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Last week I travelled from Portsmouth & Southsea to Littlehampton, changing at Barnham. Both Southern Railway and the National Rail journey planner suggested the following itinerary: PMS 12:57 to BAR 13:27 BAR 13:42 to LIT 13:52 On the day of my journey (12-Feb-2026) the train from...

Watching the new series of Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys, changing between Southern and Southeastern stations, reminded me of something that I have recently noticed. Why do most (all?) Southern station names (on the signs outside the station not those on the platforms) have the word...

Many stations are named after a nearby bridge but sometimes the station is on the "wrong" side of the bridge. For example, in SW London "Barnes Bridge" station is in Barnes (correct) but Kew Bridge station is at the north end of Kew Road Bridge and is actually in Brentford. Similarly, on the...

I've noticed that a few platforms on the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines have the station name in the original tiling (e.g. Camden Town, Mornington Crescent). A few even display the original station name (e.g. Arsenal/Gillespie Road; Hampstead/Heath Street; Marylebone/Great...

Have the ticket machines at SWR stations been reprogrammed to restrict the destinations that can be purchased as a Z6B extension? At Putney station (after 09:30) I used the "ticket from other starting station" option to select Z6B; and specified Oxted as my destination station only to get the...

A few days ago I obtained a full refund on a pair of tickets that I'd purchased from the ticket office at Paddington earlier that day (the reasons that I couldn't use the tickets are not relevant here). In the morning, I paid for the tickets with a credit card. In the afternoon when I handed the...

Any comments on this scenario: At Paddington I purchase a day return (i.e. not for a specific train) from Paddington to Reading. (obviously) I travel to Reading on GWR but is it valid to use the return part of the ticket to travel back to Waterloo on SW trains? [Ignoring that it is almost...

How many station platforms still contain examples of disused Victorian drinking fountains? I'll make a start: Rugby (4 - that's the number of drinking fountains not the platform number), Dumfries (2), Doncaster, Minehead, Berwick, Crewe, Carlisle, Manchester Piccadilly; and there used to be one...

Can anyone please explain why the weekday 16:09 from Paddington which arrives at Maidenhead at 16:42: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C20214/2017/07/05/advanced has to run back empty to Paddington as the 16:46: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C29662/2017/07/05/advanced I can...

This is another (long) post on what the "Not via London" route means. Yesterday (Saturday) I got an off-peak day return from Barnes to New Milton, intending to change from the South-West trains Richmond lines, to the South-West trains Wimbledon/Southampton lines, at Clapham Junction (and...

I'm trying to change the date of a return journey from Paddington to Hereford. I've booked the outbound and return journeys separately. The current outbound journey requires 1 change i.e. PAD to Newport; then Newport to Hereford. However, if I try to change the date of the journey then every...