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  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 26th/Sunday 27th/Bank Holiday Monday 28th August: Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: No service on Southern on Saturday due to industrial action. Normal service on Southern on Sunday and a Saturd...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 25-08-2023, 09:07 PM
  Thread: Renovated Sainsbury's Is it better?
Post: RE: Renovated Sainsbury's Is it better?

Personally I'm surprised they installed three staffed checkouts as there was always only one checkout assistant on those tills before the renovation. The whole self-checkouts for trollies or basket...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 6 3,020 25-08-2023, 08:55 PM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: RE: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

I popped in at lunchtime, so had a look around. With the exception of fruit & veg and the kiosk, everything else in the store has been moved around. Self checkouts have been expanded to two sect...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 18-08-2023, 04:41 PM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: RE: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

Confirmed on Sainsbury's website they're reopening at 9am today. Normal opening hours resume on Saturday at 7am.
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 18-08-2023, 01:22 AM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: RE: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

Staff are back in Sainsbury's today. Some of the closure boards have also been removed and I could see food on the fruit & veg shelves. The red fence and chair for a security guard by the London R...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 17-08-2023, 06:21 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 19th/Sunday 20th August: Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on Saturday. On Sunday there will be no Southern service before 0800 to London Bridge and Victoria and after 2330. T...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 17-08-2023, 03:09 AM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: RE: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

The store finder has the store reopening on Friday. https://stores.sainsburys.co.uk/0404/forest-hill
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 17-08-2023, 02:58 AM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: RE: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

Tesco Express in Kirkdale is also closed until 22nd August for a refit. The Tesco Express at Esso on London Road is still open.
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 14-08-2023, 07:34 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Sorry for the delay. Sat 12/Sun 13th August. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Southern services operate between London Bridge and Crystal Palace only with London Overground operating a normal service on...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 12-08-2023, 11:22 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 5th/Sunday 6th August. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on London Overground this weekend. Southern has no service on Saturday due to industrial action, but will operate on Sund...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 04-08-2023, 01:52 AM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on Saturday despite industrial action on Southern. London Overground operate a normal service on Saturday. Sunday is replacement buses between New Cross G...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 28-07-2023, 08:45 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

The tube strikes next week have been called off. However disruption to train services are still on for Saturday 22nd and 29th.
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 21-07-2023, 09:49 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Sat 21st/Sun 22nd July. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on Southern despite industrial action on Saturday, same for Sunday. London Overground operates normally throughout. Catford B...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 21-07-2023, 11:35 AM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: RE: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

Sainsbury's have started to reduce the amount of products for sale with empty shelves already, despite being open for another week before closing. The floor has already been ripped up by the fruit ...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 20-07-2023, 06:45 PM
  Thread: Petition to reinstate our lost London Bridge trains
Post: RE: Petition to reinstate our lost London Bridge t...

The two trains per hour from Caterham interchange with the Overground on Platform 1 at Norwood Junction. It also works southbound as well with the Overground and Caterham trains stopping on Platform ...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 19 7,530 14-07-2023, 10:09 PM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: RE: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

When the store was last closed for I think about a year or so, Forest Hill staff were transferred to nearby stores. This time around, they could be transferred to Sainsbury's Local stores in additi...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 14-07-2023, 06:15 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

There is industrial action on Thursday 20th July and Saturday 22nd/29th. On those three days, Southern will not operate services to London Bridge and Victoria, however passenegers can use the Overg...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 14-07-2023, 12:07 PM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: RE: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

They do need even more self-service checkouts sadly since they made one row of them card only, so it gets clogged up with people who still want to pay with cash. It's also likely that the self-service...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 13-07-2023, 11:27 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 15th/Sunday 16th July: Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service. Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: On Saturday trains will operate between Charing Cross and Beckenham Junction only every...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 13-07-2023, 12:53 PM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: RE: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

They've already started work this week on the stairwell leading to the underground car park.
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 13-07-2023, 01:57 AM
  Thread: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks
Post: Sainsbury's closing for three weeks

Sainsbury's in London Road is closed from Saturday 28th July to Friday 18th August for building works.
rbmartin SE23 Topics 20 7,808 12-07-2023, 03:19 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

A correction to today, Sunday. All London Overground services are diverted to Crystal Palace due to engineering works.
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 09-07-2023, 03:59 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 8th/Sunday 9th July. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service. Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: Normal service. Crofton Park/Catford: An hourly service will operate on Saturday due t...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 06-07-2023, 07:09 PM
  Thread: More Thames Water roadwork hell
Post: RE: More Thames Water roadwork hell

The roadworks were completed on Thursday afternoon.
rbmartin SE23 Topics 2 1,758 06-07-2023, 07:03 PM
  Thread: More Thames Water roadwork hell
Post: More Thames Water roadwork hell

Just a few weeks after Thames Water dug up under the railway bridge on Waldram Park Road, they've put up temporary traffic lights outside WHSmith which caused hell on the roads going into Forest Hill ...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 2 1,758 04-07-2023, 09:39 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Looking at Real Train Times, it appears the 0828 to London Bridge isn't on the timetable all week, but the 0758 and 0858 are in the timetable, then every 30 minutes. Today's 0858 did arrive at Fore...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 04-07-2023, 09:37 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Overtime ban week - 3rd-8th July 2023. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Southern will operate the normal 2 trains per hour between Victoria and London Bridge including on Saturday. London Overground i...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 02-07-2023, 01:30 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Late again, sorry! Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service. Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: Normal service. Crofton Park/Catford: Replacement buses between Herne Hill and Bromley South all ...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 01-07-2023, 07:24 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Apologies for the delay in posting, real life issues. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on Saturday, while on Sunday Southern won't operate between London Bridge and Crystal Palace. Passe...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 24-06-2023, 01:47 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 17th/Sunday 18th June: Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on Saturday, on Sunday Southern will operate between London Bridge and Crystal Palace. Normal service on London Overgrou...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 12-06-2023, 06:59 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 10th/Sunday 11th June: Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service. Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: Normal service on Saturday, on Sunday trains will not call at Lewisham running fast fro...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 06-06-2023, 11:07 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 3rd/Sunday 4th June. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on London Overground. Southern has no service on Saturday due to industrial action with a normal service on Sunday from aro...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 31-05-2023, 09:19 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

[b]STRIKE NEWS - Wednesday 31st May-Saturday 3rd June.[/b] Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park - Normal service on London Overground throughout. No service on Southern on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. ...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 26-05-2023, 10:46 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 27th/Sunday 28th/Monday 29th May. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on London Overground throughout. Southern on Saturday and Sunday will operate between London Bridge and Cryst...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 26-05-2023, 03:49 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 20th/Sunday 21st May: Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on London Overground. No Southern service on Saturday, but is operating on Sunday. (For Victoria, change at Crystal Palac...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 18-05-2023, 11:03 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

According to National Rail Enquires you need Stop E (the 122 bus stop) in Dartmouth Road, which is where the dentist is (formerly Barclays) for New Cross Gate. (Drivers have been known to pick up fro...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 11-05-2023, 10:48 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

No trains at all on Sunday. You need to catch the bus to New Cross Gate and then board the Overground there. You may want to consider using Catford Bridge instead where trains operate every 30 minu...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 11-05-2023, 11:51 AM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

[b]There is strike action on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th.[/b] Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: No Southern service on Friday and Saturday. London Overground will operate a normal service on Friday and...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 10-05-2023, 05:15 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 6th/Sunday 7th/Bank Holiday Monday 8th May. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on Saturday. No Southern service on Sunday to London Bridge/Victoria with the Overground running a n...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 01-05-2023, 02:43 PM
  Thread: Petition to reinstate our lost London Bridge trains
Post: RE: Petition to reinstate our lost London Bridge t...

I commute up to Tottenham Court Road and it's been much better since the Elizabeth line opened. No more changing at Canada Water along with the long travellator at Waterloo to get the Northern line....
rbmartin SE23 Topics 19 7,530 30-04-2023, 05:30 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 29th/Sunday 30th April/Bank Holiday Monday 1st May. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on Sat/Sun. Monday will be a Saturday timetable for both operators. Catford Bridge/Lower ...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 28-04-2023, 12:02 AM
  Thread: Protest outside The Honor Oak Pub
Post: RE: Protest outside The Honor Oak Pub

Another protest is planned for Saturday outside the pub.
rbmartin SE23 Topics 3 3,307 25-04-2023, 12:42 AM
  Thread: Petition to reinstate our lost London Bridge trains
Post: RE: Petition to reinstate our lost London Bridge t...

Talking of railway memories. I missed the trains when they were fast from Forest Hill to New Cross Gate as well as from Sydenham to Norwood Junction. The Charing Cross through services were useful...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 19 7,530 25-04-2023, 12:35 AM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 22nd/Sunday 23rd April: Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on London Overground. Southern are operating this weekend from our stations between London Bridge and Crystal Palace onl...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 19-04-2023, 12:27 AM
  Thread: Car Crashed through fence in Horniman gardens
Post: RE: Car Crashed through fence in Horniman gardens

I spotted it at 1.45pm and saw the police ticker tape and sand on the pavement for the spilt petrol, so must have happened earlier today.
rbmartin SE23 Topics 2 2,272 18-04-2023, 06:33 PM
  Thread: Petition to reinstate our lost London Bridge trains
Post: RE: Petition to reinstate our lost London Bridge t...

I signed also, but one of the reasons why we didn't get out 4tph back is because since Southern scrapped the old Class 455 units last year, there simply isn't enough rolling stock to operate the full ...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 19 7,530 15-04-2023, 10:39 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 15th/Sunday 16th April. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on London Overground with no service on Southern except for two early morning services to London Bridge on Saturday and ...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 15-04-2023, 03:37 AM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

A tiny correction to those who use Catford Bridge or Lower Sydenham over Easter. Services on Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday will be diverted to Cannon Street as Waterloo East and Charing Cross w...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 03-04-2023, 03:17 AM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

EASTER WEEKEND: Friday 7th April to Monday 10th April. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Southern will have no service except for the 0020 and 0035 from London Bridge which won't operate on Sunday night...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 31-03-2023, 05:49 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

Saturday 1st April/Sunday 2nd April. Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service. Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: Normal service. Crofton Park/Catford: Replacement bus service between Herne Hil...
rbmartin SE23 Topics 323 86,038 31-03-2023, 05:40 PM
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