There was a Westminster Hall debate yesterday on London Bridge services, including a contribution from Jim Dowd.

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=...-27a.214.0

Relevant excerpt

Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge, Labour)
This is the point that I wanted to make. The Minister will be aware that Southern has cancelled all the peak-hour evening services from London Bridge to West Croydon and is encouraging people to use Overground instead. Actually, it is encouraging them to go on to Norwood Junction and then go back to the station that they originally wanted to get to. That is now causing severe overcrowding on the Overground service, so will she look into it?

Claire Perry (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport); Devizes, Conservative)
The hon. Gentleman is aware that that is a temporary reduction in the service, designed to let the new timetable, which is more disruptive for Southern operations rather than Southeastern, bed in. The hope is that those services will be restored as soon as possible. I am very aware of the concerns.

Let me put it on the record that all of us realise that many people at London Bridge station are working very hard on a daily basis to deal with the disruption. These are people on the front line—operational staff. We would all like to pass on our thanks to everyone out there who is trying to maximise convenience for passengers.

This post was last modified: 28-01-2015 12:37 PM by simonk.