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Just spotted 442408 & 442411 go by.

Just saw.. something.. pass by whilst waiting for my train. Took me a while to work out what it was, despite a new livery it still looks quite old and tired. Looking at RTT it's heading from Bournemouth to Fratton.

I'm planning to cycle the South Downs Way soon, getting to the start and back from the finish by train, and have found the following so far: A via Barnham ticket is, unsurprisingly, the cheapest way of doing this. Southern has cycle restrictions on any train that departs from Brighton...

Are there any sites which can be persuaded to sell just the +bus ticket? I have a season ticket that enters a plusbus area already, so shouldn't need to buy an additional rail ticket.

Was wondering if this morning would get posted here... The £15 specials have made this train quite noticeably busier, though all those kicked off were regulars and I presume they ended up on the "slow" train. Which from experience is often really properly busy till Brockenhurst and probably...

Ah... never realised that was it. I have noticed the 444's need a bit of a kick now and then, but now I think about it I've only ever had to do this on platform 2 @ Brockenhurst where there is a bit of a curve. Most people do figure out that it needs some help but there has been a couple of...

1W35 leaving Waterloo @ 1735 and 1W37 @ 1835 already do - calling pattern is Winchester, Southampton Airport, Southampton Central then Bournemouth, taking 1hr 45. Many of the off peak trains which also call at Woking & Brockenhurst also take 1hr 45 as they save a few minutes not splitting at...

Was doing some searches today to work out when the buses and trains are running, and noticed that everything was coming up at the same £7.10 price - even itineraries going out on the fast bus to Southampton Central or Southampton Airport and then heading back down the line to Brockenhurst. I...

I think the old system used to kick you off after an hour. For me it dropped out somewhere around Basingstoke.

This and a somewhat enthusiastic announcement got a massive cheer from most of the train when a new guard took over at Woking a couple of months back.

Well, wasn't that one I posted - it's still there this morning.

Is anyone aware of how to buy one of these online without a rail ticket? I already have a season ticket, so just need the addon.

I think this may be it: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O05370/2015/06/22/advanced Earlier today the maps on that site had a 2CAR sat in the bay, which isn't there anymore. Didn't see anything there this morning but I wasn't looking that way - too busy staring at my phone.

The actual level might be better elsewhere, but they are significantly easier to claim in the UK. Most of the rest of Europe is contributions based rather than needs based, so you need to reside there for a while first.

Southampton to Brighton not via London is £20.65 with the gold card. Don't know how long the bus + train option would take, but I've done Piccadilly from Heathrow then change at Earls Court & West Brompton before and it took about an hour. It's all just one 2-6 tube fare so would both save the...