Go Ahead Group, operators of the troubled Southern Rail franchise which operates the majority of services through Croydon, has announced £13.4million will be spent on vital improvements.
The package, agreed with the Department for Transport, will fund performance and passenger improvements across the network.
The money will be allocated as follows:
£7m for DfT projects and improvement works, as yet unspecified, which will directly benefit passengers
£4m to fund 50 on-board supervisors over the next two years
£2.4m into various performance target efforts having repeatedly failed to meet its contractual targets over the past year which has been blighted by strikes, cancellations and service disruptions
At last year’s Develop Croydon Conference the council chief executive identified Southern Rail’s poor performance as the single biggest threat to the borough’s regeneration programme.