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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 13th/Sunday 14th January 2024:
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on Southern. London Overground is running a reduced service between New Cross Gate and Crystal Palace/West Croyd... |
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12-01-2024, 01:35 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| The RMT have suspended the tube strikes for this week, so carry on as normal. |
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07-01-2024, 06:25 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Tube strikes for next week are ON. (Elizabeth Line, DLR and London Overground are open throughout).
Canada Water, Whitechapel and Highbury & Islington may close early due to staffing as they're mana... |
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05-01-2024, 05:30 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| It's for resignalling works on the line into Victoria via Crystal Palace, so the Victoria to London Bridge service can't run. It's during half-term week in February.
They're also doing the signals ... |
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03-01-2024, 11:45 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Planned strike action will affect Tube services between Sunday 7 and Friday 12 January. If the strike action goes ahead:
On Sunday 7 January, Tube services will close earlier than normal. Customers... |
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03-01-2024, 02:01 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th January.
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service.
Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: Normal service.
Crofton Park/Catford: Normal service with the exception of Sund... |
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rbmartin |
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03-01-2024, 03:03 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Christmas Week for the remaining stations.
Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham. Normal service on Saturday 23rd.
Christmas Eve is the normal Sunday service with the last train from Charing Cross at 2105... |
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rbmartin |
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17-12-2023, 10:39 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| 27 and 57 past each hour to London Bridge.
12 and 42 past each hour to Victoria. |
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rbmartin |
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13-12-2023, 04:28 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Sadly not. There's nothing between New Cross Gate and Highbury & Islington from the 26th-29th. Through trains run from Saturday 30th.
The main reason is for the building work at Surrey Quays for... |
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rbmartin |
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12-12-2023, 04:38 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| A summary of Christmas services between 23rd December and 2nd January starting with Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park. I'll post information for Crofton Park/Catford and Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham l... |
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rbmartin |
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11-12-2023, 08:36 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 16th/Sunday 17th December.
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service.
Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: Normal service.
Crofton Park/Catford: Normal Service with the exception of Sunda... |
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rbmartin |
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10-12-2023, 12:07 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| A small correction to Thameslink on Sunday. The trains are diverted to Victoria. |
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rbmartin |
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04-12-2023, 03:56 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Worth noting that from Monday to Friday, London Overground will finish early towards West Croydon. After 11pm all trains start/terminate at Crystal Palace due to engineering works. The last train fr... |
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04-12-2023, 03:37 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| A correction. On Wednesday 6th December, there is no service to London Bridge and Victoria on Southern due to industrial action. London Overground will be operating a normal service. |
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30-11-2023, 03:02 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: London Overground are operating a reduced service of four trains per hour between Highbury & Islington and West Croydon. There is no ... |
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rbmartin |
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26-11-2023, 12:40 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Southern are running to London Bridge and Victoria this weekend.
Not well publicised this weekend is London Overground's Rail Replacement services.
Service N is operating between Crystal Palace ... |
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25-11-2023, 06:46 PM |
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Thread: TfL considering running the Overground into London Bridge
Post: RE: TfL considering running the Overground into Lo...
| There's near enough step free access using the side entrance next to Platform 1 at West Croydon which you have to ring the intercom to be let out which leads to a side path that goes into London Road. |
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24-11-2023, 06:55 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th November:
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: No London Overground service all weekend, passengers for Norwood Junction and West Croydon can change at Crystal Palace. Southern ... |
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rbmartin |
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24-11-2023, 06:49 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th November:
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service on London Overground, no service on Southern to Victoria and London Bridge all weekend except for two services fr... |
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12-11-2023, 12:04 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Just to add that there are rail replacement buses between Crystal Palace and West Croydon on Saturday as well, these are in addition to the Southern services from CP to West Croydon. |
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10-11-2023, 06:07 PM |
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Thread: TfL considering running the Overground into London Bridge
Post: RE: TfL considering running the Overground into Lo...
| When Thameslink added more services, New Cross Gate lost the two slots per hour to have extra trains on the fast lines.
Norwood Junction however still has four fast trains per hour into London Bridge... |
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rbmartin |
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08-11-2023, 12:46 AM |
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Thread: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
Post: RE: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
| 12th January 2024 according to the sign on the door. |
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rbmartin |
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07-11-2023, 04:10 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th November:
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: No London Overground service on Saturday on the whole East London Line. The only trains are to London Bridge and Victoria only. ... |
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rbmartin |
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04-11-2023, 11:52 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Police Newsletter - November 2023
Post: RE: Forest Hill Police Newsletter - November 2023
| Even during the day between the rush hours, it can be intimidating to use the ticket machines and the cashpoints with the beggers hovering around the front. |
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rbmartin |
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04-11-2023, 11:41 PM |
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Thread: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
Post: RE: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
| What was Penge Boots is now run by a small chain that has pharmacies across London. Peckham Boots is still open.
Lloyds Pharmacy have also been moving out of the retail business. They plan to cl... |
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rbmartin |
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31-10-2023, 10:30 PM |
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Thread: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
Post: RE: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
| Boots have been mass closing the smaller community stores for a while now.
The argument must be that if locals really want to use Boots, they can still use the store in Sydenham Road which is the n... |
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rbmartin |
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31-10-2023, 03:33 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th November.
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service throughout. On Sunday all London Overground services will run to Highbury & Islington rather than 4tph to Dalston J... |
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30-10-2023, 01:17 AM |
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Thread: TfL considering running the Overground into London Bridge
Post: RE: TfL considering running the Overground into Lo...
| Not a chance of the Southern Charing Cross trains being reinstated unless Southeastern give up their slots.
I think the detangling of the tracks outside London Bridge will scupper that option as w... |
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30-10-2023, 01:06 AM |
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Thread: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
Post: RE: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
| Don't forget the one on Perry Vale near the old Fire Station. |
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rbmartin |
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30-10-2023, 01:04 AM |
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Thread: TfL considering running the Overground into London Bridge
Post: RE: TfL considering running the Overground into Lo...
| That's also the reason why London Overground don't operate the replacement buses to West Croydon despite the fact Southern don't run any trains to Croydon for the majority of the day from our stations... |
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27-10-2023, 09:50 PM |
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Thread: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
Post: RE: Boots on Dartmouth Road is closing
| Did they mention if it was being replaced with another pharmacy?
When Boots closed in Penge in August, it was acquired by Pyramid Pharmacy who took on the Boots staff. |
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26-10-2023, 07:03 PM |
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Thread: TfL considering running the Overground into London Bridge
Post: RE: TfL considering running the Overground into Lo...
| Southern don't make money from the Metro services within London as the can't set their own fares as they're done with the Association of Train Companies for paper and Oyster/Contactless. They can ma... |
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26-10-2023, 06:57 PM |
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Thread: TfL considering running the Overground into London Bridge
Post: TfL considering running the Overground into London...
| TfL in a repsonse to Lewisham Council are considering running trains into London Bridge to fill the gaps left by Southern only operating every 30 minutes to our stations due to overcrowding on the mor... |
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24-10-2023, 06:52 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 28th/Sunday 29th October:
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service.
Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: Normal service.
Crofton Park/Catford: Normal service. |
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rbmartin |
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23-10-2023, 11:30 PM |
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Thread: Total gridlock in Forest Hill because of Thames (Turd) Water
Post: RE: Total gridlock in Forest Hill because of Thame...
| It's worth noting that the two times Waldram Cresent/Waldram Park Road has been dug up, those roads are managed by Transport for London rather than Lewisham Council, so it'd be TfL's roads division th... |
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21-10-2023, 02:11 AM |
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Thread: Total gridlock in Forest Hill because of Thames (Turd) Water
Post: RE: Total gridlock in Forest Hill because of Thame...
| And that's after Thames Water dug up another part of the South Circular at Dulwich Common at the Lordship Lane junction where temporary lights were on until Thursday afternoon causing traffic along Lo... |
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20-10-2023, 10:04 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| To finish off the Christmas update. London Overground will operate to West Croydon on Friday 29th December every 30 minutes in addition to Crystal Palace as the works end on the Thursday.
Sat 21st... |
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20-10-2023, 10:01 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Southern is running 27th to 29th to London Bridge and Victoria. |
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16-10-2023, 02:15 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| An early look at Christmas rail changes from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park which see significant changes between the 26th and 29th December. This is subject to change.
Sunday 24th December: Normal s... |
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13-10-2023, 02:43 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 14th/Sunday 15th October.
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service.
Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: Normal service on Saturday, Sunday trains will not call at Lewisham, running fast fr... |
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13-10-2023, 02:22 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 7th/Sunday 8th October:
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Normal service.
Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: Normal service on Saturday, Sunday trains are diverted to Blackfriars not calling at L... |
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rbmartin |
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05-10-2023, 09:26 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| The Elizabeth line is operating as normal. Also the tube strikes have been called off, so you can use the Jubilee line from Canada Water tomorrow and Friday as usual. |
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03-10-2023, 01:07 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Some suggestions for alternative routes if the tube strikes in addition to the rail strikes go ahead next week.
London Bridge - Overground to Canada Water and then the 47 from Canada Water Bus Statio... |
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30-09-2023, 10:44 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Strike/overtime ban and weekend engineering works update.
Friday 29th September: Overtime ban.
Normal service from all stations.
Saturday 30th September:
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: No So... |
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rbmartin |
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28-09-2023, 02:33 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Society eNewsletter - October 2023
Post: RE: Forest Hill Society eNewsletter - October 2023
| Looks like the FHS want a LTN around Devonshire Road, which would cause issues for car drivers who commute between Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park. |
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20-09-2023, 09:23 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 23rd/Sunday 24th September.
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Replacement buses between New Cross Gate and West Croydon which also call at Crystal Palace. London Overground services start from... |
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18-09-2023, 12:19 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| The reason why I didn't mention Crystal Palace is that all the replacement buses call at CP in the first place on the way to West Croydon.
Penge West incidentally doesn't have the replacement buses... |
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15-09-2023, 02:13 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Apologies for the lack of an update last weekend.
Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September 2023:
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: Replacement buses between New Cross Gate and West Croydon. London O... |
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12-09-2023, 12:25 AM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Saturday 2nd/Sunday 3rd September:
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: No service on Southern due to an overtime ban on Saturday but will operate on Sunday, normal service on London Overground throughout.
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rbmartin |
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30-08-2023, 09:03 PM |
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Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
| Friday 1st September is another period of industrial action.
Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park: No service on Southern. London Overground will operate a normal service.
Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham: ... |
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30-08-2023, 08:57 PM |
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