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The vast majority of SE travellers have tickets, usually in the form of season tickets; these people are commuters, and it's a commuter railway. London and return journeys at peak times are this railway's stock in trade. SE-gated exits are at all its main London termini, and that's where the...

I can tell you're a regular commuter, but you've not thought intelligently about this, or done any basic research. Between 8 and 9am weekdays there are 80 SE trains through London Bridge; assume half of these are up trains, so 40 trains. Up trains at this time and for most of the hour before and...

The vast majority of journeys on suburban SE trains are to central London and are for work with a good wedge in addition for pleasure. You can take a punt on travelling for free if you want to rush the barriers at London stations, but that's not sustainable for a commuter. So, just by gating...

London Bridge through and terminal platforms. I think that in the weekday off peak there are just over 100 arrivals/departures per hour. It's exhilarating when three trains are leaving southbound as three trains are arriving.

BR uniforms from the 1970s that included a red and black striped waistcoat; a round hat with a peak and BR logo on the front, and something I covet now a crewman's bag -- black with a strap, and wide enough and high enough to take a sandwich box and a thermos flask.