Recent content by Matt Taylor

Had I seen it earlier I would've got it quickly as it's on my route card!

It was unintentional! Blairhill is correct though.

Fell After Former Leader.

Swinderby?

701005 had a test run to Southsea in August 2020 and 701019 spent Christmas 2022 in Southsea Down Carriage Sidings.

377620 got trapped in Portsmouth over Easter in 2015 during a four day blockade between Havant and Chichester and spent the time running shuttles between Havant and Portsmouth Harbour.

Saw 701039 dragged through Brookwood earlier today on 5Q15 Wembley-Eastleigh with 47749.

458523 did indeed move to Bournemouth today.

I'm sure I read somewhere that guards will still dispatch from starting stations, this would ensure competency is maintained. I may be wrong however.

SWR are also introducing a ban from June 1st.

From my travels last month I can add Stevenage which has a barriers on platform five (Hertford Loop services) as the new platform comes out on the publicly accessed footbridge. Welwyn Garden City has barriers at the foot of the stairs to the public footbridge between platforms which largely...

I'm not sure how relevant this is but 710376 passed West Brompton just after 0730 this morning with 5O80 Willesden Depot-Clapham (and back).

A good way to start would be to look on Real Time Trains for trains at Eastleigh TRSMD using a headcode starting 5Q, they frequently don't run but when they do they usually start and finish there.

Yes i t is the same for drivers but they also sign Clapham sidings and some Basingstoke sidings.

I sign Basingstoke except for P5 as we cannot be routed into it, Salisbury drivers might sign P5 though. At Clapham I only sign platforms seven to eleven, I don't sign the Southern or Overground lines nor the 'Windsor lines'. As a guard our route knowledge includes, platform lengths, dispatch...