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    Seaspeed hovercraft

    There is an SRN4 and many other hovercraft at the Hovercraft Museum at Lee-on-the-solent.
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    Take the tram! Your photos of old, rare or distinctive tramcars (UK or overseas)

    Gothenburg - Tram 208 from 1928 and in use for some 40 years. It is now used for special tours and events on Gothenburgs tram network. I was fortunate (??) enough to have been a passenger on it for a good hour last year as it did a non stop tour up and down hills and through at least one long...
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    BR Mystex Origins and Destinations (Trivia)

    Remember a mystery trip, late 60sor very early seventies which started at Portsmouth Harbour and then up the Pompey Direct picking up at various stations to Haselmere and possibly Guildford as well . Quite convinced we were going north as we slowly worked around the Notth London line? and then...
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    Footbridge costs

    The 1947 footbridge at Havant had been supported by scaffolding for several years whilst the authorities sorted out who was responsible for it and who was going to pay for a replacement. Funding has now been agreed between Network Rail, Hampshire County Council and Havant. Borough Council. The...
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    Lost Rovers and Rangers

    Do remember in the 60/70s that the Southern Region sold a number of 7 day Runabout Rovers,second class only.Each area was given a number and area 8 covered an area from East Worthing to Salisbury and included Amberley,Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Portsmouth Harbour , Winchester.Cant remember...
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    Trip to IOW steam railway via Hovercraft

    Hovertravel offer a combination ticket offering return hovercraft flights, travel on Island Line trains between Ryde Esplanade & Smallbrook Junction and travel on IOW steam railway. Think this is £50 adult.
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    Falklands War - Is it a bit, for lack of a better word, ignored?

    There was a parade in Portsmouth to mark the 40th anniversary of the Falkland’s War with some 800 veterans on parade and l think the band of the Royal Marines. Not surprising as the Task Force left from Pompey.
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    Liss Level Crossing

    …have been stuck at Warblington for 20+ minutes in the past.
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    [TRIVIA] Land Trains of the UK

    Newquay, Cornwall 1746122448 Torquay
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    ENCTS disabled bus pass on TFL buses

    Apologies , misunderstood the Companion Bus Pass. The companion does not have their own card but travels with the card holder. Certainly valid in the county of issue but valid elsewhere in the country? I don’t know .
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    ENCTS disabled bus pass on TFL buses

    You say you have a Companion Bus Pass, l was under the impression that this could only be used when travelling with a disabled person, not for travelling on your own, which is perhaps why you have been asked if anyone is travelling with you.
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    Delay costs from bridge strikes

    These 2 cases clarified what Network Rail could claim for and this included the delay (Section 8 ) payments they had to make to TOCs. Network Rail v Conarken (2010) and Court of Appeal (2011): These cases established that Network Rail could claim back costs for bridge strikes, including...
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    1960s rail cards

    Back in the 60s & 70s, Southern used to sell 7 day Runabout Rover tickets which covered a limited area. These tickets were a purple colour. See photo, although colour has faded over time.
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    What were the Virgin Trains Class 158s like?

    I remember the Virgin 158s when they were introduced on a Portsmouth Harbour to Manchester service. This must have been in the mid to late 1990s. It was a single unit but can’t remember where the service originated- presumably Manchester. It left Portsmouth Harbour about 1735 and went via...
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    Based in London over looking the approach to Victoria - How to know when steam trains are due?

    If you go to https://www.railwayherald.com/railtours You can see a calendar of rail tours for the UK and can quite easily find the ones that start and finish at London Victoria. You can then use Real Times to find more detailed timings. The TOC that ran the steam trains are usually West...
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    Trivia: Stations which have had platforms removed.

    Portsmouth & Southsea - 2 platforms lost at low level when they built a DiY Store and car park.
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    The Fareham Flyer

    I didn’t write that article and am not going to get into any debate on the subject. I would however say that Fareham was on the original line to/from Gosport. The line to Portsmouth was an afterthought, hence the tight curve after leaving Fareham towards Portsmouth.
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    The Fareham Flyer

    It’s not often you come across a charter train being run by a group of volunteers. Saturday 26 October 2024 sees a charter train running non stop from Fareham to London Waterloo. It seems to be aimed at Gosport residents. Gosport being one of the larger towns without a rail service. Tickets...
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    Steam Dreams - Paddington to Chichester today 8/9/24

    This Steam Dreams excursion left Paddington 40 minutes late this morning. Anyone know if it is still steam hauled - was suppose to be 70000 Brittania. Hope have put this in right topic. Thanks for any information.
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    Stupid questions from passengers

    Many years ago at Havant Station, over the tannoy came the announcement “ the next train does not stop at Portsmouth Harbour.”

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