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Absolutely this. Every week we hear those two figures used on-and-on by Eurosceptic MPs, Politicians and readers of the Daily Mail, who would rather use those figures and other connected slogans such as "but Brexit means Brexit" and "but the will of the people!" as a crutch to justify their...

I frequently see RPIs at Bromley South, either waiting at the gateline or on the countrybound bridge, trying to catch people changing from the metro onto the mainline. I can understand the theory behind trying to catch people making connections there, but chances are they'll be checked by a...

Anything new is certainly better than the status quo. Right now, with no agreement, the current system is in a state of purgatory. With an extension, all we'd likely see is small changes to timetabling and train planning that result in minor improvements in service for people, because it's...

I've heard a few different theories, including: Stay with next SE franchise, Refurb. Transfer to Southern, Refurb. Transfer to Southern, Refurb, convert to hybrid for use on the Uckfield line to replace the 171s. This outcome sounds unlikely, but I've been surprised before. Go into early...

I had the experience of using these machines at Paddington a few months ago. It... was pretty awful. The interface seemed really unintuitative, and once you'd figured out what you needed to click on, the touch screen was largely un-responsive. Plus, if you're quite tall, you have to bend down to...

The latest rumour that came my way a few weeks ago was to convert them into battery hybrids and send them off to the Uckfield line. Not sure how much truth there is in that, though.

I see that late last year, someone registered these domain names: londonsoutheastern.co.uk - Registered October 2018 londonsoutheasternrailway.co.uk - Registered October 2018 londonsoutheastern.com - Registered November 2018 They're all pointing to a blank holding page for now and the WHOIS...

Here we are, a new month and a new week. Perhaps even a new season. Will it be another month of silence?

I've had it before on Southeastern where the guard's Android handset is out of juice and he's had to go down the train and grab his power bank to get it to switch on. This was at around 10PM, so it's quite likely that these devices don't last a full day, especially if they're being used...

The fate of the South East franchise is becoming more and more palpable by the day. I'm now waiting on the bomb that will almost inevitably be dropped by the DfT about another extension. All the while, Kent and South East London is continuing to operate "on automatic", with no promises for...

We've been waiting so long now, the suspense is palpable. I can understand why the DfT might hold-off on an award with the ongoing review, but it's likely going to cost them. Do they keep agreeing to short quarterly extensions at increasing cost to the government and little benefit to the...

This doesn't actually do anything. It may show as "accepted", but it won't be added to the final count. If you sign with different names or different postcodes but for the same email address, it won't be counted. You can inspect the source code of the petitions website here.

I did hear that Selhurst attempted to fully couple a 171 to a 377 a couple of years ago.... and that it didn't end well. The 171 was apparently alright again after uncoupling and a couple of hard reboots, but the 377 wouldn't start back up and needed a complete reflash of the firmware before it...

The issue with the 171s right now is that they're not the most reliable units - there was a gap in service on Tuesday afternoon after a 171 failed and warranted a replacement bus to run to Oxted via Tunbridge Wells. A battery hybrid could replace the 171s, but would need to be able to handle a...

They've talked about doing this for a while. As we know, the powers that be don't like installing third rail now. They've decided that for the cost of energising 30 miles worth of third rail, they could just as easily erect the same distance of overhead gantries and cabling for 25kV, as you'd...

This seems like a bit one of those "silly" problem to have. If you can't move the extractors, you could move the stop markers so the train is parked over the extractors whilst in the platform. Or at least, if something prevents London Bridge from being accessible in normal service, the 171s...

I've become an infrequent traveller on the Uckfield line and wondered why the service only goes to London Bridge once an hour and that's it. I also got thinking: Why only London Bridge? Surely there's nothing stopping the line from running to Victoria in addition to or instead of London Bridge...

That's rather interesting. So in theory, could I use that ticket at East Croydon to board the service to Uckfield at 09:22? I normally associate off peak as 9:30 onwards, but it just seems like a really oddly worded restriction for a direction of travel that is going away from London.

Here's one for you lot. I'd like to travel tomorrow from East Croydon to Uckfield any time after 9AM. There's a 09:22AM which is just before the off-peak cut-off, but after that, the next service isn't until 10:22AM. I have a Network Railcard that will bump the price down to £13.00 exactly...

So, I've got some news. Southeastern have failed to understand my initial request for a refund and "interpreted" it as the TVMs not working, offering a paltry £1.30 refund for a £5.40 single that my sibling shouldn't have had to pay for in the first place. They're not wrong in that the TVMs...