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A lot were turned back at LBG, all four CHX platforms (6/7/8/9) were used to turn around. However despite this, approx 45% were cancelled, six terminating platforms at CHX can’t be handled by four at LBG. My point is that there were two empty platforms at LBG, the Thameslink ones (4/5) that were...

Shame that platforms 4 and 5 at London Bridge couldn’t be used to terminate / turn back the Charing X trains this morning. From what I can see it is technically possible, I assume the reason it wasn’t was due to route knowledge?

I’ve been travelling into London Bridge and Cannon Street regularly since the New Year. Service hasn’t been too bad, either on time or 5 or 6 minutes late typically. Loadings vary, for good reasons. With all services now stopping at London Bridge, SouthEastern have had to guess which services...

How about the Gravesend to London Season Ticket Route EARLYBIRD NOT HS1 ? http://www.brfares.com/#faredetail?orig=GRV&dest=1072&rte=295&tkt=7DS Only valid on weekday trains departing before 7am. The “Unpublished Restrictions” for Journey Planners looks odd. Not valid to depart from any...

Major disruption on Southeastern today as a result of 1 of the lines through Grove Park being out of action, some flooding earlier at Kidbrooke, passenger taken ill at Lewisham and signal problems at the outer reaches of the network. Anyone been at London Bridge today who can report on how the...

London Bridge doesn’t finish until 2nd Jan, so possibly a bit premature with the congrats. It is a mammoth undertaking so I won’t be too surprised if there are teething problems on Tuesday.

There have been some test runs with a new sleigh this week http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K13318/2017/12/21/advanced

Platforms 1 to 5 now pretty much finished with just minor snagging works to complete. The Thameslink platforms 4 and 5 don’t have the regular PIS screens that include platform number, details for next train and summary of subsequent departures. Instead they just have regular display screens in...

I was following a Twitter conversation with Southeastern. The complaint was that http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/W07110/2017/12/16/advanced this train stopped at Lee for half an hour at 1am with doors locked and no announcement was made. The explanation was that the driver had left the cab...

I’ve travelled on many, many Southeeastern DOO services where the onboard PIS is switched off, there are no automatic announcements and no manual announcements either. As a passenger, I can’t tell if the equipment is defective or just not being used. Seems to affect evening services more, so...

Actually 69% of McDonalds Restaurants in the UK are franchise owned. However it is complex as at many sites, McDonalds own the freehold of the site and then rent it to the franchisee.

Is 1K52 a real passenger service or an ECS move that has been misclassified? http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/W80560/2017/04/26/advanced It is a non-stop Hayes (Kent) to London Charing Cross departing at 0053. Realtimetrains lists it as an "Unadvertised Express". Is this the only...

The Cannon Street loop services (they are not circular as they begin and end at the same destination) are particularly annoying. There is no consistency as to how they are advertised online,at the station or on the train. I did Maze Hill to Sidcup recently, a perfectly sensible journey on a...

I really don't understand why New Eltham, Mottingham and Lee have no service at all during this disruption. The lines are open and ECS moves are going through. Why can't the Cannon Street circulars continue to run via Sidcup to Grove Park? Or Dartford to Orpington? There should be plenty of...

With all of the sleeper services running in the good old days, there must have been a lot of platforms in the London termini filled with sleepers every morning.

It is mostly a question of cost. The CCST printer is the most expensive part of any ticket issuing system, whether portable or not. Each one is c. £1000 to purchase and is also the component that needs repair most frequently. The reason that CCST printers are so expensive is simple - they are...

You don't even need a tablet - a Kindle will happily read PDFs, and the battery lasts for weeks.

Travelling at 4 miles per hour, they only need to cruise for 5 hours per year to meet the minimum requirement. Easily achievable given weekends, school holidays etc. Quite a nice lifestyle also, Mon-Fri up and down a short stretch whilst working/at school, and lots of trips further afield...

No form of transport can be guaranteed to be safe under all circumstances. So by definition safety is all about probability. You take the probability of an event occurring, the impact if it does occur, and the cost of preventing it happening and reach a conclusion. Standard risk management...

Is this the first time there have been direct services from Gravesend to Orpington? It is unusual for the curve at Hither Green to be used for passenger services.