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I often use the Hovertravel hovercraft. If you have a through rail/hover ticket then it is certainly worth getting a free hovercraft reservation. If you don't you risk being in the standby queue and not getting the hovercraft at the time you prefer. Even at times which are not obviously peak...

Bing Maps seems to have up to date satellite images including the Brading loop and gap at Ryde Esplanade. the sidings at Sandown seem to be up to date too. Having said that the satellite view of Ryde St. John's Road shows red class 483 units.

My problem seems to have been identical and following Mike's email from customer support I can also book again. Thanks.

I'm geting the same thing now and have given up.

Thank goodness for that, it can only get better (hopefully).

Labour costs in Mexico as well as parts availability might affect the replace versus repair decision.

A lot of that bullhead track ended up being reused between Havenstreet & Smallbrook Junction. Most, or maybe all, has since been replaced by the steam railway. Back on topic - could the TPWS be removed and replaced by train stops to speed up the service? Legally it would be allowed as Island...

Given the emphasis on toilets in the video, hopefully the 707s will be retro-fitted if they are staying in the fleet.

Since getting my senior free pass I have been using the buses a lot more here in the Medway towns for local journeys while leaving my car at home more. The issue is that my local service is unreliablr, sparse in the afternoons and non-existent in the evening s and on Sundays. Several times in...

I read that GWR had bought them as a job lot from Vivarail’s liquidator.

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/island-line-class-484-reliability.263329/ Given that GWR has purchased the unconverted stock of D78s, maybe the best thing for SWR to do would be to get 20-30 sets of original equipment from GWR and return them to as built D78 LT...

Image of 41313's regulator on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. Left Hand drive.

I think that the call centres are getting wise to people not answering strange numbers. The two most recent on our landline have the same local area code that we are on. I didn't pick up either but the second went to BT voicemail and was a cxharge to your credit card scam.

Another version, only £2 this time

Maybe one of thge reason for the lesser recovery on the Portsmouth Direct is the terrible seats in the 450 trains.

I have a similar problem in the oposite direction. I travel from Kent to Portsmouth via Victoria so it would be helpful to me to join the Monday to Friday 07:30 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour but it doesn't stop so I have to get an earlier train and change at Woking or Guildford. The alternative...

It surprises me that GWR haven't taken out some form of injunction agains Facebook for facilitating impersonation.

There is another relevant point about long welded rails. They need sufficient good quality ballast to hold the track in place in spite of thermal changes. Traditionally on the Island ballast hes been neither good quality nor present in sufficient quantities. I'm sure that some new ballast was...

Given that GWR has a large number of D78 behicles in store you'd thing that the two First Group companies could do a deal to keep Island Line running.

Both the previous iterations of ex-LT stock had wheel problems in their early days on the Island. Possibly these derived from differing stands between LT and BR. Have the lessons learned been forgotten?