LJAG has met Larry Heyman from Govia, the train operator that has taken over from First Capital Connect and which is responsible for the train service through Loughborough Junction and the upkeep of the station. We had a useful meeting at which Mr Heyman undertook to:
•look at building a waiting room on the station;
•investigate reinstating the levels of compensation for late running trains offered by FCC and reinstating the benefits offered to season ticket holders;
•consult users on the placing of ticket barriers.
For our part LJAG undertook to:
•respond to Govia’s consultation on the timetable before the end of January http://www.thameslinkrailway.com/your-journey/timetables/december-timetable-consultation;
•identify trains that could stop at Loughborough Junction to improve overcrowding and extend the length of the day served;
•lobby the Department of transport for a lift under its Access for All programme https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-for-all-programme;
•lobby our councillors to set up a Public Transport Liaison Committee for Lambeth.
Please keep tweeting your photographs of overcrowded trains with the hashtag #LJsardines. We would like this to catch on so Govia gets the message that late running trains and overcrowding are not acceptable.
