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In the same area, unless it's been massively improved over the last few years, I'd say Stapleton Road. When I went there once it felt very dirty and run down and didn't really feel like the place you'd want to be at night

@AlterEgo has just mentioned the likely reason why SDO wasn't announced. As to your more general point about SDO at CLJ, it's a regular occurrence there on "main line" SWR services. It's the front 9 if a 12-450 and front 8 if 10-444. As to it being terminated at Eastleigh, it looks like its a...

Slightly after Beeching but there is the Alton line. Formerly an "ox-bow line" off the South Western Main line, rejoining at Winchester, the line was cut back to Alton although the watercress heritage railway has taken over part of the section between Alton and Winchester

Apart from the new traction equipment, isn't the bare minimum effectively what they did? I'm sure the basic interior refresh and conversion to 3rd rail (from 4th rail) would have needed doing if they were going to the island whoever did it

I believe the SWR name and SWT before it came from the fact that it was largely the former South Western Division of Network SouthEast

I agree I agree. That's what I was getting at earlier, people supporting a cashless society is pretty much the same as a turkey supporting Christmas

And everyone allowing this two tier society is guilty of allowing governments and big businesses to control them

What are people like me who don't have a contactless card because I've seen how insecure they are, supposed to do, pee up the wall? It's just another example of where technology is being used to control and enslave us under the guise of making things "easier"

Due to return in May I believe

I did Dorking to Brighton using the diverted service (changing at Horsham) just over a week ago and didn't have any problems

In some ways it's been similar here but the medical advisors have got it wrong pretty much every time with their exaggerations and dodgy doom and gloom modelling. If I got it that wrong that often I'd have been fired ages ago, not only that but one of them (professor "pantsdown" Ferguson)...

The vast majority of which are people who don't have that long left anyway. And talking of "I'm alright jack", there's very much that attitude from people who aren't affected by all these restrictions and think they can go on forever without actually thinking of the impact they have

What are you on about? I had COVID before Christmas and whilst it's not nice (what virus is?) I've had worse colds and I've not even been vaccinated. This whole thing with all these restrictions (a lot of which don't even do anything) is just a massive overreaction

Isn't it also that Saturdays usually have engineering work at various points which means that while on paper the timetable is a normal Saturday one, the reality is that only some routes each Saturday are normal whilst others altered because of works?

Isn't it the case that SWR (and SWT before them) don't like running class 456s as a single in case this happens?

An issue with the train which caused the brakes to stay on

It was relatively minor but these are the ones that got cancelled. It's due to an "issue with the train crew" but that's not what really happened. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C83676/2021-11-19/detailed#allox_id=0...

Down 3% on last week I believe

The one I was on last Friday (ie just over a week ago) failed in service (I think that was 002 as well). It was the 16:15 off Shanklin, it was about to go but then didn't go anywhere, I think the guard said the brakes had locked on. Anyway it sat there for about 25 minutes before going out empty...

Why should they be forced to have an experimental medical procedure (and yes it is experimental, it's only "approved" on an emergency approval)? Especially as it doesn't stop people spreading or catching it, plus those or the front line are more likely to see the side effects