Petition · past parliament
Stop Southeastern Trains (Govia) from being awarded franchise renewal.
Closed
1,710 signatures
What the petition asks
Southeastern / Govia have bid to renew their contract from December 2018.
Despite making a £150 million profit they offer a poor and unacceptable service to their passengers.
Transport Secretary needs to be aware of how bad the service provided by Southeastern is.
Despite making a £150 million profit they offer a poor and unacceptable service to their passengers.
Transport Secretary needs to be aware of how bad the service provided by Southeastern is.
- Daily repetitive train delays
- Unfair practice to stop delay repay
- Difficulty in applying for delay repay
- Short formed trains daily
- Lack of working and clean toilets
- % of cancelled trains daily
- Lack of communication to passengers for delayed trains
- Conflicting information to passengers
- The Lewisham stranded train fiasco
- Increasing costs for a service which is decreasing and not acceptable for what passengers / commuters pay
- Unfair practice to stop delay repay
- Difficulty in applying for delay repay
- Short formed trains daily
- Lack of working and clean toilets
- % of cancelled trains daily
- Lack of communication to passengers for delayed trains
- Conflicting information to passengers
- The Lewisham stranded train fiasco
- Increasing costs for a service which is decreasing and not acceptable for what passengers / commuters pay
Timeline
| 28 Mar 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 Sep 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,710
Status
Closed
Opened
28 Mar 2018
Closed
28 Sep 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.