still like to support, please can we ask you to sign our petition for a better service: https://www.change.org/p/thameslink-a-decent-train-service-for-crofton-park-and-the-catford-loop and do follow us on Facebook and Twitter.