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    Non-Urgent TOPS Requests

    Thank you!
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    Non-Urgent TOPS Requests

    Apologies for bumping, but if anyone could tell me what formed this working on Monday the 4th i'd greatly appreciate it!
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    Non-Urgent TOPS Requests

    Can anyone tell me what worked 2W50 1458 Dover Priory to London Charing Cross on Monday the 4th of September? I know the front unit after attachments at Ashford was 375917, but I didn't catch the rear two unfortunately. Thanks in advance!
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    December 2022 Timetable Changes

    Details on how usage stats are calculated are published here. For rail, it is calculated from ticket sale data as held by LENNON.
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    December 2022 Timetable Changes

    Some interesting changes to Maidstone East services. The handful of recently introduced Blackfriars services go and are replaced with... an all-day service to Charing Cross. Timings when they join the South Eastern Mainline at Chislehurst seems a little bit tight though - they're timed to pass...
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    The Queen's lying in state.

    GTR told stakeholders the following on Friday; Extra details are to follow over the next few days. They are one of the few operators that already run overnight trains of course, the Bedford - Three Bridges flow through the Thameslink core.
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    Storm Franklin - Further weather disruption possible

    There's a few pictures/videos floating about of this for anyone interested in seeing things in unusual places; Video - passing through Didcot Parkway towards Reading. Pictures - at Reading. Video - passing through Melksham towards Exeter.
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    Disruption to services - Storm Dudley & Storm Eunice

    Network Rail have now posted a video of this on Twitter. Tweet contains a video showing a roof peeling off an adjacent building and landing on the tracks at Banbury station.
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    Southeastern Maidstone - Blackfriars 2022.

    This was mentioned at a recent stakeholder meeting, but reception was somewhat lukewarm - with just 3 return paths and only at weekday off-peak times. The argument Southeastern put forward was that they wanted to test things away from busy periods before a potential increase. However, there were...
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    Southeastern Maidstone - Blackfriars 2022.

    Unfortunately, weekday truncation at Paddock Wood has been the norm since the September 2020 timetable change - aside from a few early morning, late night and schools trains. This is a regression from the existing timetable, and was allegedly done for performance and reliability reasons despite...
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    Part of the viaduct at Nine Elms has collapsed.

    Network Rail have put out a statement.
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    23/08 Low Speed Derailment at Tonbridge

    The Redhill to Tonbridge line will be closed this evening to allow the rerailing work to take place. The last trains will be the 18:00 Redhill to Tonbridge and the 19:01 Tonbridge to Redhill, with buses thereafter. Edit: Network Rail have also posted up a close-up photo of the derailment on...
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    23/08 Low Speed Derailment at Tonbridge

    I made out roughly 30 carriages worth of 465/466 in there, along with a Soutthern 377/3. I may be miscounting slightly - it's a little tricky on a zoomed-in photo! If it is 30 carriages though, then that's 3 full sets out of the Tunbridge Wells - London diagrams given they normally run as...
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    23/08 Low Speed Derailment at Tonbridge

    Southeastern are now estimating that the disruption will continue through to Monday night - with fewer trains running between Tunbridge Wells and London Charing Cross on Monday. As a result, they're warning that "Hastings Line services are likely to be busier than normal throughout the day and...
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    23/08 Low Speed Derailment at Tonbridge

    Thank you both for the information. I notice that Southeastern's disruption page also now mentions that "Because of some damage to a part of the signalling system, train drivers have to get verbal instructions before they travel over the junction". Earlier on, I did see that someone was at the...

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