Maidstone commuters protest against cuts to train services

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  • 3 years ago
Maidstone commuters have launched a last ditch attempt to save their high speed train services to London.

Concerned users hand-delivered a letter to the Department for Transport against proposed cuts to Maidstone's high speed trains.

We were joined live by our reporter, Harry Peet, and James Willis, transport campaigner, to talk a bit more about the issue.

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