Wye with Hinxhill Parish

 

Future train services to London from and through Wye

 

In December 2009 the new high speed train service will be introduced from Ashford to London.  Five of these high speed trains will come (at normal speeds) through Wye from Canterbury West between 07.00 and 10.00 on weekdays, and one per hour will come through during the off-peak period. None of these trains will  stop to collect passengers at Wye.  Their addition to the timetable means, however, that changes will be made to the services that are currently in place.  The timetable below shows what changes to expect in December 2009  to services to London that stop in Wye.  A detailed timetable will be produced nearer to the time.

*   Peak services: Mon – Fri 07:00-10:00 & 16:00-19:00
** Off-peak services: all other times

Wye to London Bridge

 
Current
Dec 2009
(Planned)
Morning peak*(Total number of trains)
3
2
Off-peak**(Number of trains per hour)
0
2

 
Wye to Charing Cross

 
Current
Dec 2009
(Planned)
Morning peak*(Total number of trains)
3
4
Off-peak**(Number of trains per hour)
0
2

 
Wye to Cannon Street

 
Current
Dec 2009
(Planned)
Morning peak*(Total number of trains)
1
0
Off-peak**(Number of trains per hour)
0
0

 

Canterbury West to St Pancras

 

Current
Dec 2009
(Planned)
Morning peak*(Total number of trains)
0
5
Off-peak**(Number of trains per hour)
0
1

 

 Southeastern's Stakeholder Newsletter for November 2008 contains the following comments:

Towards December 2009

Those of you who attended the stakeholder forum in Maidstone on 29 September will have heard our proposals to increase services from December 2009 and the welcome news that that the Department for Transport (DfT) has agreed our proposals to amend the draft service specification. 

By way of background, when we took over the franchise in April 2006, we inherited what was called the Integrated Kent Franchise draft service specification. This contained details of the number of high speed, mainline and metro trains the successful bidder for the franchise was required to operate. Although the IKF draft service specification had been subject to a consultation exercise carried out by the DfT (and by the former Strategic Rail Authority), some of you were disappointed with proposed cuts in services. 

We took this on-board and after taking over commissioned an extensive demand validation survey to assess whether the assumptions on which the DfT had based the draft service specification were still valid given projected demand, and subsequent developments such as the Thameslink programme. Our research showed up a number of areas where either the original draft service specification was found to have operational flaws, or where we believed the DfT had underestimated projected demand. We took these back to o the DfT and I am pleased to say that our amendments were accepted.

We believe that this is a definite improvement on what was originally on offer in the Integrated Kent Franchise draft service specification, and judging from the feedback so far, most of you are satisfied that we have listened and responded to your concerns and particularly in relation to current mainline services to London.

There will obviously be those who are still unhappy with the level of service from their station and we hope we have been able to explain the operational and commercial reasons why those aspirations cannot be met, but if anyone would like more information, please let Mike Gibson [Mike.Gibson@southeasternrailway.co.uk] know.

For those who you who couldn’t make the forum, we have a new website giving details of services to London from your local station from December 2009 and comparing them with what’s provided today.
Simply go to www.southeastern2009.co.uk and type in the name of your station in the search engine ‘Future services to London from..’  The detail of the draft timetable including the actual times of the trains is still being worked on and should be available to stakeholders by late summer next year

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Wye with Hinxhill Parish lies within one of the most beautiful areas of Kent. 

        

                  

Wye itself has a fascinating history and its medieval street layout forms the basis of the village's Conservation Area.  Its parish church stands sentinel over Wye and its adjoining countryside. 

 The village and the parish as a whole face many challenges . The Parish Council is working as best it can to promote the well-being of the parish by: helping maintain and improve the quality of residents' lives; contributing towards the preservation,enhancement and enjoyment of the character, beauty and integrity of the village and parish; listening to and representing the views and needs of all parishioners and supporting their interests.

 

Page last updated: Tuesday 04 November 2008