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Young woman sits down opposite me in the declassified first class seats on a Thameslink train in Brighton this morning. Proceeds to plug in her laptop and makes herself comfortable. Within seconds of the train leaving, a ticket inspector asks all for ‘tickets and railcards’. A guy to my right...

There was a thread (now closed) on new 7xx services. I’ve just seen the proposed timetable for the 725 bus service, and it shows calling points at Welwyn Garden City Bus Station, followed by Hatfield, Comet Hotel only 15 minutes later. Now either the planners are being wildly optimistic in their...

Yesterday, I boarded a lightly-loaded Gatwick Express service at London Victoria, about 10 minutes before departure. I sat in an airline-style seat and looked forward to the journey. A few minutes later, a man settled into the airline style seat (of a pair) in front of me, arranged all his stuff...

I currently hold an Pevensey Bay - Pevensey & Westham Annual Season, purchased solely to obtain the benefits of a Gold Card. My usual journey to work is cheaper over the course of a year by buying tickets on a daily basis (with the 1/3rd discount) versus buying an Annual Season for the actual...

As per the title, I have an advance ticket purchased several weeks ago for a journey from Brighton to London this coming Tuesday. It is for specific trains, as follows 09:44 (Thameslink) Brighton to Burgess Hill 10:06 (Southern) Burgess Hill to London Victoria The Thameslink train has...

Trains through Farringdon are only able to use one of the Thameslink platforms at the moment, due to an item dropped on the track. For once, it’s not a mobile phone causing havoc. Is there any way these kind of incidents can be reduced ? “Earlier today, a childs scooter was dropped onto the...

Can anyone confirm a rumour that Royal Mail are planning to replace their ageing fleet of Class 325 EMUs ? I've heard it said that they have ordered new rolling stock and are proposing to expand the number of services they run in 2023

So the mainline between Brighton and Burgess Hill was blocked this morning by flooding in the Hassocks area. Staff at Brighton advised catching the 09:41 to Seaford and changing at Lewes for a train to London Victoria. I took their advice, and checked the National Rail Enquiries app, only to...

Hi all As per the title, will Thameslink trains be running on the day of the ASLEF strike ? I would normally go from St Albans to West Hampstead, changing to London Overground for a train to Willesden Junction, thence by tube or LO to Stonebridge Park. Otherwise, I guess I could bus it to...

I just witnessed (at around 11:31) a Thameslink train which terminated at Finsbury Park set off towards Hornsey. Despite the best efforts of staff, announcing repeatedly ‘this train is not in public service’ and ‘please do not board this train’, I saw from the London end of Platform 7, two...

I’m hearing rumours that Royal Mail are looking to run an extra service or services to/from their rail-connected facility at Princess Royal Distribution Centre in the run-up to Christmas. Looking ahead, I see this path https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C18381/2021-10-27/detailed...

Can anyone tell me what this schedule is, and if it is used in it’s entirety? It’s almost an unofficial tour of Southern branch lines ! https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C04494/2021-08-27/detailed

Hi folks I got stopped today at the ticket barrier at St Albans City (SAC) when my ticket failed to open the gate. It was an Off-Peak Day Return from Radlett (RDT) with a Gold Card discount, and the man on the gateline asked to see my Gold Card. (I should add this was mid-morning, not during...

Former BBC journalist Sue Cook tweeted a link to a government publication COVID-19: management of staff and exposed patients or residents in health and social care settings...

Mods, feel free to move this to Infrastructure & Stations if appropriate. I noticed on RTT that Thameslink trains are not calling at East Croydon, even though they are passing through en route to Haywards Heath or Bedford. For example...

I have had a few issues recently on Southern’s website, with credit cards saved to my account not working (yet I seem to be able to use PayPal with no problem) To avoid the extra time faffing about with PayPal, I thought I’d use my account with South Eastern for a couple of purchases. I find...

Is the traditional January fare increase going ahead as usual? A quick search on Google doesn’t reveal any recent news articles about this, save for this one from the Daily Mail...

Not sure if this should have gone in the other thread (the most over the top restrictions introduced), but it might be good to list places where the application of common sense and a return to some normality has occurred. Brighton station this morning is free of one-way systems! You can...

Reports circulating that London faces promotion to the Championship level of restrictions. Sadiq Khan has ambitions to reach Premiership level... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54551596

I cannot provide a direct link yet, as a full page in the website has not yet been compiled. But... Breaking news from the BBC says there is one country that is considering mandatory vaccination! Since governments lately have been behaving like sheep, copying each other on face coverings, this...