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Looking at the photos that have been shared internally, First Class looks to be relatively unchanged apart from a replacement of the seat covers from the old SWT blue to the same blue leather that is used on the Desiros (and possibly also new tables).

I've done Guildford to Glasgow and back a handful of times back when we had £6 Avanti day rover tickets - a Seatfrog first class upgrade on top of that and it made for a very enjoyable (and affordable) day out.

Thanks, that is disappointing to hear. Looks like I will have to change my travel plans to go the long way via Penzance now.

Thanks, yes I saw that earlier - but until recently there were three weekday return journeys on the section between St Just and Sennen Cove. What I'm trying to find out is whether these are still operating (even though they're not being published for whatever reason) or have they been...

Apologies for bringing this back up, but does anybody know what's currently going on with route 7 between St Just and Sennen Cove? The TfC website shows no timetables for any dates, and the route has been removed entirely from bustimes.org. I was under the impression the route was running...

They are permitted to run between Woking and Ash Vale via Brookwood. We used to have a turn which worked a 701 ECS move from Aldershot to Woking in the evening. I think some of the 1NXX services have also been diverted this way during disruption before.

Depots or messrooms tend to be accessed by number pad (or a BR1 key in some cases) rather than by swipe card, at least at my TOC.

Yes, the practicalities of terminating at Wimbledon on the up did come to mind when writing my post. Of course, it does happen regularly on Sunday mornings when up Cobham services terminate there, but every time I have worked those services it's always chaos. I imagine it'd be far worse towards...

Thereotically, 5Y54 18:54 Dorking to Wimbledon Park could become a passenger service between Dorking and Wimbledon. The stock for the move is formed off 1D51 17:53 Waterloo to Dorking, which we clear out at Dorking and then dispatch as empties, travelling on it as far as Wimbledon where we...

Bicester Village?

On Mondays to Saturdays, the first and last Chertsey Line "Weybridge stoppers" as they're so called are diverted to instead start/end at Woking as 1S08 and 1S77 respectively. On Sundays, however, all trains on the Chertsey Line are diverted to Woking and don't serve Weybridge.

Whitchurch and Rhiwbina appear to be even closer! :D

In my experiences on the DLR, the gaps there tend to be almost non-existent so I'd imagine the risk of someone falling between the train and the platform being negligible.

The third rail runs alongside platform 7, so it's deemed too risky to open the doors on that side. Dispatching from both platforms 6 and 7 at once would also prove operationally problematic and provide very little benefit for the lightly-used Guildford to Farnham services.

About a year ago, I passed through Betws-y-Coed station and the state of the narrow gauge railway attraction there was incredibly sad to see. I did some research and seem to remember reading that it was still operational, although it certainly didn't look like it and seemed long abandoned to me...

Not quite, because... ...is correct! Well done. :)

Thanks, let's try this one. :)

Raynes Park?

South Western Railway: Basingstoke - BV Bournemouth - BM Farnham - FN Feltham - FE Fratton - FR Guildford - GF Northam - NT Salisbury - SA Staines - SN Strawberry Hill - VZ Waterloo - WA Weymouth - WH Wimbledon - WM Woking - WG Yeovil - YE

That is one of the announcements which can be played manually using the TMS by either the guard or driver. I've personally never understood the purpose of it, as once the doors are shut, surely anybody who is on the platform (and fouling the dispatch corridor) wouldn't be able to hear the...