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Totton to Redbridge (Hants)? :D

"Simon Bangs" :lol::lol::lol:

I was once on a train and a family of 6 got on. The mum was carrying 3 bags. They sat down and just as the train started moving, out came the plates. Yes, plates. Then out of another bag was the takeaway. Curry, rice, poppadoms and various condiments. A full on Indian feast on a train. The smell...

Bedhampton or Farncombe.

I travelled from Sorrento to Rome when I was 8 years old. I'd rarely been on a British train (Godalming station was my nearest- 20 minute drive away). I've never been so terrified in my life. Graffiti everywhere, very old train that sounded like it was falling apart. I think I was 17 when I...

We have ticket inspectors (not sure which company they work for, they're not wearing SWR uniform) outside Southampton Airport Parkway, which has no barriers. If you're not familiar with the area, there is a multi-story car park on one side of the station and the airport is on the other side...

I am a pretty fast walker! But Google maps only shows the straight route from the station to the stadium. Personally, I go from the station, cut through Hogland's Park, (sometimes stop at the Angel pub!) then walk through Kingsland Estate. A familiar route if you're local. The google maps one is...

Southampton Central for St Mary's stadium. Ignore google maps 28 minute trek. If you're local, you'll know that the shortcut is around 10 minutes. But I am a fast walker.

What is the cheapest way of doing this? A return seems impossible to buy from a ticket machine, and I'm unable to buy another ticket to Winch from Redbridge because the station doesn't have ticket facilities. It's getting rather tiresome being made to feel like a fraudster by staff at Winchester...

I have only used a help point once, on a separate occasion to the above. This was in the presence of an off duty SWR staff member. They appeared to be from another country who had never heard of Hampshire, let alone Havant (OK, most people outside of Hampshire probably won't be familiar with the...

I get trains a lot, and whenever a train gets cancelled, I have never heard any such announcements.

Havant isn't the sort of place that you want to hang around in alone, late on a Friday night. My boyfriend offered to pick me up, but that would mean me waiting for 2 hours for him to finish work. I was desperate.

There probably is, but I couldn't find one.

It was 11pm. No staff around or any other passengers that I could see.

Hello, apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong section of this forum. On 22nd June, the last train from Havant to Southampton Central was cancelled. It was late at night, so I got a taxi back, costing me £81.90. I have been in touch with Southern and they have refunded me £14, the cost of...

If anyone here staffs the Southampton Airport Parkway-/Southampton Central/Millbrook/Redbridge train, I salute you. I'm one of the drunken posties finishing a night shift. We're usually found on the 06.17 SOA to Salisbury with plenty of booze. Don't be alarmed, we're a nice bunch who have just...

A few days ago, I witnessed a "sting" at my local station. My local station has no ticket facilities at all, passengers can only buy tickets on the train. Yet, when I arrived at the station, 6 RPIs blocked the exit and asked for tickets. Most of us had return tickets from wherever we'd come...

I get the same train every day. On my way to work one day, and there was a lot of people getting off at the same stop as me. I joined the queue of people waiting to get off. The guy in front of me got off the train and just stopped right where he was. I had to cling on to the door to stop myself...

He got on at the same station as me (unmanned, no ticket machines). He headed straight for the toilet. At the next station, he emerged from his hiding place but the barriers were all up. So he went back to the toilet. At the next station (unmanned, but with ticket machines) there were about 6 or...

I always buy a ticket because SWT think I'm a fraud, despite always paying for tickets.