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I went on that service last October and the Ex IC coaches were fine. I've no complaints about delayed stock. Mind also good was the IC I travelled on from Frankurt to Cologne using ex Apmz as 2nd class. Nice!!!

I think London is among the top for this. Buy a nice LLC, pay a firm in Mayfair and off you go. (see private eye)

For the Newhaven to Dieppe Ferry, that change is at Town rather than Harbour. Despite the signs and announcements, you still get the odd one or two. Most just go 'are you sure' when you tell them where to change. It's about a 5 min walk. Across the level crossing and into the port. During the...

I've done a few of the crossings, and will write about them later, but to give folks a idea, check out on you tube the great railway journeys of the world, Changing Trains. It's split into 4 parts and the final section shows the Chopin Express in Vienna, the Orient Express and then a trip to...

From a staff POV, the old mess rooms were a dump, and using the staff toilet meant going down dark corridors, passing abandoned rooms with cables hanging down from the roof, and to flush you had to use a knob on the floor and it was still 50/50. Now a nice clean mess room, nice loos, and for...

TBH, even in peak hours they are rarely full for long, even leaving Brighton full and standing, by the time you get to Portslade seats are available. Most standing I see in busy times, is just due to folks not moving down. On Friday night I was working a shuttle service from Lewes during...

Newhaven Harbour has a keep of the electrified tracks sign in French and Italian IIRC. Gatwick Express's chunter on in French and Spanish

We run a train every 10 mins up to quite late. You often get the odd on or two midweek at this time. All those that got on at falmer went through to Brighton. None on or off at mcb or London rd.

All this talk of full and standing and the busy south east. No punters on my lewes to Brighton so far. 7 got on at Falmer. Thanks for students

We had one track issue this morning between Southease and Newhaven which led to a 20 TSR. Points seems to having issues, we lost a couple today and some on tuesday. Having so many moving parts, the heat could affect any part and it sticks.

We sort of spent the morning trying to run an almost full timetable for the peak, but kept telling folks their return journey would be affected. Once peak was over, switched to the backup, no gatex's, terminate arun valley's at Barnham/Bognor, stop WLL trains. Alas, other issues on...

The problem is last year was a new style of pride, with a 'big' name star. Normally at Pride, folks leave in drips and drabs as the night wares on, so you get a steady stream of folks heading to the station. Last year, due to Brittany, they all mainly stayed until the end, and then left on...

I've seen a picture of the train Flying Scotsman in steam days lying on it's side after coming off due to buckled tracks in hot weather. Not a new thing.

You gotta be kidding, the first off peak trains to London were packed full of families away for the day out*, meanwhile the trains coming into Brighton from about 11 from London were packed silly of everyone heading for a day out by the sea. It's clouded over, but still very hot and humid...

They have been asking for people to work extra. They have the trains, but will they have anyone to run them?

Not sure. Some folks are saying one thing, others the other. Here she is being push back into Lovers.

Failed again today at Lewes. Compressor issues. Needed a tow. Update : MA issue.

The problem for the driver is what seems to be a slight jolt, by the time it snakes through a few coaches can cause a big jolt. Once on the Lewes - Seaford line a jolt sent me in the back to the floor. I reported it to the driver who had not noticed much, we then reported it to Network rail...

I once had to laugh boarding a CC train at York heading north and seeing 6 staff and thinking, here is me, working 12 car trains on my own (and the driver of course). But then it was decided that was a number too high and nowdays if your lucky a OBS will be there, possibly traveling that line...

Is Big Blue the real thing. All sort of rumors floating around. She does seem 'newer' than before.