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Would this mean that they would have had to reverse in Redhill if they were going to South Coast destinations like Brighton?

This topic is for the discussion of the Karlsruhe model of public transport systems - basically trams and trains all combined into one (tram-train). We know how successful tram trains have been in Karlsruhe, as shown here: https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/karlsruhe/ (the Albtalbahn...

Blimey, 1 hour 30 minutes to get from Gatwick Airport to Reading when the North Downs Line only takes about an hour roughly, and that's with the Redhill reversal included! For the Gatwick to Reading via Guildford journeys, I would imagine that they additionally stopped at Redhill to allow reversal?

IET yes. I would have thought that the vibration would be due to the underfloor diesel engines being operational (assuming that your journey was in diesel mode).

Tbh I agree, I'm so used to thinking that a 6xx would be a school bus!

Ahh I see. So basically, from what you said, I'm assuming that Bournemouth would have been 1tph, of which 1tp2h to Manchester and 1tp2h to Newcastle or Edinburgh. And Reading-Manchester was a completely different route that had extensions to Brighton. Which meant that between Reading and...

When I grew up and learnt more about this now withdrawn service and its routing, that would make perfect sense. The XC route would take a much lengthier diversion via Reading, Oxford, Banbury and Birmingham. This makes you wonder if the Brighton line was effectively a second branch of the core...

Are you saying that it would have been a longer journey from Horsham to Manchester if we decided to get the XC service from Gatwick Airport rather than go via London Euston?

When I was a young kid, I was surprised to discover that Virgin Trains (back then, now CrossCountry) also served Gatwick Airport, and had direct trains to Manchester Piccadilly! This might have explained why I'd always see Voyagers at stations like Brighton, Gatwick Airport and East Croydon...

I'm not saying Thameslink never have ticket inspectors (@Hadders sees them quite often, and his local TOC also is Thameslink just like me), all it is that from all the journeys I've made on Thameslink so far, I am yet to encounter a ticket inspector.

To an extent, yes. One of my local TOCs, Thameslink, is DOO (Driver Only Operated - No Guard nor Ticket Inspector) and I have never seen on a ticket inspector onboard once. I wouldn't count Southern as completely DOO on the other hand - despite DOO, there's always a ticket inspector onboard...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/22/train-fare-dodgers-digital-footprint-fraud-prosecutions/

Wouldn't it make more sense to instead say, for example: "S6 Oxford via Faringdon" The via point can be where the two registrations meet with eachother By saying "S6 Faringdon for Oxford" one might imply that they have to change buses in Faringdon when this is not true at all as the S6 is a...

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