Major News! W'boro-Bedford-Luton-London peak services to end as soon as next May!

Please sign the petition at https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-state-for-transport-saveourtrains-keep-peak-hour-eastmids-trains-wellingborough-bedford-luton-london and fill in the form at https://goo.gl/forms/R14XEmbb9OsMp4sJ2 In an outrageous move, even before they have finished analysing the results of the consultation, the Governement has got East Midlands Trains to implement some of the major changes the Government pretended to be consulting about. On 11th December 2017 it was announced that from May 2018, East Midlands services would no longer call at Bedford or Luton in the peak, until the end of the franchise. The decision would mean that passengers who currently commute into Luton or Bedford from Wellingborough or further north will have no train service at all. A passenger from Kettering to Luton would be expected to catch a train to Wellingborough, sit on a coach in rush-hour traffic to Bedford station, and then catch a Thameslink train from Bedford to Luton. A journey which currently takes 30 minutes will take much more than double that time. This will make congestion on the roads into Bedford from the north worse in the morning rush hour, as people who can, start to drive on journeys where they currently use the train. This will cause even bigger problems for the large numbers of people who try to get into Bedford from the north/west every morning, sitting in traffic jams on the A6 and A428. There would also be detriment to passengers who catch trains from Wellingborough to London, from Bedford to London, from Flitwick to London, from Harlington to London, from Leagrave to London, from Luton Airport Parkway to London, from Harpenden to London, from St Albans to London, and from each of the intermediate stations to St Pancras. These proposals are part of the process that this petition was set up to oppose. Please sign the new petition and add your details to https://goo.gl/forms/R14XEmbb9OsMp4sJ2. We also need money to fight these plans. If you can help, please email ben.foley@greenparty.org.uk We will be working hard to make sure the Government doesn't get away with this disgraceful behaviour. We will be right behind our campaign members who currently commute into Bedford and Luton from the north each day, who will be really hard hit. Please get behind them too!