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Fantastic - thank you everyone for quickly confirming! I'm glad I wasn't in the wrong, but it's still unsettling to be told that you're at risk of being fined. I'll put a complaint in with GTR and see what they come back with - and i'll update this thread when they do too.

I wouldn't quite describe it as a Maltese Cross, but it certainly has a cross on it. The route was "✝ Specified LNER trains & connecting services". I did point out the cross to the member of gateline staff, and they were still insistent that I had to take the tube if it wasn't part of the...

I periodically travel for work between Tonbridge and York. When booking through my employer's booking portal and selecting Advance fares, sometimes i'm offered an itinerary that explicitly has a counted place reservation on Thameslink for the cross-London transfer, and sometimes I am not...

Thank you!

Apologies for bumping, but if anyone could tell me what formed this working on Monday the 4th i'd greatly appreciate it!

Can anyone tell me what worked 2W50 1458 Dover Priory to London Charing Cross on Monday the 4th of September? I know the front unit after attachments at Ashford was 375917, but I didn't catch the rear two unfortunately. Thanks in advance!

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Some interesting changes to Maidstone East services. The handful of recently introduced Blackfriars services go and are replaced with... an all-day service to Charing Cross. Timings when they join the South Eastern Mainline at Chislehurst seems a little bit tight though - they're timed to pass...

GTR told stakeholders the following on Friday; Extra details are to follow over the next few days. They are one of the few operators that already run overnight trains of course, the Bedford - Three Bridges flow through the Thameslink core.

There's a few pictures/videos floating about of this for anyone interested in seeing things in unusual places; Video - passing through Didcot Parkway towards Reading. Pictures - at Reading. Video - passing through Melksham towards Exeter.

Network Rail have now posted a video of this on Twitter. Tweet contains a video showing a roof peeling off an adjacent building and landing on the tracks at Banbury station.

This was mentioned at a recent stakeholder meeting, but reception was somewhat lukewarm - with just 3 return paths and only at weekday off-peak times. The argument Southeastern put forward was that they wanted to test things away from busy periods before a potential increase. However, there were...

Unfortunately, weekday truncation at Paddock Wood has been the norm since the September 2020 timetable change - aside from a few early morning, late night and schools trains. This is a regression from the existing timetable, and was allegedly done for performance and reliability reasons despite...

Network Rail have put out a statement.

The Redhill to Tonbridge line will be closed this evening to allow the rerailing work to take place. The last trains will be the 18:00 Redhill to Tonbridge and the 19:01 Tonbridge to Redhill, with buses thereafter. Edit: Network Rail have also posted up a close-up photo of the derailment on...