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Yes- I know. Australia have wide roads and not so much traffic except in some cities. I am trying to illustrate that driving in the UK is so different to the US. I have heard this many, many times from Americans who drive in Britain for the first time. Living in Kent I have seen many near...

Can I ask if you have driven in Britain before..? Driving in Britain is completely different to USA, Naples or Australia. Narrow Roads, different road signs as well as keeping to the left hand side of the road.

I have passed through or visited every station except Barking Riverside and Ebbw Vale Town. Notable passenger lines not covered are Swansea District line, Doncaster- Knottingley, GE/GW connections off Crossrail, Burton-on Trant- Lichfield TV, I have excluded a few short spurs or rare freight...

Living in Kent I have travelled over all lines in the South-east except- In the London area I have not travelled on are the Dudding Hill Loop, Kew East jn/New Kew Jn- South Acton the new line to Barking Riverside and new extensions of the Elizabeth Line at Liverpool Street and Paddington. Also...

Living in West Kent the nearest stations I have not used are- Kemsing, East Malling and Hollingbourne Been through them many times but never got on or off there. Kemsing station is a long way from the village. Will be visiting East Malling village in the new year but it would quicker for me to...

Did you consider looking at making one change at Reading and avoiding London completely.?

Where do I start...! During my work for BR/Railtrack/Contractor I must have visited every station on what is served now by South Eastern/GTR-Southern services in South London/Kent/Sussex/Surrey.

Littlehampton- taken 5th June 2021

Hastings station has a few.

Further to my earliest post on the South East.. Waterloo has 24 platforms Victoria has 19 platforms Battersea Park platform 2 is served by a one or two early morning or late evening parlimentary trains whilst platform 5 is (as far as I know) not regularly used but maybe used during engineering...

There are some very difficult ones and here are some from the South East.. Ashford International platforms 3 and 4 .. and Ebbsfleet International (Eurostar platforms) at present out of use since March 2020. But when reopened they are served by Eurostar services only. Similar to above-- the fast...

It depends whether the journey is quicker/cheaper than by car. Some while ago had to make a 70 mile each way journey on a Sunday morning. In advance I found it there was planned rail engineering works on the route which with several changes would have taken me over 3 and half hours to get there...

I travelled in July 2020 and the 2 car portion of train for Fort William carried about 75 passengers. Plenty of room for everyone including socially distancing. Please ensure that you are in the correct portion of the train as the train from Glasgow Queen Street splits at Crianlarich with 2 cars...

At least two members of railway staff plus the local Police accompanied every train to assist in moving parked cars, warning road traffic and one of them walked in front of the train with the red flag warning motorists. Travelling along the Weymouth Tramway line to the Quay was an "experience".

On a railtour purchased refreshments from on board trolley at Weymouth Quay and consumed drink and sandwiches on arrival at Weymouth Station a distance of just over a mile..... The journey took nearly 45 minutes at walking pace including stopping for staff to move a parked car off the track...

OK- not on the coast but an inland town.. ..Tunbridge Wells... A recently opened Premier Inn/TravelLodge ....is a few minutes walk from the station and town centre. Central station had (pre- covid) 4 trains per hour to Tonbridge/ London and 2 per hour to Hastings Short walk to the Spa Valley...

Engineering works between Preston and Carlisle so my train from London reversed at Preston then via Blackburn, Clitheroe, Hellifield, Settle to Carlisle. I cannot remember the exact delay time but well over 2 hours maybe 3 hours.

Here in the South East I have walked through the following disused tunnels- Mayfield and Argos Hill Tunnels on the Polegate- Eridge Line The former has since been infilled but the latter is still accessible Crescent Wood Tunnel on the Crystal Palace High Level line in South London (440 yards)...

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