Recent content by Stew998

And even more confusingly they don't necessarily stop at Gatwick!

According to a Network Rail spokesman quoted in local media; due to the discovery of further cracks works are now scheduled to continue until the end of February. Fortunately the effect on train services is apparently limited to a speed restriction which is barely noticeable. Network Rail have...

According to a Network Rail letter of yesterday the embankment "is in a poor condition and suffering from frequent burrowing from rabbits...." Some pretty intensive piling activity is underway. This is attracting some disbelief from local residents who for the duration of the works are...

This was mentioned in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/landslip-between-redhill-and-tonbridge.197165/ although judging by the amount of equipment and material being delivered the work going on is quite a significant job. Wivelsfield station is situated at one end of an...

I am surprised that anybody familiar with the Bluebell could question its charm. Horsted Keynes is something of a time capsule of a country junction in the 1920s or 30s. Its use in any number of films, period dramas and tv shows is testament to that. Kingscote is certainly charming if you...

I think it worth pointing out that the report also states that "over recent years the Company has generally reported small annual losses of circa £220k per annum and the breakeven results for 2013 and 2017 were only achieved against the background of the profit retained from the opening of the...

Yes, even a Southern train from London Bridge to Eastbourne (third rail line) was cancelled with this given as the reason on the national Rail website! Mind you the website and associated apps were struggling to keep up with the mayhem even at 10pm last night.

Fact is most people have no idea of the potentially serious consequences of boarding a train without a valid ticket. No excuse in law but fact nonetheless. Combine that with the relatively low cost of a local fare and variations in how on board ticketing is handled both by TOC staff and...

Isn't it the case that any abandoned line infrastructure that was not dismantled or demolished i.e. bridges and tunnels still had/have to be maintained by BR/Network Rail? So there is still infrastructure being maintained now that has not seen a train for 50 years? For example I'm pretty sure...

A shame all three were not possible but judging by the response it is more convenient for the majority so I guess I'll just have to suffer for the greater good!

The article is written to support a Which? campaign to demand better train services, for which there is an online petition: Being objective, whatever the measure it is clear there has been little or no improvement. In particular value for money and how train companies dealt with delays both...

I'm curious; now that the redevelopment is nearing completion or at least the platforms are all open what are the views of those on here that actually use the station regarding the improvement it has made to their journey? I'm not talking about the trains, how impressive the station is...

Breaking News... New London Architecture Awards 2018 "London Bridge Station, by Grimshaw for Network Rail, has been named Overall Winner 2018, while also being the winner for the Transport & Infrastructure category and the Sustainability Prize. The long-running project – one of the most...

Whilst infrastructure is realistically never going to be 100% reliable there are simply too many signalling and track faults on the BML, it seems to happen somewhere along the line 2 or 3 times a week and has massive knock on effects which, thanks to greater number of through trains on...

There seem to be even more signalling issues than usual at present, is this weather related?