Tag Archives: Southern Railways

International Rail Services: Kent and Sussex

Posted on November 2, 2023 by ianchisnall

Last Wednesday on 25th October 2023 there was a discussion in Parliament which was initially set out with the title International Rail Services: Kent which was initially from Damian Green who is the MP for Ashford. However after he had … Continue reading →

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I hope you have a good journey

Posted on June 25, 2018 by ianchisnall

For anyone on a train or about to head off to a station, travelling to work or to a place of entertainment, I hope that your journey is a good one. You may be interested to know that according to … Continue reading →

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Seven months and still no change

Posted on April 22, 2017 by ianchisnall

At the end of September last year I wrote about a question asked in Parliament by a Sussex MP and what I considered to be a rather ineffectual response from a Government Minister, Paul Maynard who is the MP for Blackpool … Continue reading →

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The need for a major breakthrough

Posted on January 6, 2017 by ianchisnall

The idea that our railway services are in chaos is hardly a radical statement. Anyone who lives in the Southern Rail area would not need to be persuaded of that argument, and this morning the Argus newspaper carries the story … Continue reading →

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The need for personal responsibility

Posted on December 15, 2016 by ianchisnall

As the train chaos continues, it is surely time for those in a position to change the dynamic in the Southern franchise to be held personally accountable. The idea of accountability being a passive focus on an individual, but no … Continue reading →

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The need for a timetable

Posted on November 24, 2016 by ianchisnall

Last week in the House of Commons, Maria Caulfield the MP for Lewes raised two matters with Chris Grayling that are of great interest to many of us in Sussex and frankly his response was pathetic. Her first question was … Continue reading →

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Where did the £20m go-via

Posted on November 19, 2016 by ianchisnall

Tracking the accounts from one organisation to another is never easy. Companies account for their businesses using different annual periods and yesterday at work we discovered that one of our suppliers even deals with its transactions on what they call … Continue reading →

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Yet more talking, to what purpose?

Posted on August 14, 2016 by ianchisnall

Last month I wrote a blog about the resignation as rail Minister of Claire Perry, coming as it did, a few days after her appearance before MPs on 13th July in a debate on the travails of the Southern Rail … Continue reading →

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A geography of ignorance

Posted on August 8, 2016 by ianchisnall

Today the Independent online newspaper has published a story with a headline and some of the text that suggests that those of us in the South are enjoying an excessive level of expenditure on our transport infrastructure when compared to … Continue reading →

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A grim fairytale railway

Posted on July 16, 2016 by ianchisnall

Overnight Claire Perry MP, Rail Minister has resigned from the Government, for reasons she has not yet disclosed officially. According to this article she told friends “she could not face working for another secretary of state” and few outside the … Continue reading →

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