Recent content by Cricketer8for9

I'm pleased to say that the appeal was accepted and the money paid.

Arguably the stations from Sutton to West Croydon have their best all day service for 50 years. There used to be fast to/from Norwood Jct services in the peaks, but all day is something relatively new.

Granada to Barcelona Sants via Valencia. 17 hours in 1987. And a bit more niche, Berlin Charlottenburg to Braunschweig and return on the British Military Train, either 1983 or, less likely 1984. And some in the UK, sleeper Euston to Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock and a very unhealthy class 47...

Drat. Understandable but still drat.

Have the Newhaven aggregates trains been cancelled or have the gas the excitement of a reverse at Brighton?

15+ years ago at Amberley, after a 24 mile walk from Hassocks the guard, seeing us trying to buy a ticket, held the doors, told us not to bother with the ticket machine, invited us on board, gave us time to calm down and then sold us the tickets. Saved us an hour. Much appreciated after a long...

Yes, 25 minutes.

Change trains. I just find it curious that if one is delayed to the extent that one gets a different connection the calculation is based on whether that final train was late.

Yes, the Sunday just gone. We had a return ticket, and this was the return leg.

My partner and I were planning to get the 1758 train from Amberley to East Croydon and then onwards to Purley Oaks. That train was cancelled and the subsequent train, the 18:58 was 31 minutes late at East Croydon. Our claim has been refused because the eventual train we got, the 2100 from East...

Aldgate to Chesham? Epping to West Ruislip?

If Sussex (with frequent trains to Brighton, to the Coast west and east of Brighton) is a mere husk what might be said about some other counties?

A And the remaining fast London Bridge to East Croydon trains were 5 coaches only to guarantee extra coziness, with the Hastings trains running 12 coaches London Bridge to Tonbridge (so spare capacity not used).

Completely agree. End the price differential, ensure there’s an 15 min Gatwick Express service, do not advertise Southern services from Victoria as stopping at Gatwick (and advertise Southern services as terminating at Clapham Jct). I know that this is creating a fake destination (a bete noir...

And empty trains making no money, or perhaps losing even more than a full one.