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Brighton Mainline closed today between Redhill and Gatwick Southern decide to route all passengers through Redhill, an overcrowded station unfit for such crowds and onto buses. No organisation from Southern: Nowhere near enough buses sourced Insufficient trains from Redhill to London (3x12 car...

Before 2015, the Southern brand, whilst not universally loved, appeared to be a well-run operator, who were light years better than Connex, their predecessors. During the initial franchise, Southern had delivered hundreds of new trains to replace slam-door stock (whilst Connex ordered the...

Hi, I am an adult looking to travel from Uckfield to/from Swansea Either out 4th July, returning 6th July (looking to leave Uckfield at around 9:30) Or out 17th July, returning 19th July (looking to leave Swansea at around 13:00) I am looking to leave Uckfield at around 9:30 on both...

It seems that the fast student special trains from Eastbourne to London Victoria are back this summer. Up service: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/W82032/2015/06/13/advanced Down service: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/W88277/2015/06/13/advanced Interestingly, the up...

Let's skip to 2018, post thameslink programme. During the rush hour, a signalling problem occurs at City Thameslink between 17:30 and 19:30. All services face major delays. Approximately 48 trains each way are massively delayed. What would the knock on effects of delays such as this be...

Yesterday (Saturday 19th) I took the 1507 service from Lewes to Brighton which is always formed of a 2 car 171 in normal service because it comes from Ashford. However, I had a nice surprise when a 4 car 171 turned up. 4 car 171s are based on the uckfield line and are only used on the East...

(From southerns website) A person has been hit by a train at Burgess Hill is causing delays of up to 60 minutes to trains between Brighton / Hove and Haywards Heath. Twitter hashtag: #BurgessHill To check your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner...

Hi, does anyone have any old timetables showing the west coastway line before Southwest trains withdrew their services? (Around 2004-2007) Thanks Sam

I often use the first great western Brighton to Bristol/great malvern/Cardiff services and have found them to be very popular and fast. Also, you can travel direct between one of the big cities on the south coast and key places in the west such as Bath, Gloucester, Bristol and Salisbury. My...

Hi does anyone know what's happening on the Brighton mainline this evening? My friends train is at a standstill, apparently someone's been hit by a train (thoughts with his family) can anyone confirm this?

Think this is in the right place, mods please move if necessary. The other day, I boarded a service from Lewes to London Victoria. At Haywards Heath, this train is due to attach to a service from Littlehampton. So, my service (from Eastbourne) arrives at Haywards Heath 1 minute early. But it...

Hi, on real train times,at Lewes signal Lw58 there are diagrammed services at 1138 and 1338 to Haywards Heath, 1220 to Preston Park sidings and 1420 to Brighton. These services are operated by FCC and are stated as tests. Are they paths for ECS, driver training or actual testing? However, it...

Hi, I was reading an article about Birmingham New Street being the busiest outside of London. Then I started thinking. What are the top ten busiest stations outside of London? I've tried looking but can't find much info so any information would be appreciated. Thanks Sam