Kingston Area Travellers' Association

Work will begin in February to pave over the taxi turnaround and move the pedestrian crossing to the front of the station. The taxi rank will be moved to in front of Joy, near Drummonds Place, with a northbound rank on the opposite side of the road. Buses will now pull up on the right hand side of commuters as they walk outside the station.

Commuters will be able to use Oyster Pay as you go on overground rail services in the capital from January 2, creating, for the first time, a fully integrated transport payment system for London.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said the “Oysterisation” of transport services - including Clipper river services on the Thames - heralded a “landmark day for London” - as he made the announcement with Lord Andrew Adonis, the Transport Secretary, at Balham station on Monday.

An announcement confirming the pay-as-you-go cards will be accepted for journeys on all National Rail stations across London is expected shortly. And a Transport for London (TfL) press officer said that SWT was likely to be included.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has persuaded the Government to give serious consideration to finding alternatives to the withdrawal of the South London Line service. At a meeting with the Transport Minister, Sadiq Khan, the Minister agreed the Government will look at the recommendations to come out of a TfL study of options to mitigate the impact of the Thameslink programme on the south London Line.

Transport for London (TfL) is consulting councils, politicians and interest groups about the future of the K5 bus service before its current contract ends in 2011.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, will this week meet with the Transport Minister, Sadiq Khan, on behalf of Londoners living in the south of the capital in a bid to resolve their concerns over the future of rail services in their area.

Over the next seven years more than £6bn will be spent on improvements in rail services in south London, including the upgrade and extension of the East London Line to complete an orbital London Overground service in the capital. Thameslink services will increase to 24 trains an hour, connecting areas north and south of London with destinations through the capital.  And trains on routes serving London Bridge and Victoria will also be lengthened to ten carriages, vastly increasing the number of passengers able to travel to and from destinations across south London.

 However, some residents in south London have expressed concern about the impact of the improvements to Thameslink services that are being delivered by Network Rail. Due to platform works to accommodate the increased Thameslink services at London Bridge station, in 2012 it is proposed to withdraw the South London Line service between Victoria and London Bridge.

Kingston’s annual Christmas and New Year park-and-ride scheme will get under way on Saturday, November 7. The service will run between Chessington World of Adventures in Leatherhead Road and Kingston town centre until Saturday, January 16.