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		Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Train Station [quote="michael"] I got a response today from Southern: Southern Wrote: Southern has been reviewing arrangements for closure of the gates at Forest Hill Station. You will be pleased to learn t...	barty	SE23 Topics	761	703,786	17-12-2008, 09:38 PM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station Post: RE: HOP train station ticket machine Good to see another "Let's slag off Southern" thread...... Yes it is inconvenient when you have to buy a permit to travel and pay at the other end. Yes it is inconvenient when you know there's gonn...	barty	SE23 Topics	112	117,423	19-10-2008, 10:07 AM
		Thread: Duffing Post: RE: Duffing Railway systems, perhaps, timetables, yes, but from the point of view of needing to get about, rolling stock....noteboooks, flasks, ummm no. :laugh: Semi-Duffer???? :thumbsup::laugh:	barty	Wider Topics	61	55,073	13-09-2008, 10:13 PM
		Thread: Rail Franchise consultation Post: RE: Rail Franchise consultation So who would you rather have running Southern from September 2009? NedRail (currently running Merseyrail and Northern Rail with the help of Serco) Stagecoach (run South West Trains and own a big...	barty	Wider Topics	14	13,081	13-09-2008, 10:08 PM
		Thread: Train travel Post: RE: Train travel I've got a theory...... It's about the straying of threads about train travel into the realms of traffic congestion :laugh::laugh::laugh:	barty	Wider Topics	35	33,569	13-09-2008, 09:51 PM
		Thread: Train travel Post: RE: Train travel Re turfed off your bus at the Horniman - Security alert closed Forest Hill station and a poprtion of the South Circ. Someone managed to leave a suspect package outside Smiths.	barty	Wider Topics	35	33,569	11-09-2008, 07:30 AM
		Thread: Point of origin. Post: RE: Point of origin. Elizabeth - a bit off topic this, but the end of your post made me laugh! It shows what a small country in terms of physical size this is compared to the USA! Your dad's neighbour grew up in Newca...	barty	Wider Topics	6	6,050	07-09-2008, 05:18 PM
		Thread: Duffing Post: RE: Duffing Does anything more than a passing interest in the railway system qualify me as an official old duffer? :laugh:	barty	Wider Topics	61	55,073	07-09-2008, 04:25 PM
		Thread: Point of origin. Post: RE: Point of origin. I'm from west London, born in Acton, W12, then lived in Southall, West Drayton (near Heathrow) before fleeing London for west Yorkshire in 1997. I moved from Yorkshire to Forest Hill in 2003. I ...	barty	Wider Topics	6	6,050	07-09-2008, 03:59 PM
		Thread: Rail Franchise consultation Post: RE: Rail Franchise consultation 65% Go Ahead (Geordies). 35% Keolis (French). So, like I said, the BIGEEST chunk.....	barty	Wider Topics	14	13,081	06-09-2008, 07:37 AM
		Thread: Rail Franchise consultation Post: RE: Rail Franchise consultation Hilltopgeneral - the biggest chunk of Govia is owned by the Go-Ahead group - a bus company that started in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne! Wye aye man, ye can tek yer croissants and shove em up ye <SELF-MODER...	barty	Wider Topics	14	13,081	03-09-2008, 10:25 AM
		Thread: Train travel Post: RE: Train travel Interesting comments davidl, and I have to say that I am going to make the comments that follow having travelled only twice on SWT since privatisation. I would say that different TOCs have differen...	barty	Wider Topics	35	33,569	03-09-2008, 10:17 AM
		Thread: Train travel Post: RE: Train travel Maintenance of the railways has to be done, and doing it at the weekends inconveniences fewer travellers. ------------------- As part of my training I had to travel from Croydon to Littlehampton...	barty	Wider Topics	35	33,569	16-08-2008, 07:41 PM
		Thread: Train travel Post: RE: Train travel [quote]".....if the trains had sufficient carriages and doors....."[/quote] Yeah I was waiting for someone to say that!!!! I suppose, ultimately, I am of the belief that the railways shouldn't h...	barty	Wider Topics	35	33,569	03-08-2008, 06:34 PM
		Thread: Train travel Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station .....and all the trains following it.	barty	Wider Topics	35	33,569	03-08-2008, 05:53 PM
		Thread: Train travel Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station everyday being delays allowing passengers on and off the train in peak times, when people take precious seconds squeezing into impossibly small gaps, and fellow passengers do not move through the car...	barty	Wider Topics	35	33,569	03-08-2008, 05:51 PM
		Thread: Train travel Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station Defective signals are not the fault of the train operating companies, who are entitled to claim compensation from Network Rail when their services are delayed, and pass this onto passengers, who are e...	barty	Wider Topics	35	33,569	03-08-2008, 05:28 PM
		Thread: Train travel Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station I wonder how many train passengers actually consider the sheer complexity of running a railway when their train rolls in a few minutes late in the morning? It isn't simply a matter of a train drive...	barty	Wider Topics	35	33,569	03-08-2008, 04:21 PM
		Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues Post: RE: Perry Vale road closures Exactly. And, for the record, I have also seen one or two cyclists dismount and push their cycles along the pavement. They aren't [b][i]all[/i][/b] nuts. But....it only takes one nut to cause a...	barty	SE23 Topics	348	291,546	20-07-2008, 09:21 AM
		Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues Post: Closure (?) of Perry Vale / Cyclists As we all know, Perry Vale has been closed to traffic in connection with the building of the new homes. Or has it? Perry Vale has not in fact been closed to [b][i]all[/i][/b] traffic, as cyclist...	barty	SE23 Topics	348	291,546	19-07-2008, 08:59 PM