Recent content by southerner

Already live. Booked for myself and the missus this morning for 6 months plus a couple of days, which is end November in our case. Was a very busy website!

A power outage in Sussex really shouldn't affect other lines in and out of a central London Terminus like Victoria. It's probably 20-25 miles away! Thats a huge distance in London power infrastructure terms. If it was a signalling failure in Sussex, the signalling control is concentrated in one...

This ^^ *10. Some sort of alternative universe being inhabited there. Just wish it was real life BUT the reality is late trains, leaving earlier, running slower. And then this rubbish occurs. What in the heck has a power failure in Three Bridges got to do with a line that goes nowhere near...

Its not at Victoria. Utter confusion. No visual signs working and trains are being sent into all sorts of odd platforms. I have no idea when my train will leave. What a shambles. In the rush our. With no SWR alternatives. Happy Christmas, railway.

I took Ave from Valencia to Madrid about 8 months ago and it was baggage scan and gated platform with pre-board ticket checks. Albeit cursory. Has this changed?

I think someone at CLJ was giving out doses of common sense this evening. The stairs down to platform 11 were not barricaded off by angry looking staff and big metal barriers. The barriers were still there but off to one side just in case it got too busy, with the usual staff member standing...