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Commuters’ fast train service delayed again


A NEW train service from Maid- stone East into London has been delayed again. Thameslink train services were


scheduled to open to commuters in December 2018, but have nowbeen pushed back for the second time, with no newdate in place. Ina letter toTonbridge&Malling


MP Tom Tugendhat, Thameslink andNetworkRail advisedthe serv- ice would not start running from Maidstone East to Central London inDecember “as advised”. It read: “We are united in our be-


lief that we can never subject pas- sengers to the same level of disruption ever again, and this has hada considerable effect on all sub- sequent timetable changes. “Despiteallourefforts, thismeans


thatwe have had to take the regret- table decision that the Maidstone East Thameslink services cannot startoperationinDecember 2019, as previously advised, without seri-


ously compromising reliability.” Leader of the Liberal Democrats


at Kent County Council, Rob Bird, wrote to former Conservative TransportSecretary,ChrisGrayling, seeking an update on the project back inMay. The Thameslink trains were planned to provide a fast service


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from Bearsted, Maidstone East, WestMalling, Borough Green and OtfordtoBlackfriars andtheCityof Londoneveryhalfhour throughout the day. Transport campaigner and Lib


Dem prospective parliamentary candidate for Maidstone and the Weald, James Willis, said: “Com- muters inMaidstone are suffering badly... causedbythis chaotic John- son-ledgovernment takingits eyeof the ball. “In light of thedelay andSEfran-


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will be able to organise ameeting in the countytownwithministerChris Heaton-Harris todiscuss thedelays with commuters, business people and councillors.


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AMAN has been charged follow- ing a fatal collision on theM20. Kent Police were called to the


London-bound carriageway, near junction 8, at 1.20pm on Sunday, September 22, following a collision between a white lorry and a black motorcycle. The motorcyclist, a Yorkshire


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