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Limo might be an alternative option but the reality is the preferred method of travel is going to depend significantly on your starting and finishing point. The reality is if you are visiting London either for business or leisure then the chances are your end point will be within easy reach...

It is although doesn’t come up on the National Rail app. However it costs too much and if it is cancelled there is no plan B

Sure I posted somewhere the other day on this however I have to go from Crowborough, East Sussex to somewhere near Aberdeen in March for a wedding, travelling with wife and daughter. Almost certainly we will be flying although ideally I would go by rail. So why fly. It is much quicker. To...

Thanks. So what do you do? Look at the cost of the ticket you have as if you were going to the destination you want instead, and then deduct the price of the ticket you have?

Tomorrow (5th Oct) I am going to Telford. I have an off peak return Crowborough to Telford. I am returning on Friday. Ticket cost was £79.50. It’s valid via any permitted route and says see restrictions nre.co.UK/91. I am planning on getting the train which gets in to Telford at 12.00. Due to a...

For those asking when this was picked up read post 39 which states that the DfT notified SouthEastern of an issue in March 2020 so pre-pandemic issues. The fact it has taken 18 months to take action suggests that settlement has not been reached between the parties. Cynics might suggest it is an...

If its not in their long term plans you have to ask why the RSSB are currently working on a report in to whether 3rd rail can be done more safely, and Network Rail and GTR have been doing initial work on a business case for electrifying Uckfield, which has, apparently, included a basic survey of...

In that case you’d also want a stop in Slough, after all who is going to want to drive in to Central London to put their car on a train? More on topic - should the sleeper services be offering car hire at the destination? If I go to EasyJet to book a flight I get offered car hire at same time...

It’s not happening anytime soon if at all. The 171s are not leaving Southern until a replacement is sorted and there is no indication that will be happening. Indeed they are looking are looking at electrification so the diesels will still be needed for 7 years?

A Piece of Cake started its life in a well known metropolis on the Uckfield line - Crowborough. It was based in a reasonably large retail unit in the town centre with the bakery in one half and the retail unit in the other. It expanded opening stores elsewhere but after a short while the...

Steve White CEO at GTR has said that Network Rail and themselves have been looking at the business case. I have seen it reported on social media that Network Rail staff have carried out preliminary surveys. The RSSB advised me they were due to report on 3rd rail options (if any) in Spring...

Perhaps he should tell the boss that! As Steve White of GTR confirmed that Southern and Network Rail are looking in to the costs of electrifying the Uckfield line. Doesn’t mean it will happen though! However there does appear to be a positive story at present.

If the Uckfield line is to be electrified what is a realistic timetable? The RSSB are due to report on the safety, or otherwise of 3rd rail infill in Spring 2022. It would appear that Southern and Network Rail are working on the financial study at the same time. So potentially in Spring 2022...

i can’t remember the full details but since 2013/14 there has been service disruption from the platform alterations, the strikes, the London Bridge timetable issues and the unreliability of the Scottish units. It was very apparent since the strikes that the number of ticket checks on board...

Are there? There are some but many of those actually want to go to East Croydon so it makes sense. I know some people from Crowborough go to Wadhurst and some go to Sevenoaks. A lot of people travelling from Tunbridge Wells park on the Common either on the roads or in the car park there. I...

I think there are a number of reasons:- 1. History - It seems it is impossible to shake off the unreliability of the past. People are constantly saying its a poor service even though my delay repay claims (when I was travelling pre-pandemic) prove otherwise 2. When it goes wrong it usually...

I do take every opportunity to praise Southern for the renaissance of the Uckfield line. It is quite entertaining when people complain about the current service especially when it all goes wrong. They just dont realise how awful it used to be, having to change trains at Oxted on virtually all...

The number of 10 cars booked is a bit of a moot point. It was meant to be 3 in each peak however after the reliability issues with the first converted 170s Southern didn’t take on the second batch. As a result I am not sure if they ever ran all 6 as 10 cars. on most days they did at least 1 in...

My prediction from ages ago is that Uckfield will be electrified and Marshlink will use a Battery hybrid. If there is an issue with running battery units in multiple then it wouldnt apply there anyway

Its been confirmed by Steve White of GTR that they are working on a business case for electrification of Uckfield line. Mind you doesn't mean it will happen! https://twitter.com/SteveWhiteRail/status/1384768750143033350?s=20