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    Abandoned Journey... Travelled 1 Stop But Got Charged For It!

    I bought a Littlehampton to Hassocks return. I was refunded the cost of that (£13 - capped by Network Railcard). But then the guy forced me to buy a £4 return to Angmering, even though I just went there, stood on the platform for nearly an hour then went back to Littlehampton. He promptly...
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    Abandoned Journey... Travelled 1 Stop But Got Charged For It!

    Thanks - yeah I've just read the conditions of carriage so I'm pretty sure I'm in the right now. I don't think there's much I could have done because if I'd have walked away without paying he could have called the cops. I'd already made a pretty big scene, and there was a queue waiting behind...
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    Abandoned Journey... Travelled 1 Stop But Got Charged For It!

    Hi all, I had an important appointment today so I left in plenty of time (and I mean plenty given I had to use Southern Rail). So after boarding train #1 we discover it has a technical fault and after 30 minutes we're dumped on the platform of the first stop. There's the typical chaos on the...
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    Inaccurate platform clocks

    The clocks at East Croydon are all over the place.
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    TRIVIA - Things you saw travelling on BR that you don't see today

    I miss the wooden departure boards the Southern Region had before TV monitors and scrolling displays. I used to go to school from Chichester and there was a 8 am (ish) departure for Victoria that called at pretty much every single station - no idea how they fitted all the stops on there. Also...
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    Doors partially opened on moving Northern Line train!

    Hi all, I'm a long time lurker but an extraordinary event has made me start posting here... Anyway, I commute from East Croydon to Moorgate via Southern to London Bridge then on the Northern Line every day. This morning during the peak I got a North bound Northern Line tube train from...

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