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According to the Christmas & New Year timetable book for the Thameslink part of FCC, trains are running through the central section between London Bridge and St Pancras International (although not stopping at Farringdon or City Thameslink) on most nights until the morning of Tuesday 3rd January...
If anyone is interested, 460001 in its current state of being a 460, is on the Gatwick Express between Gatwick and London today!
I wonder how much longer Gatwick Express/Southern will be using these trains for, now that their future has been decided?
The staff did get a bit relaxed about doing ticket checks in the last few weeks you could buy tickets on the train, at weekends at least, quite a few times no member of staff bothered to come through the train.
A bit odd that there is now no one on the Gatwick Express to enforce the non use of...
According to the leaflet I have, it appears that the on train ticket selling staff will be redeployed to the station concourse.
"The arrival of the ticket gates will also mean additional staff at the stations themselves. We believe this is where our staff can be most of use to you, ensuring...
The wording in the Gatwick Express improvements leaflet is comical. "We want to make travel easier for you. That's why we're introducing more ways for you to buy your ticket.
More ways to buy. . .
* Online
* Ticket vending machines
* Ticket office"
So more ways to buy includes removing...
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