Search results

I thought Delay Repay didnt apply if it wasn't the railways fault. (I'm probably completely making that up but I'm sure I read it somewhere) Anyway I've put in for mine - effectively my train being cancelled meant I had to fund a taxi even if overall I wasn't delayed!

Excuse me while I drag this thread off topic (sorry!) As someone who uses these services daily I can say that its quite variable the use they get. I think the main places being travelled to assuming you are going south from Horsham are Bognor and Chichester, with decent amounts also going to...

My journey home is Kingswood - Chichester which involves going Kingswood - East Croydon and East Croydon to Chichester so I would have had to go past the blockage twice! As it was I took a bit of a gamble and got a taxi to Redhill without even knowing what trains were running (usually Arun...

Well Annuals are printed on Gold Card coloured stock but I'm not sure that has anything to do with it. The machine at Chichester will only sell weeklys but I've never tried printing out a prebooked season ticket. I have to get mine at the ticket office anyway for Easit discount My...

Just chipping in to the 3+2 debate from a page or so ago. I commute daily on a 377 and (sorry I am not an expert on the 377/1 etc categories) the units I travel on almost always have 2+2 seating in the front and back of 4 coaches most having tables, and then horrible 3+2 seating in the middle...

I have to say I was dissapointed when I saw this wasnt going to Derby. Personally I prefer the Electrostars to Desiros but even setting that aside I thought the government with its rhetoric on "rebalancing" the UK economy would have nudged it towards domestic. I hope that crossrail will now go...

Only just spotted this thread and thought I'd throw in my 2c. I havent had time to read all 17 pages so I'll probably be repeating alot of what has been said. I'll be voting Yes - I don't think AV is perfect by any means, but I think it will mean alot more votes actually matter. I cant recall...

I like Southern, Northern etc like many (though Southern could do with taking in Southeastern and SWT, OK the franchise might be much to big but the name would fit better!) First Capital Connect is just dreadful. FCC is the US version of Ofcom so even the abbreviation is bad! Thameslink is a...

People holding the doors open drives me nuts at East Croydon. People do it just for random strangers too. If they see anyone jogging down the ramp at all they will try to hold the doors open. You might think "wow isnt that nice in this day and age helping a total stranger". Sadly its almost...

As I understand it the normal maximum line speed on parts the Brighton mainline is 90mph, but 100mph was permitted in certain circumstances for instance on "The Speed Run". I might be talking complete nonsense though. I'm interested in general as well as in specific Arun Valley case what are...

Hi all, As I was enjoying my daily commute up the Arun Valley looking out of the window at the route we were travelling on (not something I've been able to do much due to darkness and/or bad weather) I was left pondering why the track is so slow. Obviously this is the South East. Dense...

I think in car terms the closest you get to Diesel/Petrol Electric is the new Chevvy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera. As I understand it once the batteries run out of charge at low speed it will essentially be running as a Petrol-Electric, the ICE will engage to act as a generator. However at high...

I thought I read a few years ago that Zimbabwe was running Steam trains due to abundant coal and pricey oil as well as a shortage of locomotives. Not sure what the current situation is.

I actually really like the new logo, although I didnt like the livery of the new Siemens stock when it was shown off. I'm actually yet to travel on Eurostar sadly but I'm looking forward to new destinations as it always seems such a shame to have to spend such a long time in an airport plus...

I'm not entirely sure what the conculusions have been from this thread. For educational rather than practical purposes - If I had a Chichester to Redhill season ticket would I be able to extend my journey, say Redhill to East Croydon and travel on a Peak time train which use the Quarry line to...

I would assume it's temporary. Isn't Three Bridges going through a fairly major redesign?

I'm certainly not a routing expert but I am local! A Chichester to London may be your best bet. I was travelling up to Waterloo recently (from Chichester) and I changed at Clapham Junction rather than at Havant purely because I have a season ticket valid to East Croydon (therefore I could just...

On my daily trips to East Croydon I havent seen any 460s running any services other than Gatwick Express (and peak service on to Brighton from gatwick) although it is mainly 442s now (although still a mixture). I cant imagine what one is doing that far west! If there are stock shortages due...

I experience this quite often at East Croydon in the mornings. I'm getting off and not only are people crowding around the doors making it difficult to get off but they happily start piling on. I have to say that I think this is sometimes compounded by the platform dispatchers who start...

I'm really playing devils advocate here and its not entirely my viewpoint but certainly when I was studying economics there was a viewpoint that Not-for-profits can end up being run for the benefit of their staff. As its staff that are making decisions about reinvestment, whether to open an...