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One of the 377/5s was a no-show on Friday, leading to a very over-crowded 2K91 formed of 4 instead of 8. I don't know which unit it would have been, but could it have been one of the ones that was planned to go to Ramsgate for this "sprucing up"?

I would expect that GatX and Southern are a package deal, even after any possible split-up. They were merged prior to the TSGN franchise taking over.

Can't believe you've missed this one. Class 442 - Plastic Pigs.

The Chatham ML has been put though the course for the past couple of days. While trying to cope with the normal number of services, it has also dealt with an extra half hourly service to Tunbridge W, as well as other peak Cannon St services that mostly get diverted to Blackfriars. It does start...

If you are heading Northbound at Peckham Rye, SDO7 seems to kick in when it isn't needed. I expect they'll fix this in the future.

2K91 was cancelled yesterday due to a train fault, and is normally run by a pair of 377/5s. That same afternoon, 1F93 departed Blackfriars as a short formation, presumably because it uses the same stock. This morning, 2K91 ran, but it was short and choc-a-bloc as a result. It seems as though...

TB411 was a no-show this morning when running the 1E65 this morning, and instead was operated by a pair of 319s that both lacked the accessible loos and both lacked any first class areas. Quite a downgrade, given that it was indeed run by a 700 yesterday!

1E07 was cancelled at Blackfriars today due to a "planning error" and never made it to Sevenoaks. Would this be due to lacking a driver who has signed the 700?

Looks like the Kent numbers will be increasing significantly as of the new diagrams. I notice that most of them are currently the AM/PM peak services, presumably because most of these services are done by TL drivers throughout as opposed to the daytime services that are usually driven by SE...

Given we live in the 21st Century, I can't say I'm surprised the reasons are probably political. IMO, political barriers are worse than technological ones. Time to start another pressure group, anyone?

I boarded one of these a few weeks ago. Was somewhat disappointed when I saw it. My immediate impression was "Oh? Is that it?". They've done the good ol' accessible toilet upgrade, swapped the grab handles and put new lino in the door vestibules, whilst ignoring the circa-1992 flooring that...

Thought I'd update here. The ticket I was never able to load will be refunded. Eventually. Turns out that it's not directly down to technical issues loading cards at the ticket gates, but because you can't collect a Season Travelcard onto an ITSO Card within the Travelcard area, due to some...

Given that the 377s they'll be inheriting from TL have recently had an external clean-up and are now just sporting purple paint, pink doors, 1st class stripes and the new TL logos, I expect Southeastern will just scrub the TL logos and replace them with the blue/white Southeastern logo. They...

Because then you can't get as many in for standing room! Our £5,000 a year season ticket just entities us to travel - it doesn't in any way entitle us to a seat. If you want the seat entitlement, then it means exchanging your £5,000 a year ticket for the £8,000 a year ticket. At least, that's...

I've been riding Electrostars for years now, and about 95% of them seem to have a good working PIS - better still than the PIS that was retro-fitted to the 465/466 Networkers that only seems to work about 80% of the time. This is a much more recent thing, but on the TL-loaned-to-SE 377s...

It might just be me, but I quite like the new style Southeastern uniforms. The old pullover, shiry, tie and pinstripe trousers was really starting to look dated. Blue polo shirts with a chequered collar, with a two tone blue softshell, plus a bright blue waterproof for when it gets especially...

So, I come back today with a story of failure. Paid for my ticket online last night, well beyond the "allow 2 hours", and when I went to to the station, "Error 57, Seek Assistance", from every gate I tried. The TVMs also just state "Invalid card". Spoke to the TO - they can see the ticket on my...

So, in theory, I could go to an SWT station and load-up a ticket to Bournemouth, onto my SE Key Smartcard. This is exactly how Smartcard ticketing is supposed to work in my head, IMO.

If we've already had Oyster in the Greater London area for the past 6 years+ and they've not given the TOs the ability to interact with Oyster up to now, why should we ever believe they'll give any of them the facility to manipulate "The Key" branded Smartcards now? If they're already prepared...

I've noticed this as well. I would imagine that this is to prevent feedback from occurring when the guard is using the PA.