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I know all about the 17:12. I was living in Crofton Park until recently. Wonderful service. Weirdly there were more morning up trains than down evening trains calling there

I’m pretty sure those Hastings trains still run. I remember seeing evening Broadstairs termininators in 2017z

It was a joke about geopolitics, never mind.

I’d imagine from smaller communities the idea of regional/national community is much stronger. Having massive demographic change over half a generation challenges that worldview. Compounded by a political class who immediately calls you a racist for pointing it out or just outright doesn’t care...

Well yes absolutely. Of course you’d get the traditional Hyacinth Bucket Tories and say the progressive London working class, but I feel neither of these groups have had a huge amount of influence on the direction of the country over the past 20 years.

Thank you for proving my point. An absolute stonewall answer. Gordon Brown is someone who would immediately think that woman was a bigot. He should have listened, she was a bellwether. Alright. What I mean by this is the graduate class, that disproportionately pools in London (including...

What? 1778237967 Have you not read any analysis of the causes of the Brexit vote over the past decade?

I mean they don’t hold Northern England in contempt. I mean maybe Putin does but not for the same reasons Islington would. They’re not part of the British cosmopolitan/graduate establishment I am referring to

Respectively, your comments here demonstrate the problem progressives face here and across the West. There seems to be a psychological block in being able to objectively observe and understand the world of Reform/Brexit/Trump voters. In our more innocent days, this extended to Tory voters too...

I didn’t vote Reform, but I understand why they did. You can’t fathom the loathing, anger and powerlessness huge parts of this country feel. The contempt for LibLabCon, Reform is a message and a means to an end. It’s just that mainstream politics have yet to come up with a credible answer to the...

I’ve always drawn fantasy metros on Google Earth to Bristol but I’ve only just realised what an awful location it’s in. Not even near a motorway. Bristol is a city with a huge potential for growth in my opinion and its airport would probably need expanding again at some point this century. I...

Limited stop Manchester Victoria to Birmingham? Something from Bradford to Birmingham to link West Yorkshire with Cheshire. Maybe something from Euston to Newcastle via MK and Stoke to improve West Coast/East Coast connections. Bradford to Birmingham via Manchester seems the best.

Without going into politics his opponent was pretty terrible in that election. He almost lost in 2021, and that was with a lacklustre Tory campaign.

A more historical one, but in the pre-HS1 South Eastern timetable there was a morning up train from Ramsgate I think, that called at Petts Wood

Makes you wonder Makes you wonder how people on the Chatham line cope with getting to the city. You’ve only really got the irregular and long Catford Loop. Sure you can change at Herne Hill, but only the locals stop there.

Similar thing down here in South London yesterday. Victoria to London Bridge train suspending due to diverts to LB

I think it’s a British stereotype of violence in pubs. But if there is any truth I would say it’s because of the binge drinking from shorter opening hours.

I’m not surprised, the West End is not an easy place day or night. The City, especially around Bishopsgate, is a great nighttime destination.

Celia and Phill had little announcement differences too. I remember roughly when the “this train is the service from X” notice was introduced. Around 2006 I think? What was the reason for adding in this line? I think I only heard it on Southern. Never on SWT.

I’ve noticed that with the 717s. Not sure what the solution is apart from giving one arm of the Great Northern Electrics over to Thameslink. Even then, you’d probably only be able to squeeze a quarter hourly service from it. 1777653256 Is this why we’ve got such a weird mish-mash of 387s?