Recent content by Steve Bray

362 passengers; that's a good load

Having seen that trains were running from Redhill directly to Hastings today, and as the forecast was good, I decided to take a day trip from Dorking to Rye (also having seen a repeat of Michael Portillo's programmes this week when he visited Rye). It was so nice not to have an extra change at...

In the December timetable, will the current weekday 1749 RDG-GTW call at Shalford? For commuters returning to Shalford from Waterloo(obvioulsy changing at Guildford), this stop would be welcomed. There are a number of extra minutes allowed between Dorking and Reigate, so a Shalford stop could...

In the last timetable, I noticed that there were 6 trains departing Clapham Junction at 08:28, but in the new timetable this has reduced to 5 (to London Bridge; Victoria; Waterloo (x 2) and Reading)

In succession, you have Worcester PARK, Motspur PARK and Raynes PARK

Going back 15 years or so, the Cathedrals Express was timetabled to run non-stop in 43 minutes from PAD to Oxford

"Mind your fingers, Mind your toes, the Big Green Doors are about to close"!

Yesterday's 0752 from Epsom to Waterloo was changed to run fast from Motspur Park to Waterloo due to congestion (which was particularly bad). In fact though, I saw it pull into Raynes Park, and stay there for 90 seconds, with its doors firmly shut, until it got the signal for the fast line. This...

By coincidence I was on the 0732 from Dorking to Waterloo this morning. This left EPS around 6 minutes late and shortly after leaving the dreaded announcement was made that "due to late running....." etc. The partial good news was that the train WOULD call at Raynes Park, and then run fast to...

I've seen this written before but in reality with trains every 3 or 4 minutes, I never see crowds 10-deep on the platform at Raynes Park.

I've lost count of the number of footballs there are on railway embankments. Between Dorking West and Deepdene, there must be at least two dozen

I have noticed that buses will be replacing trains next Sunday between these 2 stations due to engineering work. On occasions in the past, the line from Dorking to Horsham has been used for diversions. Nothing appears to be showing at this stage. Why is it not possible to extend certain VIC-DKG...

So as per this earlier message, today's 2O51 running barely 2 minutes late at Kingston was again amended to run non-stop from New Malden to Waterloo due to alleged "congestion". And again, New Malden being a fairly useless station to be dumped at compared with stations further down the line. Why...

Last evening I travelled on 2O51 (1731 Waterloo - Richmond - Kingston - Wimbledon - Waterloo) from St Margaret's to Raynes Park. Though only 2 to 3 minutes late there was the dreaded "Special Announcement" which informed us that the train was going to run fast from New Malden to Waterloo. The...

Thanks to those who gave advice on this forum yesterday about my dilemma of train v bus from Scarborough to York. On this occasion, I have more confidence to take the bus