Kelsey & Eden Park

Beckenham Member of Parliament, Bob Stewart, is campaigning to have the Bakerloo line extended to Beckenham Junction claiming the move would bring new investment and jobs to the town as well boosting capacity on at the busy station.

Bromley Council has promised residents that it will plant 5000 new trees across the Borough over the next few years.

Network Rail have confirmed to Bromley Council that previously announced plans to change rail services on the Hayes line from heading into Victoria instead of Cannon Street were dropped as part of the operator change in October 2021.

Councillors in Beckenham have welcomed progress being made on repairing the two wooden bridges in Kelsey Park. The repair to the Kelsey Park Footbridge has now been assigned to an officer within the Council’s Neighbourhood Management department who will work in conjunction with its Property department to enact a repair to the bridge.

The Government have announced that as of the 17th October 2021 the Department of Transport’s “Operator of Last Resort” (OLR) will take over the management of the London Southeastern Franchise. Tickets and services will supposedly be unaffected by this change.

Beckenham Councillor, Michael Tickner, has reported a locksmith company to Bromley Trading Standards over nuisance adverting methods.

Kelsey & Eden Park Ward Councillor, Christine Harris, has welcomed the return of the Bowie Beckenham Oddity event at Croydon Road Recreation Ground. The event, which raises funds towards the upkeep of the Grade II listed bandstand used by David Bowie in 1969, returned on Saturday 14th August nearly two years after the last event.

Conservative councillors in Hayes & Coney Hall, West Wickham and Kelsey & Eden Park wards have welcomed news from Southeastern Railways that the off-peak services to Charing Cross will be resuming from September.

Conservative Councillors in West Wickham and Kelsey & Eden Park wards are working to secure improved safety measures on South Eden Park and Beckenham Road, which runs from West Wickham to the Chinese Roundabout in Beckenham.

Beckenham’s Member of Parliament, Colonel Bob Stewart, has called on Southeastern Railways to reinstate the Beckenham Junction to London Blackfriars to rush hour service, which was suspended at the start of the pandemic.