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Those ‘one off’ patterns have gone from many places. I remember c2c had some that skipped a selection of services. I used to like the morning one that was non-stop from Benfleet. Southern also had plenty such as the coastal mainline services to London Bridge (which do still exist for a couple...

Ah the 20:12 (previously 20:10). Many happy memories of warm summer evenings on the only non-stop run from KGX to SNO. I miss that one.

And it’s meant Haywards Heath has improved service to London hugely. Going from 4tph on TL and 2tph on to Victoria with SN, to 4tph on TL and 6tph to Victoria including two being nonstop from Gatwick. Not bad going. Back to the original question, many peak hour services were snipped. - GA no...

A few SN ones: Brighton Drivers pick up the Arun Valley (Three Bridges - Ford via Horsham) when they join Link 3. Eastbourne don’t sign London Bridge - East Croydon in either link. They also sign Brighton - Wivelsfield and both East Croydon - Gatwick via either the Quarry Lines or Redhill.

It might not be that it’s required, but often it has to be that way. The driver might change ends and be ready to roll after four, but if Chiltern mainline trains are coming through and blocking junctions, it may have to wait there. I don’t know Banbury’s layout or the timetabling for that...

Yeh but if they start 15 minutes earlier then things like their breaks and finishing times could all be altered. If they finish 15 minutes early then they may not be able to complete the shunt or journey they may have otherwise been booked to finish on which would mean a service being cancelled...

If it’s the same one as one some 150’s, then yeah, it’s ridiculous.

Yeh good shout with Rugeley. I’d imagine there’s a few Midland-y towns due to naturally being far from the sea.

Weybridge, Walton on Thames and Esher? Unless an early morning/last knockings service to Portsmouth or Southampton has a call. They’re decent sized towns. Kidderminster would also be another thought. I don’t know the service patterns around that part of the network too well.

Experts will be along to explain the process and give you guidance on what to do. Essentially, from being on these forums a while, the advice will be to keep calm, don’t panic, and follow the guidance you’re given. This will include you being factual and apologetic. You’ve not stated why you...

If you’re referring to the bit where Blackfriars is being an option, then yes, that bit is. I was thought you were saying it’s misinformation about sometimes being allowed to nominate a second choice, as that isn’t common practice, but does happen on occasion, apologies if I identified the wrong...

Kings Cross won’t be an option. It may appear as an option on a list for new recruits, but in practice, it won’t be available as an option. It’s not misinformation. On occasions people can list second choices for depots. I don’t know the ins and outs and the exact procedures but I can confirm...

You can get the chance to specify which is your main choice and which (I think it’s two) are your ‘alternative choices’. I’ve heard it before. Blackfriars is only a depot for passenger hosts, so it does exist as a depot, just not for drivers. That might be why it has appeared in some context...

Without taking the convo away too much, I don’t know if they could off the bat. The service is conductor operated north of Clapham Junction and I don’t know if 387’s are approved for conductor use. Yes, I know, it’s probably a very simple job, but if conductors have to be taken to do a...

Actually the three blue door 387s came from c2c. SN are handing a small number of 377’s to SE, SE are certainly not in a position to give up rolling stock. SE did get 707’s from SWR but those were to boost the fleet and help facilitate the removal of some Networkers. To my knowledge all coastal...

Personal choice by the TOC I guess.

Yes, I would agree with this. It’s a surprisingly big crowd for the services mentioned.

Balcombe does have some SN services. A quick check on NR shows an 0632 and an 23:32 on a Sunday direct from Victoria to Balcombe. I appreciate neither are helpful for when you wish to choose how to plan your day out from Balcombe using only SN trains, but there we go! The XC ones make sense...

I think, like Higham, there’s one or two weekday peaks. It might literally be just one peak hour SE from Bat and Ball to Blackfriars or something. Might be wrong, but there certainly was at one point. Also, I feel like Havant should be a Southern station. They operate significantly more...

Got any evidence of that? Not disbelieving you, just intrigued to see it myself. I thought they’d sacked off the 180’s before they went from ‘FGW’ to ‘GWR’ and changed the blue for green. *edit* just googled and found it. Did not expect it to come up that quickly haha.