Last year Southeastern received a public subsidy of 136 million pounds to run a public service.

Southeastern railways' decision to run a reduced service in anticipation of possible weather disruption has been an overreaction that sheltered the company from risks but utterly disregarded the interests of travelling public as it gave up on any attempt to run a sufficient public service.

We the undersigned ask Southeastern to return to the railway authorities the share of public subsidies it received for these days of reduced service. The money should be spent on improvements at stations served by its trains as a practical way to directly compensate those that have been inconvenienced.