Getting back from the West End to FH in the late evening isn't going to be more difficult just because of the proposed axing of Charing Cross services. Southern also propose cutting off peak services from 6 trains per hour to 4 trains per hour.

This means significant cuts in our late night services from LB.

There are currently 5 trains per hour from LB to FH between 9pm and 10pm. Between 10pm and 11pm there are 6 trains per hour. Cut these services to 4tph and axe services from CX and you make late night travel back from the West End that much more difficult.

Yes, the ELL will be in operation by the time these cuts arrive but the ELL isn?t going to be easy to access from the West End. Direct, no-fuss services going from one place to another without changes are what you need at that time of night.

People often talk on this forum about the hope that future improved rail services will help regenerate FH. Southern?s timetable for late evening travel from the West End is going to be quite a setback for these hopes.

One of the major questions which any young person thinking of settling in FH is going to ask is - "How easy is it to get back from the West End at night"? Thanks to Southern's proposed cuts, the answer sadly is - "Not as easy as it once was".