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  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak

Can somebody explain why high speed trains - the Javelin - from Ashford to St Pancras stop Southern running trains from Forest Hill area to Charing Cross. This reason was given at the Higher Level me...
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 12-12-2009, 09:00 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station

What a patheticly botched job. Any normal contractor would have all the bits needed to complete the job before he started. Let's hope there will be sufficient track power for all the ELLX trains - b...
junegapi SE23 Topics 761 706,270 09-12-2009, 07:03 PM
  Thread: Jelly mould/fungus in pots?
Post: RE: Jelly mould/fungus in pots?

Try taking the pots indoors, to dry out the soil. You might get some interesting food for Michael this way.
junegapi Wider Topics 15 15,326 09-12-2009, 01:10 PM
  Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station

If your Oyster PAYG card has insufficient money in it to pay for your journey, YES, you'll need to top it up, somewhere that advertises Top-Ups. Otherwise you will not be able to travel legally.
junegapi SE23 Topics 114 109,689 07-12-2009, 06:22 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station

Provided the rain, sleet or snow does not come sideways!
junegapi SE23 Topics 761 706,270 01-12-2009, 10:13 AM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak

But at NXG there'd be 8 tph as opposed to only 4 tph at N Junc? The whole matter is a question of which research or objector you believe. For me, Michael has been on the case for at least 3 years an...
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 27-11-2009, 05:04 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak

On ELLX of course.
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 26-11-2009, 09:20 AM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak

There will be 8 trains an hour travelling in each direction through NXG. Each train will have 4 carriages. I don't see a problem of overcrowding on these trains. Carry on with your campaign, Michae...
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 26-11-2009, 09:18 AM
  Thread: Jubilee Line
Post: RE: Jubilee Line

'elf and safety?
junegapi Wider Topics 13 11,982 25-11-2009, 07:38 PM
  Thread: Jubilee Line
Post: RE: Jubilee Line

I wonder if this is why from Forest Hill there'll be 6 tph in the morning rush hour and only 4 in the evening? This assumes that people will change to the Jubilee Line at LB in the morning and to ELL...
junegapi Wider Topics 13 11,982 19-11-2009, 06:34 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak

Nasaroc, It must be the After Shave you use which attracts these spoil sports to you? Have they threatened you with Elth and Safety yet?
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 18-11-2009, 11:50 AM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak

The article re Boris meeting worried travellers/passengers is only about the loop line from London Bridge to Victoria, not about Southern cutting our services before the arrival of ELLX.
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 29-10-2009, 07:15 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone

This sounds barmy! Why on earth whould only one side of Honor Oak Road be dealt with? I live in HOR and would love all the speed bumps removed and replaced with sensible traffic slowing measures. W...
junegapi SE23 Topics 106 111,779 29-10-2009, 10:07 AM
  Thread: Who will use ELL and who will stick to London Bridge services?
Post: RE: Who will use ELL and who will stick to London ...

Which is why there'll be 6 trains in the morning rush hour but only 4 in the evening?
junegapi SE23 Topics 12 14,700 26-10-2009, 07:29 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak

Surely the real problem is that Southern is planning the cuts to our services BEFORE ELLX starts. There will be a 6 month period of hell on wheels or over crowded trains at all times of the day. Yes...
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 25-10-2009, 09:44 AM
  Thread: Who will use ELL and who will stick to London Bridge services?
Post: RE: Who will use ELL and who will stick to London ...

It depends on where one wants to go. There are so many alternative options for FH residents. Just an option of ELL or LB is a poor choice.
junegapi SE23 Topics 12 14,700 25-10-2009, 09:34 AM
  Thread: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof
Post: RE: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof

Is this the same body of folk who listed Louise House? What will happen there? Probably nothing for some time. There seems to be an attitude that says 'we don't like what the burocrats are doing, s...
junegapi Wider Topics 15 15,797 12-10-2009, 05:36 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: Tyson Road

Well done Woody and the Forest Hill Society. Maybe we should campaign for this green open space to be turned into a local park which will benefit of all who live in Forest Hill and the surrounding ar...
junegapi SE23 Topics 101 123,500 07-10-2009, 08:35 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station

Empty bins won't help us to cross from Platform 1 to Platform 2. The grotty underpass is still rather intimidating for anybody who relies on a stick to walk
junegapi SE23 Topics 761 706,270 07-10-2009, 07:57 AM
  Thread: Local State Secondary Schools
Post: RE: Local State Secondary Schools

State schools can be as good as some Private schools. Private schools can be as bad as some State schools. It's a lottery. If local schools are anything to go by, Sydenham Girls seems to have a devi...
junegapi Wider Topics 22 29,809 07-10-2009, 07:54 AM
  Thread: Friends of the P4
Post: RE: Friends of the P4

Some drivers do drive much too fast. But, as a slightly disabled person, limping and using a stick, every driver does wait until I've sat down. Also I don't get up until the bus has stopped as I do ...
junegapi SE23 Topics 39 36,255 04-10-2009, 10:41 AM
  Thread: Devonshire Road Nature Reserve
Post: RE: Devonshire Road Nature Reserve

No, the best pizza is available in Bologna.
junegapi SE23 Topics 13 16,624 02-10-2009, 08:18 AM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...

Surely the new high speed service from Ashford will be using the Eurostar track into St Pancras? I fail to see how this will affect services to London Bridge and Charing Cross
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 22-09-2009, 10:58 PM
  Thread: Tell Me About SE23 Please
Post: RE: Tell Me About SE23 Please

Northerners: Don't forget the P(aradise) 4 bus to Brixton, then the Victoria line to Kings Cross/ St Pancras which is a quick route, even though the TfL Website does not mention this way.
junegapi SE23 Topics 28 25,190 19-09-2009, 10:30 AM
  Thread: Friends of the P4
Post: RE: Friends of the P4

Do you dare to publish your poem about the Paradise 4 on this forum?
junegapi SE23 Topics 39 36,255 14-09-2009, 10:47 PM
  Thread: Friends of the P4
Post: RE: Friends of the P4

Maybe the bendy buses could ply the P4 route? Children at the front, women in the middle and men at the back.
junegapi SE23 Topics 39 36,255 13-09-2009, 10:56 PM
  Thread: Friends of the P4
Post: RE: Friends of the P4

At last another supporter of the P4! I have used it a lot since it was first launched, as a route that had no bus stops. One just used to hail the bus. But now with regular stops it is an efficient...
junegapi SE23 Topics 39 36,255 13-09-2009, 08:01 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...

What you say may be correct. But there is no excuse or reason for Southern to impose their 30% cuts before ELLX has started service - this service is almost certain to need several weeks of 'bedding-...
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 03-09-2009, 06:54 PM
  Thread: Gardening
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station

Health and Safety will be on the case soon. They will be banned because somebody may get P-flu from the dripping baskets.
junegapi Wider Topics 13 10,500 07-08-2009, 08:42 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station

Does anybody know when the new footbridge over the tracks will be built - the one with the lifts? Or is this yet another promise that has been forgotten about?
junegapi SE23 Topics 761 706,270 29-07-2009, 09:02 AM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...

Oyster Card type gates. I've just been from Waterloo to Havant with SW Trains. All stations have Oyster style gates, so there is no excuse for Southern not to have installed them already.
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 26-07-2009, 07:09 PM
  Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses

I saw a Double-Decker P4 coming down Honor Oak Road, towards London Road last week, Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. Maybe a one-off and it wasn't a sandwich!
junegapi Wider Topics 83 77,680 15-12-2008, 11:39 AM
  Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses

A double decker is something one used to buy in a sandwich bar? Hurrah for the P4 buses and the route.
junegapi Wider Topics 83 77,680 14-12-2008, 12:32 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal

BaggyDave, haven't you realised that Boris is Blond. Not sure where that puts him vis a vis the Greens. But if LBL have already decided to allow the development on the Tyson Rd site, do we have any ...
junegapi SE23 Topics 101 123,500 10-12-2008, 08:42 PM
  Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses

Now you should believe that the P4 is an excellent way in to Central London. It connects with Victtoria line at Brixton. It rarely takes me longer than 40 minutes to get to the Victoria area. You c...
junegapi Wider Topics 83 77,680 03-12-2008, 12:15 AM
  Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses

BD I think you mean The Greyhound, aka The Dog and The Grove Tavern. The Grove Tavern and The Harvester are the same place?
junegapi Wider Topics 83 77,680 02-12-2008, 10:16 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Library
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library

But, in olden days, the Librarians were respected and kept order in their Library. Nowadays they allow bad/un-library behavior to carry on because to do otherwise could get them into trouble, with th...
junegapi SE23 Topics 105 112,393 01-12-2008, 09:16 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Library
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library

They are probably hoping that everybody will join the 'apply-on-line' scheme. All you have to do is to ask the library for a specific book. They will send you an e-mail once they have got it in - no...
junegapi SE23 Topics 105 112,393 30-11-2008, 09:07 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...

Maybe because the Southern franchise is up for renewal shortly has something to do with the delays and short trains?
junegapi SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,270 25-11-2008, 12:34 AM
  Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses

I'm a crusty old 66 year old, but rather like young people travelling to and fro. We were all children once upon a time.
junegapi Wider Topics 83 77,680 24-11-2008, 01:19 PM
  Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses

BD Do you want to be treated like a customer - take the bus. Or do you want to be treated like a sardine - go by train. Or if you want the freedom of fresh air - go by bike.
junegapi Wider Topics 83 77,680 23-11-2008, 08:28 PM
  Thread: More roads being dug up
Post: RE: More roads being dug up

BD, which road where are you complaining about?
junegapi Wider Topics 3 4,481 23-11-2008, 08:24 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station

Why not interest English Heritage and get them to list the steps as Grade 2@? Then we'd be able to keep them!
junegapi SE23 Topics 761 706,270 18-11-2008, 06:45 PM
  Thread: A local gift?
Post: RE: A local gift?

What about a set of Red Double Decker Salt and Pepper shakers. They are available from most tourist shops in the Victoria/ Buckingham Palace area. Take the 185 bus to Victoria, or the P4 to Brixton ...
junegapi Wider Topics 21 21,673 11-11-2008, 01:41 PM
  Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it

Sainsbury's car park?
junegapi SE23 Topics 143 128,580 24-10-2008, 11:17 AM
  Thread: Parking in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Parking in Forest Hill

They have to have a status symbol. They're probably too delicate to take public transport as well!
junegapi SE23 Topics 10 17,072 06-10-2008, 04:57 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station

The idea is to get the main entrance to platform 2 to be via the Perry Vale car park, not just for those unfortunate to be disabled.
junegapi SE23 Topics 761 706,270 25-09-2008, 04:01 PM
  Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perry Vale road closures

The road that passes N Dulwich station at Red Post Hill looks as if it will re-open very shortly. Originally it was planned to take 6 months to strengthen the bridge, then it was due to re-open on 1 ...
junegapi SE23 Topics 348 293,765 18-09-2008, 04:00 PM
  Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: Forest Hill Post Office

In the case of the FHPO staff, they were offered a transfer to WH Smith PO but at lower rates of pay and lower pensions. Not surprisingly most chose to leave on 'enhanced redundancy' terms. I was to...
junegapi SE23 Topics 157 174,778 28-08-2008, 09:46 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station

Or use Honor Oak Park and then the P4 or walk along Devonshire Road when it is not raining. Apparently HOP will not become gated in the next few months because the wooden floor is not strong enough f...
junegapi SE23 Topics 761 706,270 10-07-2008, 07:19 PM