Southern (train Operating Company) - Future

Future

Southern, as part of their successful bid for the South Central franchise in 2009, made several commitments to improving services across the network. These included:

• Increasing the length of suburban services in South London to 10 cars between 2011 and 2013
• Increasing the service level on all routes in South London to 4 trains per hour (tph) until 23:00 each day, and the introduction of late night services on Fridays and Saturdays
• The introduction of an hourly service on Sundays between Brighton and Southampton Central, and an increase in the number of late night services between Brighton and Worthing
• The introduction of late night services on the London to Uckfield route
• A new service to Southampton Airport and an increase in the number of Gatwick Express services extended to Brighton in peak times
• Introduction of CCTV in all Southern operated trains and stations by June 2011
• Installation of new ticket gates at 22 stations across the network
• Increasing the number of car parking spaces at stations by 1,000 and the number of cycle spaces by 1,500
• Cleaning and refreshing of all stations and trains on the network
• Major refurbishments to seven stations, specifically Brighton, Haywards Heath, Hove, Lewes, Redhill, Three Bridges and Worthing
• Introduction of ITSO smartcards by January 2012
• Class 456 to be transferred to South West Trains in 2014