Recent content by brettb

I bought a Littlehampton to Hassocks return. I was refunded the cost of that (£13 - capped by Network Railcard). But then the guy forced me to buy a £4 return to Angmering, even though I just went there, stood on the platform for nearly an hour then went back to Littlehampton. He promptly...

Thanks - yeah I've just read the conditions of carriage so I'm pretty sure I'm in the right now. I don't think there's much I could have done because if I'd have walked away without paying he could have called the cops. I'd already made a pretty big scene, and there was a queue waiting behind...

Hi all, I had an important appointment today so I left in plenty of time (and I mean plenty given I had to use Southern Rail). So after boarding train #1 we discover it has a technical fault and after 30 minutes we're dumped on the platform of the first stop. There's the typical chaos on the...

The clocks at East Croydon are all over the place.

I miss the wooden departure boards the Southern Region had before TV monitors and scrolling displays. I used to go to school from Chichester and there was a 8 am (ish) departure for Victoria that called at pretty much every single station - no idea how they fitted all the stops on there. Also...

Hi all, I'm a long time lurker but an extraordinary event has made me start posting here... Anyway, I commute from East Croydon to Moorgate via Southern to London Bridge then on the Northern Line every day. This morning during the peak I got a North bound Northern Line tube train from...