Bellenden Residents' Group (BRG)

Here are links to the responses to Network Rail's consultation on their draft 20 year RUS (rail utilisation strategy) for the railways in London and SE England, which are especially relevant to our SRUG interests: 

SRUG comments on the draft London & South East RUS (Rail Utilisation Strategy) cover several major topics. Read more - click on main heading above.  Click here for the full version.

Rail users travelling with a Freedom Pass have the difficulty of being able to travel with it only after 9.30am on overground rail, even though it can be used before 9.30am on bus and tube. That is a great difficulty where the journeys, like ours from SRUG stations, usually start with the overground rail part. Negotiations between TfL and the train companies to get the Freedom Pass accepted by overground train companies will now start after Easter 2010. Read more on  MayorWatch  ...

 From Southern Stakeholder Brief Dec 2009

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London and Lord Andrew Adonis, Secretary of State for Transport announced last month that Oyster pay as you go will be accepted across all national rail services in London from 2 January 2010. The announcement was made at Balham station where pay as you go is being piloted on services between Balham and Victoria.From Saturday 2 January 2010, passengers travelling within the London fares zone area will be able to use Oyster pay as you go on Southern services and all other train services in the London area, in addition to bus, tram and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). This will make it easier for passengers   read more
 

 From the Southern Stakeholder Brief:    Oyster pay as you go top ups

Passengers in South London can now ‘top-up’ their Oyster pay as you go cards at Southern stations using the ticket vending machines. This addition comes in advance of the roll out of Oyster pay as you go on the National Rail network in London planned for early 2010. Read Stakeholder Brief