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East Grinstead has over one million passengers per annum with an hourly Mondays to Fridays off peak service ........but additional off peak trains (making it half hourly) have been added in some school holidays. Saturdays it is half hourly

Needham Market on the electrified Ipswich to Norwich line is (or was) only served by cross country DMUs from Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds- Cambridge- Ely and beyond. The intermediate stations between Newcastle and Chathill (except Morpeth and Alnmouth) are served by DMUs only. I am open for...

I agree with "358" that fares on Merseyside are far, far cheaper than here in the South East. It costs more than £6,50 just to park your car for a day at my local station or town car park. Normal bus fare (not £3 cap) of around £4 would take you about 2 miles.

Information taken from "Disused Stations" website by Nick Catford. After withdrawal of regular passenger services between Clapham Junction to Willesden Junction in 1940 the line was used by special services. An un-advertised passenger service operated during Monday- Friday peak hours between...

Dalston Western Junction to Stratford was closed in the 1940s was reopened in 1979 initially with DMUs but was electrified a few years later. Gospel Oak to Junction Road Junction closed 1926 reopened 1981

Correction - Dalston Western Junction to Shoreditch further down the line - Surrey Quays to Old Kent Road Junction was closed around 1917 and track lifted but was reopened for London Overground around 2008 (?dated uncertain)

Stratford to Tottenham Hale via Lea Bridge closed for passengers in 1985 but has since reopened Farningham Road (Fawkham Junction) to Springhead Junction part of Gravesend West line closed to passengers in 1953 was reopened for stage 1 of HS1 West London Line Clapham Junction to Willesden...

Also Greenford East signal box still has semaphores

Suggest include Oxted and Tonbridge signal boxes without semaphores

D in Roman Numerals is 500

The first time I travelled to Edinburgh Waverley it confused me to see platforms 1 and 20 together then adjacent platforms were numbered 2 and 19. After some research I found the platforms were numbered clockwise.

A mention for Waterloo East and New Cross stations where the platforms are not numbered but use letters only. Waterloo East for example the platforms are named A, B, C and D.

My longest journey end to end was in December 1996 from Toronto to Vancouver across Canada which took nearly 3 days. I have done too many end to end journeys to list. Here are a few closed lines I travelled over - Elmers End to Addiscombe Elmers End to Sanderstead Horsham to Guildford via...

Possibility I am aware that the Rother Valley Railway are planning to open their Robertsbridge (Junction) station building in April. Note- it is just the station building NOT the railway

If you include Southern Region green "target signs" then I had a sign from Midhurst (closed 1955) which I sold several years ago.

In my home county of Kent we have- Swale with around 7,000 passengers per year Beltring has around 12,000 passengers per year

Many years ago before Redhill to Tonbridge line was electrified there was an emergency closure of the line between Tonbridge and Sevenoaks. I joined a Ashford to Charing Cross train at Tonbridge. It reversed and went via Paddock Wood, Maidstone West, Strood, Dartford to Charing Cross.

I have noticed that the bill includes the availability of reduced rate travel for senior citizens, students (16-25 age group), etc but no mention of discounts for GBR staff. What will be the law for staff working at present for different TOCs having free/privilege rate travel? Will they be...

I will try to meet them but as I am a steward on one of the stands I have limited opportunity to visit other displays/layouts.

Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Luton, Southampton Ronaldsway (Isle of Man), Dublin, Belfast New York (JFK), Orlando, San Francisco, Miami, Toronto Sicily(Name unknown), Crete (name unknown), Dubrovnik, Greece (Thessolonika), Rhodes. Stuttgart, Oporto, Majorca, Lanzarotti, Paris (C.de G.)...