“Turn up and go” weekday train service at Penge East starts in mid December
Starting on the 15th December, South Eastern Railways are offering a weekday service every 15 minutes on the Orpington – London Victoria route.
Transport
Street Bikes – are we getting a comfortable ride?
They seem to have appeared almost from nowhere! Just where have all these bikes parked along our streets come from?
Keeping our local station looking attractive
For the last few years, the Sydenham Society has helped to keep Sydenham Station and Station Approach looking attractive greatly aided by station staff and local traders.
Visiting Lewisham’s CCTV Control Room
Sydenham Society Executive visit the borough’s closed circuit TV Control Room.
Improvements to Mayow Road/Sydenham Road Junction
Work will start shortly on improvements to the junction of Mayow Road/Sydenham Road.
Goodbye Overground – Hello Windrush!
Transport for London has announced that the six lines making up London’s Overground network are to be renamed this autumn.
Plans to close station ticket offices scrapped
Ticket offices in 150 London stations and 1,007 ticket offices nationwide have now been saved.
London weekday rail travel is in the doldrums
The London Mayor called London rail companies to a problem-solving meeting last week hoping to boost commuter travel – the findings were stark.
Forest Hill Subway Cleaning 2023
A call for volunteers
150 London train ticket offices to be closed
Lower Sydenham, Penge East, Catford, Catford Bridge, Kent House and Sydenham Hill to shut.