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Recent content by peterinlewes

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    Lewes derailment - possible service alterations until the line has reopened?

    Duplicates another users post. Mods please delete
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    RealTimeTrains website

    Very imprerssed by the App and already the enhancements since initial release. I had the original App many years ago too but the new app is a massive improvement with the amount of data now openly available. With the disruption in my local area yesterday RTT (web and app) was showing trains as...
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    Spotlog App

    Good to see site and app back working - well almost. Still getting the 'sync failed' message that lordbusiness was getting on Saturday. Hopefully to be fixed during week.
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    Spotlog App

    Thanks for that sqwizz. I'm busy downloading many of them now.
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    Spotlog App

    Website gone and app dissapeared from IOS App Store. I fear this could be terminal! Such a shame as it was a great app for recording sightings and haulage even if the synching was a bit flakey. Searching generally on web for comments or reasons for dissapearance gets no results. Particularly...
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    New Rail Staff online booking site is now live

    No indication on RSTL FAQ about whether Retired Staff will be able to use it. Anybody know please? Eligible employees and safeguarded staff. No mention of whether active or retired though. Happily retired and Safeguarded !
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    Southend to Eastbourne and Hastings 10/07

    Passed through Lewes only 72 late thanks to very slack timings. Put straight into sidings at Eastbourne so does look like Hastings round trip cancelled.
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    How to report track problems before they get serious?

    A few years ago when I was a member of Southern Train Planning staff I noticed a set of points at the north end of Gatwick Airport Platform 5 were giving a rough ride with a distinct left-right lurch at speed. A colleague had reported this a couple of weeks before and PWay had improved things...
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    Boat Trains

    No mention of Newhaven yet ! Back in the 60's and 70's there was a day and night boat train from Victoria connectoing with the Dieppe ferries. In the 70's I recall the daytime one being loco hauled Mk 1's with a Class 73. And in later years the night service was often 12CEP with MLV/TLV...
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    16 Coach EMU?

    Could well have been due to the swapping of units on Genius Systems being caught mid-swap. I recall when working (now happily retired from Southern Train Planning) checking formations for my train home via Genius and finding excess units allocated, which quickly corrected itself as Control...
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    Open Train Times maps - Eastleigh box

    Very impressed with looking around Traksy site. Works well on small phone screens too. Don't know if it covers the whole country but the extra options for trains in past is useful.
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    Information for GTR Southern passengers during strike (no DOO discussion)

    Just look in Lovers Walk and Selhurst Depots in the peaks. Far more stock sitting around than the normal 'maintenance' allocation. Thats of course if you can actually see out of a window due to the overcrowding.
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    Information for GTR Southern passengers during strike (no DOO discussion)

    That's because the trains are removed from systems the day before. That way they just don't appear on RTT as cancelled. Could this be a way of 'cheating' the PPM figures ? You can't cancel a train that's not there in the first place. If you compare what is shown on RTT on the day with the...
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    Brighton and Hove Albion's executive director has written a letter to Chris Grayling

    Unfortunately simply solving the RMT dispute won't improve things much. It will just be one thing less for Southern to blame diverting attention from their own shortcomings. There is still the continuing shortage of traincrew, both drivers and conductors. And the new timetable introduced last...

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