The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire MP, has announced a consultation on measures to tackle exploitative and unjustifiable practices in the leasehold sector. Full details are given in the attached letter.
The Glaister review into the rail chaos came out today and here is the link. Our line has suffered very badly and this confirms that there has not been proper co-ordination.
I wrote on 14 August to the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, opposing any rail fare increase in the New Year in the light of the dreadful service on our line.
North East Herts MP Sir Oliver Heald is pressing for up to date information on the stability and reliability of the new interim timetable. He has been told by many passengers that there has been an improvement in reliability for GTR but he is asking for detailed statistics, so that we can judge
North East Herts MP Sir Oliver Heald has written to Jo Johnson asking what progress has been made in compensation for carnet rail passengers and regular travellers.
Sir Oliver has today written to the senior Network Rail official for our area asking for an explanation for the infrastructure failings on our line. These have included problems with signalling, overhead wires and points.
