Recent content by bromleyboy21

One thought which comes out of all of these comments is that I think when we impair one of our senses by distraction we have to rely on others compensate. Since driving an electric car I can't tell you how many people step out into the road before they then look, they don't hear the car in the...

Interesting comment from London Travel Watch about this statement from Network Rail about disruption at London Bridge: https://twitter.com/LonTravelWatch/status/1633056923942637570

The chat about the costs of having staffed gatelines vs lost fares is an interesting one which I presume Southeastern etc have worked out. As a thought exercise I've worked out the following as a very rough estimation of possible staffing costs: To staff a station for whole day I guess you'd...

Like the OP we've recently got a TwoTogether Railcard and I have a similar question. Normally when we travel to central London to go out for the evening we'll just use contactless. So for a journey like the one we're making tomorrow - Petts Wood to Charing Cross and then tube onto Goodge...

That serves me right for not checking first before posting!

The latest issue of Rail magazine has a long article with Southeastern's managing director Steve White explaining his thinking/justification of the timetabling changes. A couple of stats which stood out to me: Post covid usage "On a Monday and a Friday we have about 60% demand... on...

I think this is probably the answer to yesterday's "disruptive passengers": https://twitter.com/MPSBromley/status/1461364160655069193?s=20

Good spot. My thought was it would be further forward of the bridge to give the driver time to slow before getting to the bridge based on the road speed limit.

I've often wondered why they don't build a frame - perhaps made of metal and hinged so no one walking by get's hit, a few meters in front of the bridge which is the same size as the bridge. If the lorry is to big and goes through it the driver would know he'd hit it and stop immediately before...

Not sure if it's the same bus but around 9.15 each morning I see at Stagecoach single decker returning to Bromley Garage probably from the Chislehurst direction with a school service sign in the front window which has branding on the side saying "789 Aberdare"

Last night I travelled up to Charing Cross and arrived at about 7pm, I was heading to the Northern Line so went down the stairs to the tube entrance. I know that you often see some homeless people down there in the subway but I was shocked by just how many there were - admittedly I don't go to...

A couple of questions which would take away a lot of the uncertainty: 1) Does anyone know how many drivers short GTR currently are before the full planned timetable becomes fully operational? 2) How many drivers are being trained up per day/week? With this information a possible end date to...

I'll add to that - yesterday afternoon I got to Farringdon at about 15.50 to catch 16.05 to Sevenoaks and the next 2 southbound departures were a train going to Blackfriars in about 25 minutes and a Brighton train in 45 minutes!!! I asked the guy on the platform if the screens were correct as I...

Interesting, was platform 2 at Bromley South closed yesterday? It normally gets at least 6 trains an hour - Victoria to Orpington and Thameslink to Sevenoaks.

All are LM services according to the report