Recent content by hammerwood

So - being born and bred in East Grinstead, I can help certainly around the mid-80s. "Normal" stock were Oxted (3D) and Hampshire (3H) units working in multiple - usually these were split at Oxted with a portion running to Uckfield and the other to East Grinstead. The Oxted units were mainly...

Hi All, I'm looking to spend a school INSET day with my eldest son, going walking on the Isle of Wight. I live in East Grinstead, but plan to drive to Barnham and get the train to Portsmouth Harbour, then the ferry and onto the train to Shanklin. A straight adult + child return for the...

Hi all, Thanks for the replies and the pointer towards the railcard. Cheers, Darren

Hi, My apologies if this is covered elsewhere. I searched and couldn't find! Can someone clarify this definition in the NRCOC: 5. Children Up to two children under five years of age may travel free of charge with a passenger holding a ticket or other authority to travel. However...

Not sure if anyone can answer this, but does anyone know why the newish footbridge at East Croydon has gained central handrails in the last few months. I understand it opened in January 2013 - so were the handrails not a requirement then, but are now? The reason for me asking is that I was...

And you were brave to park at Sainsburys to then try and go on the Bluebell. Sainsburys recently dropped the parking time down to 90 mins to deter people from using their car park as a free option for Bluebell passengers. You leave yourself open to an excess penalty charge for staying longer...

if you are visiting in April - check thoroughly their website. I think there is a planned closure on the EG-Kingscote section to finish off some work at some point after Easter.

Bus 521 from London Bridge (to Waterloo) works out too - get off at Holborn Circus, it's just a 5 minute walk from there to Farringdon.

well - East Grinstead is a smidge south of Gatwick, be it on a different line. :wink: Can't wait for us to get some Thameslink action, will make my commute to Farringdon a little easier!

On my way back from London yesterday, I was early at London Bridge so decided to take an Uckfield train and change at Oxted (I was going to East Grinstead). I noticed that platform 3 track at Oxted has been electrified - and am pretty convinced that this hasn't always been like that since the...

I would suggest the Crowhurst spur from the East Grinstead line to the Redhill-Tonbridge line as a re-opening. I would go further and suggest a spur from the up East Grinstead line (south of Crowhurst) onto the Redhill line or even build an interchange station where the two lines cross

Any ideas why engineering works have over-run at East Grinstead since Sunday. Platform 2 is unusable as a consequence.

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but I understand that whilst the work is ongoing some of the terminating platforms will be out of action. Assuming that some services will need to be diverted elsewhere (Victoria?), will the Uckfield trains still use London Bridge during the works as...

all being well, final works for clearance, track, infrastructure etc will be done during 2012 with an opening in Spring 2013. Work on the tip is currently on hold due to the winter weather/daylight etc.

At East Grinstead, and before the 1987 electrification which saw platforms made slightly longer, there were some peak evening trains from London Bridge that were hauled by 33's. These never fitted into the platforms, so the train would enter the station and everyone got off where the platform...