Recent content by SouthCentral10

I believe there's still one on at the London end of the up platform

Yes, the vast majority of coulsdon locals still refer to CDN as smitham. There's a school and a road nearby still with the name smitham as well.

I must say I agree with this. Being one of his constituents, Mr Blunt has been an excellent MP for the vast majority of his 25 years representing Reigate. However his recent record has been 'patchy', and he has misjudged the public's mood on both local and national issues. I would be very...

Would it be feasible to divert the service via the crystal palace line and terminate at Beckenham junction? This would free up a path through windmill and could improve resilience of through the Croydon bottleneck.

IIRC I don't think the BR MK3 bodyshells would fit through the Oxted tunnel.

I reckon it's likely that all the classes will end up being scrapped. The next Southern franchisee (or contractor?) Will most likely order a single class to replace the 313s and 455s. That way they would have a simple fleet of electrostars and most likely aventras.

Thanks! They look quite good in the orange. Well much better than the full grey they're in currently.

Slightly OT, but does anyone have a mock up image of a class 717 in LO/TfL rail livery, that they would be able to share?

Because places like Potters Bar, St. Albans, Dartford etc already function as being part of London. Most people of live in these areas commute into London for work. Greater London itself was originally supposed to be substantially larger than it currently is. But unfortunately due to a...

I have to agree, it is an anomaly. Also when you consider a single fare from Sutton to Redhill is £5.30 compared with £1.50 on the 405 from Croydon to Redhill. It's unsurprising that people are more inclined to drive.

We have to remember the official boundaries of London are very arbitrary. London's Larger Urban Zone extends into almost the whole of Surrey and Hertfordshire and includes substantial parts of Kent, Essex and Berkshire. Services that should be devolved are the commuter services to places such...

Surrey CC already partially fund the routes I mentioned, yet have no control over how the routes are tendered.

However it's no longer the 1930s, but the 2020s. You only have to look at TfL controlled bus routes, such as the 465 from Kingston to Dorking; the 405 from Croydon to Redhill which have much higher patronage, because of higher frequency and cheaper fares then the 420 that runs between Sutton and...

Seeing posts here in the speculative ideas about splitting up GTR and a speculative idea to extend crossrail to High Wycombe, it got me thinking, should TfL become the transport authority of not only London, but also the surrounding counties. In this plan the county council's would contribute...

Waterloo would be 32 if you include the tube platforms. It would be 36 if platforms A-D at Waterloo East are included as well.