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Come down to Southeastern territory where having food & drink on a train is a reason to leave your mask on the table or under your chin for the whole journey. Simon

Yep, that's it.

Last Friday evening I used the 20:12 service from St Pancras to Ashford, we arrived on time at Ebbsfleet but then sat awhile. Eventually the On Board Manager announced his apologies for the unknown delay. We left Ebbsfleet seven minutes late and after getting up to speed we had a very heavy...

Why not walk up the road on the other side of the station and enter where the entrance/exit to the taxi rank is (on the opposite side to the Eurostar entrance)?

They seem to be using the tunnels alternately bidirectionally so one train will use the 'platform A' tunnels to & from TCR whilst the other will use the 'platform B' tunnels. Some of the runs are from Tottenham Court Road to & from the Westbourne Park carriage sidings - will this be to test the...

Yesterday morning's 06:57 Ramsgate to Cannon Street (Diverted to Victoria) was 8 vice 11(12?). The 07:19 Ashford Cannon Street (also diverted to VIC) was advertised as 8 instead of 12. Today the 06:57 is 11 coaches while the 07:19 is advertised as 8 again (on Tiger) instead if 12. The latter...

From January 2021, if I've understood it correctly, all bus operators will have to provide real-time location information for registered bus services. Obviously this won't help emergency rail replacements but for planned replacements using buses (I'm not sure how it affects scheduled coach...

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.

I thought the baillaise (sp.?) automatically trigger the pan being raised - is there a moment or two when the drive can override it? Simon

Mods/Admins, sorry I couldn't find a 'Not a chance in hell' sub-forum.... https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/gatwick-to-kent-rail-service-plans-233849/ "but by linking it with the existing Reading to Gatwick service, I believe the case would have a much greater chance of success now." so...

Demolition of Chart Leacon - https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/one-last-look-around-historic-railway-works-232949/ The planning application referred to would appear to be 18/01842/AS which can be viewed at https://planning.ashford.gov.uk/terms.aspx . (It seems the OLE test track is due...

Is it possible to have a railcard (goldcard) discount added to a TfL contactless account i e. debit card rather than Oyster? What about if you use Apple Pay or Google Pay? TIA Simon

Southeastern are now advising that their app can load tickets purchased online onto their Key cards. I was able to use it on my Android phone (Nokia 8) to view the ticket loaded onto my Key "Season pass / Ashford International - London Terminals / valid until 21 Sep 2020". For fun I thought I'd...

The Go-Ahead 'News across the group' newsletter (click here) dated July 2020 says... The accompanying artists impression picture shows a unit (with oddly placed wheels) in dark blue with light blue doors.

The track within the Chart Leacon compound has started to be lifted over the last few(?) weeks. This morning two 73's (73136?) and a rake of wagons are on site. Note : I would have added this to my own earlier thread about Chart Leacon or the Southeastern depot space thread but they both say...

Aren't some Southern services on this line/route crewed by Southeastern staff? Was that the case here? Simon

Chances of them visiting Richmond or Wimbledon if they're tested on the mainland?

They were doing this the previous weekend too but what puzzled me was that the timetable (on RTT) showed them terminating at the eastbound platform at Bond Street and the return starting from the westbound platform. Isn't the nearest crossover to the east of Tottenham Court Road? If so, why...

But these have been test runs with 373s as I mentioned above, which serve Ashford daily, not 374s which don't. Simon

The last few weekends have seen a 373 run between St Pancras and Ashford and return, does anyone know why? 373229 is currently sat at Ashford P4 and according to RealTimeTrains map will be the 9Z03 13:05 back to STP(?) TIA, Simon