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    £93 million Essex light rail proposed

    https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/18693152.93m-plans-electric-trains-connect-towns/
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    Southend East to London Terminals tickets - What is the difference

    Thanks, so in this instance where the ticket would only be valid to FST/LST the Shenfield route would not be valid? As a Southend Vic/Central to London Terminals annual is £5,148 compared to £3,740 for the any permitted route annual ticket for Southend Central to London.
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    Southend East to London Terminals tickets - What is the difference

    The C2C website brings up two options for an annual ticket between Southend East and London Terminals. One "Valid only for travel via (changing trains or passing through) Barking", the other "Travel is allowed via any permitted route." Both tickets are identically priced. All services both...
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    Fenchurch Street redevelopment

    The planning applictions have been posted outside the station. They can be found here: https://www.planning2.cityoflondon.gov.uk/online-applications/ Postcode for search: EC3M 4AJ Selected quotes from the planning documents
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    People Mis-Naming Railway Station/Companies - Habit?

    People referring to National Rail services as traveling 'Overground'
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    Fenchurch Street redevelopment

    The Superdrug which was situated on the right hand side of the station has closed and the unit is being gutted. Is this likely to be reused as a retail unit or is it to be another entrance into the station? I see also the tiles has been removed from the false ceiling inside the station, is the...
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    Railway stations you think need a refurbishment

    Southend Central's canopies could do with a repainting and the glass cleaned.
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    'EYESORES'

    I have to say that I love a bit of Clasp Architecture.
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    Ridiculous routes suggested by journey planners

    While checking via National Rail Enquires to see if services were running between Limehouse and Fenchurch St this weekend, I received the following route suggestion for the journey. Wouldn’t you pass by, or very closely to, Fenchurch St on your way to Paddington and that’s before you head...
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    Barking Riverside Extension (London Overground) Updates

    C2C release info about initial engineering work for the extension down to Barking Riverside https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/media-centre/latest-news/restricted-tt-20-july-4-august/ https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/media-centre/latest-news/restricted-tt-questions/
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    Fenchurch Street redevelopment

    Work is due to start on the redevelopment/modernisation of Fenchurch Street station is due to commence this year. What stage are things at? Have plans been submitted?
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    Ugliest Train in the UK?

    Class 321s look like a DIY attempt at fixing the front of a 319.
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    Class 378 refresh

    It looks like a rejected SWT livery
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    Weekender London Travelcard.

    I seem to remember that Thameslinks and/or Southern offered a Weekender London Travelcard which allow you to travel off-peak on a Friday and return on a Saturday or travel on a Saturday and return on Sunday. Southeastern do seem to offer a weekender ticket but it seems only to apply to tickets...
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    Class 345 progress

    345s at Abbey Wood have got the Elizabeth Line branding on them, do the Shenfield ones still say TFL rail? (Photos from a local Facebook group)
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    Trivia:Major design faults

    Shepherd's Bush LO station with its too narrow platform that had to be subsequently redesigned?
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    London Bridge reconstruction works

    Whatever happened to their feature length documentary? That video is the latest thing on their YouTube page, their Facebook hasn't been updated for over three years and it's the same with their Twitter feed.
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    Bethnal Green 'Out of station interchange' (OSI) ?

    Due to problems on the London Overground last night instead of going from Hackney Central to Stratford we ended up going through the walkway to Hackey Downs, caught a train to Bethnal Green LO, walked to Bethnal Green LU and got the central line to Stratford.
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    Bethnal Green 'Out of station interchange' (OSI) ?

    Does Bethnal Green (LU) to Bethnal Green (LO) count as an OSI?

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