{"id":1798,"date":"2017-07-15T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2017-07-27T12:38:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T12:38:05","slug":"new-thameslink-rail-times-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1798","title":{"rendered":"New Thameslink Rail Times &#8216;Positive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Default\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Michael has responded positively to the second phase of the Thameslink timetable consultation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">The proposed timetable, effective December 2018, will double the number of Thameslink trains from two per hour to four per hour in the constituency. This will affect mainline routes from Swanley and Otford and metro routes from Swanley, Eynsford, Shoreham, Otford, Bat &amp; Ball and Sevenoaks to London. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">During off-peak periods, however, existing Thameslink services will operate between Sevenoaks and London Blackfriars only. Whilst reducing the number of London destinations may make trains more reliable, Michael\u00a0wrote, the only way to ensure that passengers are not then inconvenienced is to install Oyster-style ticketing for whole journeys at all stations in Sevenoaks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Journeys from Swanley to London Bridge, London Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon, St Pancras International and beyond to Cambridge will be faster. A direct train service between Sevenoaks and Welwyn Garden City will also form part of the expansion of the Thameslink network. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Michael said: &#8216;Plans to double the number of trains per hour show that the train operators are listening. That\u2019s why engaging in consultations is important. Now we need to make sure that these plans are delivered.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">The consultation closes on 27 July. To respond, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transformingrail.com\/\">transformingrail.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has responded positively to the second phase of the Thameslink timetable consultation. The proposed timetable, effective December 2018, will double the number of Thameslink trains from two per hour to four per hour in the constituency. This will affect mainline routes from Swanley and Otford and metro routes from Swanley, Eynsford, Shoreham, Otford, Bat &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1798\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Thameslink Rail Times &#8216;Positive&#8217;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[563,576,497,574,96,575,90,578,11,577,12,447,573],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1799,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}