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Interested to see this unit at Eastleigh Depot over the last few months. Not seen it move at all, but what is its purpose does it work a policing capacity ?

I have a planned trip on XC Basingstoke to Man Picc this Friday. I will be travelling on an Advance Single ticket but was unable to upgrade using Seatfrog, couple of questions please:- Best way to upgrade on the day and cheapest way for 1st class ? Can I check now whether the train is a...

As per the title does anyone know what going on with the pay offer this year for TOCS? Are they deciding on a national mandate with DFT putting out details or is it being locally decided ?

How long has this been going? Its a link to seatfrog for cheaper fares between selected stations on the network. https://secretfare.seatfrog.com/?utm_source=gb-toc-swr&utm_medium=webpage&utm_campaign=landing-page&utm_content=seatfrog Does anyone have examples of tickets bought through Seatfrog...

The paper PlusBus ticket for Brighton is £2.90 with Railcard. Will KeyGo allow a registered railcard to offer the discounted price as opposed to the daily cap on BH Buses - £4.50 ?

Hello all, after some advice and no doubt this would be the best place to come, or maybe a SWR ticket office (main one) I am getting fed up with paper travelcards being demagnetised at the Gateline seems to be an issue with Day Travelcards 1-6 certainly for me anyway. Have been considering SWR...

Anyone know why there are no Basingstoke services London bound that stop at Clapham in the morning peak? I was tempted to apply for a railway job in Clapham but have now been put off by the fact that it’s well over an hours journey (into Waterloo) then double backing to Clapham. This is a real...

Pretty surprised by the differing annual leave entitlements on South Western Railway. I was told in 2019 that it was 29 days for fleet / depot staff. Then a few years later it’s 24. “We bow down to the drivers” apparently is what was said to me by a recruiting manager… Unfortunately I...

Evening guys! Can someone please post up NR payscales to include the most recent pay deal that we all know about. I have an idea on salary but job adverts aren’t massively clear on salary plus other job listings have discrepancies showing old pay rates which haven’t been updated. Referring to...

Noticed at Haywards Heath the platform staff use green flags to dispatch , what’s the purpose of this given most other stations I’ve not seen this happen? Thanks

Pretty much looking to go from UK to Barcelona via train but which website is best for booking complete journey? I’ve found “RailEueope” But don’t have any details on it

What is the policy for rail staff who rely on the trains to turn in for work on strike days (for whatever reason). Do bosses allow flexibility on start/finish times ?

Can anyone confirm the outward London Waterloo - Southampton Ctl is actually running Saturday night / Sun morning? This service is listed in the journey planners to leave WAT at 0105 arriving at Basingstoke at 0216. Any help would be appreciated.

What happened to the fast services to and from Southampton Central to Brighton. Going back a bit (2008) SWT fast from Havant to Brighton was always a good one and for some reason was not very busy. Now the west coastway service to SOU has become tediously slow calling at all stations it seems...

BBC reporting that ASLEF are balloting SWR drivers over the national pay dispute, and that drivers previously weren’t part of the other 14 TOCS striking due to a previous pay deal. Was this the 3 year deal that was agreed c2019?

How is it cheaper to switch the out and return legs of a ticket with respect of Evening Out Rtns, for example: Basingstoke > Clapham Jct £15.15 Clapham Jct > Basingstoke £13.20 Apologies if I have missed something !?

Obviously RMT members within southern or GTR voted for action short of a strike with regards the up and coming industrial action on 21st June. Does this mean that GTR will be operating services over this period and why did staff not follow the other TOCs ? I’m assuming they have just come out of...

Just to make peeps aware SWR are advertising for Guards at Fratton: https://www.firstgroupcareers.com/vacancy/south-western-railway-commercial-guard---fratton--019055-fratton/19085/description/

SWR have launched a new “Evening Out” ticket based Monday - Saturday for journeys around 1hr or less…. Details here: https://www.southwesternrailway.com/train-tickets/ticket-types/evening-out-tickets Can also be bought as a London Day Travelcard, this means that from Basingstoke the current wk...

Weren’t the new rail sidings at Fratton meant to support the 442s ? are they complete now and what is the plans ? Seems like more wasted cash !