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Interesting comment from London Travel Watch about this statement from Network Rail about disruption at London Bridge: https://twitter.com/LonTravelWatch/status/1633056923942637570

The chat about the costs of having staffed gatelines vs lost fares is an interesting one which I presume Southeastern etc have worked out. As a thought exercise I've worked out the following as a very rough estimation of possible staffing costs: To staff a station for whole day I guess you'd...

Like the OP we've recently got a TwoTogether Railcard and I have a similar question. Normally when we travel to central London to go out for the evening we'll just use contactless. So for a journey like the one we're making tomorrow - Petts Wood to Charing Cross and then tube onto Goodge...

That serves me right for not checking first before posting!

The latest issue of Rail magazine has a long article with Southeastern's managing director Steve White explaining his thinking/justification of the timetabling changes. A couple of stats which stood out to me: Post covid usage "On a Monday and a Friday we have about 60% demand... on...

I think this is probably the answer to yesterday's "disruptive passengers": https://twitter.com/MPSBromley/status/1461364160655069193?s=20

Good spot. My thought was it would be further forward of the bridge to give the driver time to slow before getting to the bridge based on the road speed limit.

I've often wondered why they don't build a frame - perhaps made of metal and hinged so no one walking by get's hit, a few meters in front of the bridge which is the same size as the bridge. If the lorry is to big and goes through it the driver would know he'd hit it and stop immediately before...

Not sure if it's the same bus but around 9.15 each morning I see at Stagecoach single decker returning to Bromley Garage probably from the Chislehurst direction with a school service sign in the front window which has branding on the side saying "789 Aberdare"

Last night I travelled up to Charing Cross and arrived at about 7pm, I was heading to the Northern Line so went down the stairs to the tube entrance. I know that you often see some homeless people down there in the subway but I was shocked by just how many there were - admittedly I don't go to...

A couple of questions which would take away a lot of the uncertainty: 1) Does anyone know how many drivers short GTR currently are before the full planned timetable becomes fully operational? 2) How many drivers are being trained up per day/week? With this information a possible end date to...

I'll add to that - yesterday afternoon I got to Farringdon at about 15.50 to catch 16.05 to Sevenoaks and the next 2 southbound departures were a train going to Blackfriars in about 25 minutes and a Brighton train in 45 minutes!!! I asked the guy on the platform if the screens were correct as I...

Interesting, was platform 2 at Bromley South closed yesterday? It normally gets at least 6 trains an hour - Victoria to Orpington and Thameslink to Sevenoaks.

All are LM services according to the report

Yesterday I went to the Paralympics and went from Bickley to Blackfriars on the 07.17 which is the 3rd train on a Sunday to depart towards London as we needed to be in the Olympic Park by 9am. I don't normally travel on a Sunday and assumed this service was quite normal, but when we got to...

I thought I'd share a few photos (wasn't sure whether to put them here on in the photo forum) from the Spa Valley Railway's Thumper day held on 06/07/12. To quote: "Running exactly 27 years to the day since 1317 ran the final services on the line between Eridge and Tunbridge Wells, a Special...

Is it just me or do instances of people being hit by trains, for whatever reason, seem to be on the increase? On twitter I follow National Rail and it seems that every few hours there is disruption caused by this somewhere in the UK. I assume statistics are collated on such matters?

I spotted that they have those blue type display boards at St Pancras International Thameslink platforms. Personally I think the usual yellow LED type boards are much brighter and easier to read. Didn't some the 465/466 Networkers originally have similar style displays on the front? But I...

If you want a "fun" post football match experience I suggest you try South Bermondsey after a Millwall game! Narrow island platform at the top of a long flight of twisting stairs combined with Millwall fans and the BTP trying to keep order!

A photo of the damage caused by the landslide can be found here: http://twitpic.com/5zbuza The photo is from FCC's Twitter feed.