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A sensible starting point, given the route has just 2/tph capacity, matching maximum currently available paths through East Croydon, though with the proviso that one or more of the six options apparently identified by Railfuture for direct routing to/from Brighton is viable, and is moved up to...

(Fares quoted from http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/seasonticket/search ) Same issue applies at Brighton (cheapest annual season £3532 FCC only £4184 all terminals all TOCs) - to the extent that the previous regime at the DfT, recognising how close to capacity the Brighton line is...

A couple of observations from points above. Firstly, whilst peak hour services north from Uckfield are loaded to the gunwhales, other than it's commuter function, the truncated route obviously leaves the Wealden communities cut off from the coastal towns, so the dearth of off peak traffic is...

Credit where it's due. Mr McLoughlin has already done more with one statement than predecessors in the post going back to ..... (?), and with recent comments by Lord Adonis regarding a second route through Sussex following on from backing from Brighton & Hove City Council and a more positive...

Looking at comments from users in the Belfast press, the unattractive journey times aren't the only problem. There's a LOT of criticism of scruffy stock on the service. With IR switching to MU operation, surely some of the redundant MkIII carriages should be refurbished to modern standards (as...

I've been looking through timetables of bus routes currently serving Cranleigh, and aside from Arriva service 63 (link below), it doesn't make for encouraging reading: http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/uploadedfiles/Services/South_East/SEGF53_020912_180712.pdf All other services are financially...

When it comes to political bodies such as councils, 'do nothing' often seems to be the default position, and where it isn't, you'd often wish it was! With a combined population just shy of 20,000, Cranleigh, Bramley and Wonersh probably don't justify the expenditure required to re-open the...

I signed a now closed epetition some months ago calling for this line to be re-opened, ticked the box for more information and since an acknowledgment email, not a dickie-bird. Nor has the proposal flagged up on any of my regular trawls of local newspapers. Cranleigh has to be about the most...

A Cowes & Newport Rly 2-2-2WT With or without cab !

Hi Robert, I always wondered why the WCR diesels never found work (even with the power units rebuilt as six locos) with the Bord Na Mona. I suppose there's something reassuring in the CIE evidently not quoting a realistic price to another Irish nationalised industry ! I was unaware of the...

How terribly depressing that over six years after withdrawl, the powers that be in Dublin couldn't see fit to let the WCR Bo-Bo's go for a sensible amount. Given the sum asked by BR for selling a 'Brighton' K class in 1962, or the prices set by Dai Woodham in the 70's (a 'Hall' for less than...

Many thanks for the reply Robert. I couldn't see how a BP could be chopped into a Sharpie, any more than a 'West Country' could be chopped into 'The Great Bear', as beyond wheel arrangement there's precious little in common, but as I'm sure you know, the question had been raised elsewhere, and...

...a lot longer. I've done the Arun Valley tour, lovely in daylight but interminable after dark. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- "Japan is one of the few countries in the world where construction costs even more than it does in western europe, so the costs should transfer...

£315m for the Sussex phase wouldn't even scope a Shinkansen project, it certainly wouldn't break the bank. If BML2 is a stupid idea, how would you describe leaving the 14th busiest station in the UK - Brighton - without a link to London each time the one remaining viable route is shut?

News this week from the IoMSRSA website that loco No7 Tynwald (out of service for over 60 years) has been removed from Castletown Station, bound for the Southwold Railway. Does anyone know what the S.R plans are for the loco? ( Fears on the IoM are of a chop about to recreate a Southwold...

Best use of £££ for me would be to get GRIP standard information to support BML2. No-one at Brighton Town Hall or Chamber of Commerce has any clue as to how much Brighton line closures cost the city. A wierd way to treat such a key tourism centre, especially with so much PW occupation being...