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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| As well as the BBC London coverage, there is also an article in the current edition of Private Eye magazine. |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Energie like most gyms will tie in their users to long term contracts, so I wouldn't expect a mass exodus yet, plus their location is nearer to to the station and most of the bus routes.
However, I... |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Thanks Foresters. :thumbsup: |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| I went past the station yesterday and noticed staff were wearing London Overground uniforms and for the first time, I saw staff at the platform 2 gates at Perry Vale.
For those of you who've bought... |
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23-09-2009, 07:10 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| Both have the same owner. GoVia, part of the Go Ahead Group, they also run the London Central and Metrobus local bus services. |
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23-09-2009, 10:23 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| From the Sydenham Town website, although the info is about their station, most of the info should be relevant to FH and HOP.
http://sydenham.org.uk/news_railway_09_09.html |
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24-09-2009, 01:14 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| So thanks to TfL's shortfall, we're going to have to pay the same price to travel to parts of East London as if you were going via London Bridge. Great! :thumbdown: |
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28-09-2009, 03:17 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| Unlike Vauxhall which has Pimlico in Zone 1 and Stockwell in Zone 2 either side, the East London Line stations next to Shoreditch High Street on either side are in Zone 2.
The decision to move Shor... |
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29-09-2009, 11:50 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| Bar the new through connections to Canada Water (Jubilee) and Whitechapel (District and Hammersmith & City) that we'll have next year, we won't experience anything special until the ELL is extended to... |
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29-09-2009, 04:24 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| Would passengers on the Caterham branch use the service all the way into and out of London though? It'd be faster for them to change at East Croydon for fast services to LB and Victoria, although I c... |
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30-09-2009, 09:47 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| Pics of the interior of the new ELL overground trains have been posted on another forum as they're now in operation on the West London Line between Clapham Junction and Willesden Jnc.
If you look, ... |
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30-09-2009, 10:59 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| You can also check it out via the national rail enquiries website on your mobile phone if it's internet enabled, but it's a bit fiddly. |
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11-10-2009, 11:03 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Is it the Sutton or Caterham line services that we're losing due to the 'cuts?' |
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16-10-2009, 10:52 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Ah, so those extended trains to Dorking and Guildford will no longer run and the off-peak services will run on the fast line instead, leaving us with 2x to Victoria and 2x to Caterham.
Once the ELL... |
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17-10-2009, 12:51 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| I doubt the info desk staff would be aware anyway as they work for Southeastern, although I expect a week before the changes are implemented staff and on the noticeboards will announce that customers ... |
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19-10-2009, 03:50 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Is Southern cutting these services along our line before the ELL starts because of the loss of revenue along the line since TfL/LOROL took over management of the stations from NX Gate to West Croydon? |
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26-10-2009, 03:25 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| [quote]As an aside, does anyone know what the London Bridge to Crystal Palace service is like? I believe they have other routes not on the Forest Hill line which may be helpful once the ELL is up and ... |
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02-11-2009, 11:21 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Luckily I only commute up twice a week into town, the 0920 which is the last 'peak' service I can normally get a seat on if I go in the first carriage but fills up by the time we get to Brockley, alth... |
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04-11-2009, 05:33 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Southern train drivers are striking on December 28th over Bank Holiday pay.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23782298-train-drivers-to-strike-in-bank-holiday-pay-row.do |
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10-12-2009, 01:34 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| If the SLL does win a reprieve, it almost looks certain we'd lose 2 per hour of our Southern trains, probably the LB to Vic via Crystal Palace service, seeing as we'll have 8ph to Dalston which on the... |
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16-11-2009, 05:52 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| It was bad enough when we lost our daytime off-peak services to CX which I think was back in 1995/96 when Connex took over the franchise, although the pain was lessened when we got the metro style ser... |
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16-11-2009, 07:52 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| For those of you who live just over the border, Tessa Jowell MP is doing a rail survey and FH is listed as one of the stations listed as being regularly used by her constituents. Feel free to pass on... |
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27-11-2009, 08:30 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Unless there is a sudden urge for passengers to use Whitechapel when the Jubilee is closed, we all know it'll be the reduced Southern trains which will take the strain. |
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10-12-2009, 01:04 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| I managed to miss today's BBC local news and couldn't find anything on the BBC London website about today's protest.
I heard a low volume message on the tannoy system at FH on Friday morning about ... |
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13-12-2009, 12:10 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| I did the evening trip back home from LB last Monday, I was surprised how busy the 2054 was despite the earlier service from CX leaving 10 mins earlier, which I know is always packed. After May when ... |
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14-12-2009, 06:31 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| I boarded the 0914 at 0914! Although the train arrived at LB 10 mins late due to congestion at the station. The LB to CX part of the journey was a nightmare as trains were delayed because of the sno... |
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18-12-2009, 11:30 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Those two car trains have been refurbished though with the toilets removed[/align], along with the other older trains on our line. I remember when they used to run slam door trains in the peak, so co... |
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20-12-2009, 06:47 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| It was supposed to be a Saturday service on Monday.
A Sunday service will run on Friday.
http://www.southernrailway.com/news/news/southern-christmas-and-new-year-services/ |
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30-12-2009, 07:35 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Have to congratulate Southern for managing to put out a full Metro service over this period.
A shame then that the journey from LB to CX is much worse since South Eastern Railway has cut back servi... |
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08-01-2010, 07:07 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| And 3 mins between HOP and FH? I know sometimes trains have been held at HOP for a minute before.
Incidentally it seems we'll have a ELL every 15 minutes from NXG from the end of April, which may ... |
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20-01-2010, 12:56 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| That's right. I'm surprised OEP's are not available from the ticket machines yet as they offer the full range of Oyster products, including bus passes.
However you must have ?1.50 or more on you... |
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27-01-2010, 12:09 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| It's fair to say that the trains between NXG and LB have been busier since the ELL closed in 2007. |
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27-01-2010, 05:12 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| TfL expect 50,000 of us per day on our line to switch to the ELL.
http://brockleycentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/tfl-expects-3m-year-to-switch-to-east.html |
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05-04-2010, 12:37 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| The National Rail Enquiries website now has the timetable post ELL online.
Nothing new that we haven't discussed, it confirms what we know already about off-peak services, 2x to Caterham via East C... |
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06-03-2010, 07:55 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| A notice is up at FH station announcing trial runs of the new ELL trains, some will pass FH, others may stop, but will not pick up passengers. |
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05-02-2010, 09:38 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Has anyone spotted any ELL trains down here yet? I saw one pull out of New Cross Gate from the old tube platform this afternoon on a test run. |
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15-02-2010, 11:56 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| I expect you won't get a reply from Joan Ruddock seeing as she doesn't represent FH as part of her constituency. |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Weekday evening services to LB from FH are 15, 27, 45 and 57 from May 24th.
Incidentally, Caterham services will stop at Penge West and Anerley during the day, this replaces the Sutton service whic... |
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07-03-2010, 11:52 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Conflicting ELL launch date news from The Guardian and the Londonist website.
The Guardian's Dave Hill is claiming that the trial service will start on May 12th with 4x per hour between New Cross a... |
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17-03-2010, 02:25 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Correction APRIL 12th for CP to Dalston ELL services with May 23rd for West Croydon to Dalston. |
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17-03-2010, 02:26 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| LB Southwark (Lab) councillor Fiona Colley was also on the ELL with Mayor Bullock who says on her Twitter that the early launch from NXG to Dalston will only be Mon-Fri only from Mid April to allow fo... |
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23-03-2010, 07:45 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| ELL train times are now available from the Traveline NE and Cumbria travel enquiries site.
Make sure you change the date to after May 23rd.
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?newQuery=newQuery |
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24-03-2010, 11:58 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| That's because the new ELL is a National Rail service, although unlike other NR services, TfL are allowed to set fares and own the track between New Cross Gate and Dalston Junction although this part ... |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Well I hope I don't get charged £3.70 (the combined TfL/NR peak rate) for just going to LB or Charing Cross after May 23rd.
I'm sure the Oyster system is sophisticated enough to tell the difference... |
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26-03-2010, 06:23 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Once the ticket office is Oyster enabled, you can request a 'Oyster Usage Statement' or from any Tube ticket office if you need paper proof of how much each journey costs. |
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26-03-2010, 07:14 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| [quote]'ve found the fares displayed during the course of a journey aren't always right. If, for example you travel to London Bridge and exit through the barrier, you will get the fare for that journe... |
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29-03-2010, 03:30 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| The proposed strike by RMT signallers from the 6th-9th April has led Southern to publish a revised timetable.
The summary is:
4tph to LB from 0700-1900 (Fast to LB, not calling at HOP, Brockley ... |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| [quote]That's a real shame, especially the Friday/Saturday eve timing of last trains means that most people will continue to use LB, rather than the ELL from CW. Would have been great if they'd stretc... |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| No, exactly the opposite, the New Cross branch allows the ELL to run an extra 4tph between Surrey Quays and Dalston Junction, which allows tube frequencies on that core part of the line, which is stil... |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| As Shoreditch High Street is 5 mins walk from Liverpool Street, will Oyster PAYG users be allowed to transfer onto tube/national rail services without being charged twice?
Re the strike, I posted y... |
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