Recent content by HBM

The withdrawal of the Cosham stop on the Portsmouth / Cardiff service during the middle of the day Mondays to Fridays makes no sense, having been a regular stop for decades. There was no consultation, advance notice or publicity. I have also written to GWR, but waiting a response. It comes when...

The list of daily cancelled trains on the Southern Website seems far from complete. The 06:27 and 07:30 from Brighton to Southampton are on the list but no mention of the return workings at 08:32 and 09:32 from Southampton which won't run and haven't done so for the past couple of weeks...

Given to understand a 313 may have worked the 16:33 Brighton to Southampton Central and 18:32 Southampton Central to Brighton today. If correct this is a rare outing to Southampton for a 313. Can anyone confirm or otherwise?

If the service referred to above unable to route via Hedge End was the 06:34 from Brighton this morning why did it not divert via Swanwick but terminate at Barnham. Certainly not a pathing issue.The number of services that don't reach Southampton /Portsmouth is ridiculous and has been the case...

Prior to 377613 reaching Southampton it is believed there has only been one other instance of a 377/6 on West Coastway through Chichester and onward into SWT territory to Portsmouth / Southampton. 377620 mysteriously arrived in Portsmouth late on Easter Saturday 04 April 2015. Three 377s were...

Interestingly the 16:24 (now 16:26) Basingstoke to Portsmouth Harbour was booked for a159 for some years, but was converted to 450 earlier this year. When operated by a 159 it lost time South of Winchester almost daily, but since conversion to 450 punctuality has improved immensely. One of...

This service is a real nuisance, arriving in Hampshire, from the GW late virtually every day and has done for some considerable time. Once its path is lost along the South Coast it very often causes congestion and delay to other operators services. Indeed, today, Southern cancelled stops on the...

Has 150001 also now gone West or is it still at Reading?

Why does SWT have a Rolling Stock shortage? Given a small number of 456s and 458s are away being refurbished / reformed aren't there numerous other 456s sitting around doing very little. Apart from the use of a handful of the ex Southern 456s between Guildford and Ascot, why aren't the...

Ironically the 313 didn't make it to Southampton this evening. Due to late running the 19:30 from Brighton was terminated short at Fareham and therefore the return working to Barnham also started at Fareham. This is nothing unusual, Southern have a diabolical reliability record on West...

A 313 is diagrammed this week Tuesday to Friday for the 19:30 Brighton to Southampton and 21:33 Southampton to Brighton. Last day today. It is because of the Goodwood (near Chichester) Race Meeting. The 377 from the 17:33 from Southampton which would normally form the 19:30 from Brighton is...