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    Barnham - Shanklin in July

    Hi All, I'm looking to spend a school INSET day with my eldest son, going walking on the Isle of Wight. I live in East Grinstead, but plan to drive to Barnham and get the train to Portsmouth Harbour, then the ferry and onto the train to Shanklin. A straight adult + child return for the...
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    Children "under 5 years of age"

    Hi, My apologies if this is covered elsewhere. I searched and couldn't find! Can someone clarify this definition in the NRCOC: 5. Children Up to two children under five years of age may travel free of charge with a passenger holding a ticket or other authority to travel. However...
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    East Croydon 'new' footbridge

    Not sure if anyone can answer this, but does anyone know why the newish footbridge at East Croydon has gained central handrails in the last few months. I understand it opened in January 2013 - so were the handrails not a requirement then, but are now? The reason for me asking is that I was...
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    Oxted Bay Platform 3

    On my way back from London yesterday, I was early at London Bridge so decided to take an Uckfield train and change at Oxted (I was going to East Grinstead). I noticed that platform 3 track at Oxted has been electrified - and am pretty convinced that this hasn't always been like that since the...
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    East Grinstead over-running engineering work

    Any ideas why engineering works have over-run at East Grinstead since Sunday. Platform 2 is unusable as a consequence.
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    Southern December timetable

    Was wondering whether anyone here has a link to the new Southern December timetable? There is nothing on the Southern website but their 'sister' company SouthEastern has already released theirs. cheers!
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    East Grinstead station

    I noticed that NR/Southern have started to install ticket barriers at East Grinstead station; having removed the platform facing windows to achieve this. My question is - why is this being done when the station is being scheduled to be demolished and rebuilt on a different alignment to the...
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    East Grinstead line 12 coach trains

    Dear All, The East Grinstead line is being upgraded so that 12 coach trains can run on it from December, at least that is what Southern are publicising at the moment. Can I ask - is the stock already available to do this, as Selhurst always looks very empty when I go by on the 0719 ex...

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