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Disruption advice has now been updated to say that the closure will be "until further notice". As many have mentioned here, it's becoming clear that this won't be a quick fix. High resolution pictures taken on the 22nd have been uploaded here.

Access is quite tight at Nutfield station which makes running a bus there difficult I can imagine. However, good news - an additional minibus is now acting as a shuttle between Redhill and Nutfield directly;

Ouch, that's quite a bit more severe than the early pictures indicated! Although the line is lightly used, there's not much in the way of alternatives for passengers at stations along the route other than at Edenbridge. With replacement buses quite a bit slower than the equivalent train...

As this seems to be the thead for Weather related disruption on the Brighton Main Line and branches, The line from Redhill to Tonbridge is now closed until at least Tuesday the 24th Friday the 27th of December due to what looks to be a landslip near Godstone. Network Rail and Southern have...

The Rail Minister has today written to the Rail Delivery Group regarding "time limited dispensations" to rolling stock for compliance with accessibility legislation. However, the full letter (see the PDF on the link) also includes a few relevant bits on the accessibility of replacement transport...

This has now been publicly confirmed in Southeastern's December 2019 Timetable Consultation Report. Specifically; It looks like the Sheerness-on-sea branch will go over to Class 375/3 operation; Some mainline services are being lengthened by 1 carriage, which suggests to me that a 375/3 on...

There are quite a few reasons and it can be quite complicated but i'll try and give an overview! For mobile reception; Most glass used on trains has a metal 'film' of sorts which reduces glare/heat gain inside the carriage, however this reduces the strength of the signal that passes through...

Southeastern's press release is here, which also includes a per-station breakdown of the number of penalty fares issued and prosecutions.

At Ashford the numbers are somewhat more than you might imagine. Certainly not enough for an entire train, but not an insignificant amount either - last time I went from Ashford in 2018 the departure lounge was pretty full. This was/is also at a time when Ashford was not receiving a full service...

For the most detail, you might want to hunt down a copy of BR's report on the different routes: "Rail Link Project: Comparison of Routes". A copy is available at the British Library as well as some other University libraries. Otherwise, this case study on the CTRL will probably be of use too...

First off, thank you for adding this information on to the departure boards - information on toilet availability has been an ongoing theme of discussion between my rail user group and SE's Stakeholder Engagement Manager for a a couple of years now so it's great to see further progress being...

Thank you so much!

Just a bump on this before it drops off the system - if anyone knows what was propelling 1E16 1300 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross on the 15th of November i'd greatly appreciate it!

Based on the validity map, I think the only extra i'd gain from a London Thameslink ticket would be Elephant & Castle, as I can already 'break my journey' at London Bridge, Blackfriars, City Thameslink and Farringdon with a London St. Pancras fare. There does appear to be one daily (i.e...

I'm explicitly selecting London St. Pancras on the TVM, and the quoted fare matches the London St. Pancras fare rather than the slightly cheaper London Terminals fare. Scanning the ITSO card with the Smart Ticket Checker app on my phone also confirms that the ticket loaded is to '1555' - which...

I've recently started commuting between Tonbridge and London St. Pancras, changing at London Bridge on to a Thameslink service. I use Southeastern's ITSO smartcard loaded with a walk-up railcard-discounted daily fare from a TVM. Whilst this worked well previously with a commute in to London...

Anyone know what was propelling 1E16 1300 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross today? A late arrival meant I couldn't dash up the back and see alas. Thanks in advance!

Posted on Twitter a few days ago, this is a rather unfortunate text shortening that results in a bit of an odd delay cause! (picture shows a departure board with one train shown as cancelled with the reason "Service cancelled due to more trains than us"). I recall this happening between...

Indeed - that's what I used to see it (and/or Open Train Times - I prefer the design of their diagrams but the network coverage isn't as extensive as Traksy). The original return path, 156H, has just left Canterbury West.

Something with a headcode of 251H has just departed Canterbury West towards Ashford - a (numeric) reversal of the 152H headcode it had on the way to Canterbury West. Given the return schedule had a headcode of 156H, i'm wondering if it is being routed back to Victoria along the same route as the...