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Sorrento was quite nice..... I'll get me coat.

I have fond memories of Paignton as a child, though I haven't been there for so many years I don't know what the town is like these days.

That will be handy. I've done the drive from Limerick to Tralee and onwards to Castlegregory a number of times and it always seems to take much longer than it should.

Bournemouth conurbation would be a good place for a tram network I reckon.

Interesting, thanks

Interesting. The arch is on the northern side , so could be to do with Networkers. The bursts usually last between 1 and 3 seconds I'd say.

Great, thanks

Bit of an off-beat question this, but I'm trying to get a sound system set up in one of the Bermondsey arches (just a simple amp and mic thing is the order of the day) but the sound set up we currently have suffers from random bursts of electrostatic noise from the railway above. Would anyone be...

Since the thread is in the geographically correct area does anyone know what story is with the speed restrictions on the slows at the north end of Purley station? I wonder whether it's for similar reasons?

I have a question about strikes - may it should be a separate thread? Anyway, say all the ASLEF drivers go on strike, what happens to those drivers who are in a different union or who aren't unionised? Do they turn up to work but have nothing to do? I'm presuming the TOC wouldn't run a service...

...actually having looked at the standard off-peak pattern this would work in theory at least as far as Dorking - [gets crayons out] eg service from LBG arr. at Epsom at xx38, so dep xx40 and arr. Dorking by xx56. 6 min turnaround to get back to Epsom for the xx15 dep to LBG. Extending fast to...

Quite! Victoria to Sutton used to take 21mins on the fast when it ran via the Streatham North spur. I was once on a train that was accidentally mis-routed down the fasts at said junction and thereafter ran fast to Sutton via West Croydon. Although we had a clearish run we still arrived at Sutton...

Pertaining to the above - anyone know what the speed restriction on the slow lines just to the north of Purley station is about?

I predict they will also regain Sutton & Cheam and Carshalton & Wallington. If Tom Brake stood again he'd walk it.

If the voice recording is legit two things stand out. 1) If legit, it will certainly be time-stamped and contains the conversation at the TVM albeit in the background. 2) Even if the details in the conversation cannot be heard properly on the recording, in itself it proves that OP did not run...