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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Connex and then South Central Trains operated a 2 t.p.h. stopper from Victoria to Leatherhead. Curiously these services were diagramed to return to Ashtead empty and restart in passenger service to Victoria from there. Does anyone know why? Was the crossover...

With all of Govia's woes making the headlines, it got me thinking back to the late nineties when the local press was equally filled week after week with bad press about Connex South Central/Eastern. I only started travelling by train in a big way in the mid-2000s so I don't remember Connex...

So the 'Hampshire' units were the standard Restriction 4, the 'Hastings' fleet were the flat sided Restriction 0, and the 'Oxted' units were the slightly wider Restriction 1. But despite these varying widths, did they (apart from the 57ft short 6S Hastings units) share the same standard BR Mk...

Hello all, Does anyone have the departure/arrival times for Newhaven-Victoria boat trains in the late 80s? I've got the 1986 timetable here (the year of the short-lived InterCity Newhaven-Manchester trains), and there's no mention of any Victoria services. Instead, there are a couple of...