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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

As you can imagine I see a lot of tickets, anyway, the other day I was checking tickets (the 29th) when I saw a ticket from Seaford to London terminals dated the 26th. The ticket had been sold on 26th and had the date of the 26th and the valid to 26th Nov. Normally SVR's have a start date and...

Just an update, and someone may have posted this before, but we can now issue TOD's on our on board ticket system (forget the name, we still keep using advantix and dion, habbit I guess). The update for this took all our machines out of use for a day, but came back with the new update (hate...

There has been a bad accident involving a car at a level crossing between Horsham and Pullborough. Car is completely trashed. Everyone on the train ok and now on buses. Damage to lineside eq, inc fire. Damage to the 377. Driver in shock, but ok. More to follow.

There is a rumour coming through that a large group of new trainees have been let go from GTR/TL. It seems that due to shortages there is a lack of driver instructors and long waits for one. New drivers were supposed to go out and just travel around and learn routes. From what I hear some just...

Haywards Heath today. ooppps Pic shows a metal trolley full of boxes that has fallen onto the track.

Passenger on a train today worked by a colleague held a ticket from Lancing to Eastbourne, CDR (and a freedom pass) claimed that this ticket was valid to London. They said not and charged them. Punter paid up, but claimed they had used that ticket many times before. I'm guess valid via Haywards...

Noted this snippet in our emails today: Customer Advice: Due to a points failure at Norwood Junction services will be subject to delay or cancellation. Points are sections of the track that move, acting as junctions and allowing trains to move from one line to another. So now you know.:roll:

Spotted these wagons while being delayed between Southampton and St Denny's today. One could almost be in Germany.

Noted these between St Dennys and Southampton today. Made me feel like I was in Germany for a moment. Interesting to see that they even have the E wagon designations.

Had a punter on my train today using the return portion of an off peak. The train was the 05.58 Gatwick to Southampton. The ticket was checked between Crawley and Horsham The ticket was St Albans to Chichester. (well Chcichester to St Albans SVR) This was the trip using the return portion...

If a punter has a gold card season from Littlehampton to London zones 1-6 T/C where can he go? I think. Littlehampton to Victoria/London Bridge/London Terminals via Horsham/Gatwick/Dorking/Hove/Brighton/Lewes. Via Chichester/Havant and Guildford to Waterloo? I think yes. Can he get...

When selling tickets on trains you come across some stupid fares. Tonight a punter asked for Seaford to Hove, single, with a senior railcard. With the discount the fare was £5.60, which even I thought a tad OTT. However, doing two tickets, Seaford to Brighton and Brighton to Hove, £4.50. I only...

Was surprised to note at Brighton yesterday that the departure boards had a message on the new services from Brighton to Victoria via Gatwick say 'any permitted tickets only'. I guess this is to stop 'TL only' ticket holders, but this also excludes tickets marked 'southern only' and tickets that...

Hello all. Most of you know who I work for and I'm just looking for some info. For comparison, we are trying to find the basic salary of conductors from other companies. If you have this info, could you please PM me, or post here if you wish. Esp looking for SE GN LMR VWC GWR Anglia...

http://jobs.proactiverail.co.uk/ts2__JobDetails?jobId=a12D0000009SGBeIAO&tSource

I've heard rumors that the Brighton unizone is to be extended again to cover all the way to Bexhill, possibly Hastings. Has anyone heard this? Used to be Lancing to Falmer only. Now goes to East Worthing, Seaford, Cooksbridge (via lewes only) and Eastbourne. BTW. Noted on the Southern...

Had a passengers ask a question today and I could not give a 100% truthful answer. The punter had a Hove to Zones 1-6 Saver Return. and wanted to know on their return journey they could board the tube to Victoria from Zone 1 before the 9.30 restriction came in for their return. I did not know...

This is for the fare experts: Came across an odd pair of weekly's while working a train the other day and spoke to the passenger about validity. However, I would like to confirm what I said was correct. I'm not going to discuss the tickets involved in an open thread, so would like one of the...

Just wondering what makes you smile as you travel round on the trains? Just to start. Yesterday, after working a train that while quiet, there were some drunks and troublemakers on it, but as we passed Fratton, a SWT 450 was going through the washer, and all the intermediate cab windows were...