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		Thread: Bus Route 194: Reinstatement of Leg from Lower Sydenham to Forest Hill Post: RE: Bus Route 194: Reinstatement of Leg from Lower... If the 194 was reinstated to Forest Hill, one option would be to divert the 356 via Mayow Road, providing more direct links to Forest Hill School, and a link from the Mayow Road area to Forest Hill st...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	8	10,632	29-02-2012, 02:40 PM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade All work on the up platform seems to have ground to halt. As I expected, the land behind the new railings is being used as a repository for litter, and though that is the responsibilty of thoughtless...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	89	106,934	02-08-2011, 01:19 PM
		Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park There is still a good deal of uncertainty, and therefore much to play for, concerning the routeing of Thameslink trains once the core St. Panacras to London Bridge re-modelling is completed. There is ...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	1,398	1,238,657	11-07-2011, 02:17 PM
		Thread: DLR Extension to Forest Hill Post: RE: DLR Extension to Forest Hill I saw this on London Reconnections and wondered where the idea could possibly have come from. Of all the proposed extensions to the DLR an extension to Forest Hill via Catford seems by far the most il...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	23	28,981	03-05-2011, 03:02 PM
		Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Though the Thameslink project has been given the go-ahead in full, I don't think the routeing details of the new services north and south of London have yet been finalised. The introduction of Thamesl...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	1,398	1,238,657	29-11-2010, 03:01 PM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade It looks terribly bare following the latest round of tree-cutting along platform 1. I'll miss hearing the bird-song on spring mornings.	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	89	106,934	15-11-2010, 03:19 PM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade Though making the temporary ramps a permanent feature would be good way of making the station more accesible, it's unlikely to happen because of two words: revenue protection. The ramps would bypass t...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	89	106,934	27-09-2010, 01:23 PM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade That's good news, I feared the station was going to remain in the state indefinitely. It's a real disgrace compared to the other stations on the Overground line.	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	89	106,934	15-09-2010, 01:46 PM
		Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak I was hoping that with the demise of the through evening trains from Charing Cross, at least some attempt would be made to provide more even spacing in the service from London Bridge, but alas not. De...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	1,398	1,238,657	14-12-2009, 02:43 PM
		Thread: Anyone read 'The Fowler Family Business' set in Forest Hill? Post: RE: Anyone read 'The Fowler Family Business' set i... I read it when it was published 2-3 years ago. The novel istself is no masterpiece, but there are some evocative descriptions of Forest Hill, particularly the area around Ringmore Rise, of which Jonat...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	2	5,671	09-04-2009, 01:32 PM
		Thread: Lights in the sky Post: RE: Lights in the sky this evening Saturday 28 Mar... I don't think so..I'm used to seeing the flashes caused by the action of trains on the third rail. This was different, a brighter more concentrated light.	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	6	7,323	06-04-2009, 02:14 PM
		Thread: Lights in the sky Post: RE: Lights in the sky this evening Saturday 28 Mar... There were 3-4 pulses of very bright light light some time between 3-4AM today - at first I thought it was lightning, but there was no thunder, and the weather conditions weren't right. The light was ...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	6	7,323	06-04-2009, 01:40 PM
		Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa... There used to be a Victoria stopping train at 1818, and a Dorking train fast to Forest Hill at 1825. These have been replaced by two stopping trains, the 1820 to Dorking and the 1824 to Victoria, whic...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	1,398	1,238,657	28-01-2009, 06:45 PM
		Thread: Former Rail Station at Honor Oak Post: RE: Honor Oak - Former Rail Station The line was a branch from the present-day Nunhead station to an impressive terminus at Crystal Palace High Level, which is now the housing below Crystal Palace Parade. There were intermediate station...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	7	11,142	28-01-2009, 03:34 PM
		Thread: Postal problems Post: RE: Postal problems I've already reported under another thread that we've had post go missing, including 2 chequebooks. A number of attempts have been made to use those cheques, including payment of ?6,000 credit card b...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	12	11,535	18-08-2008, 05:39 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area I thought it worth reporting here that we've recently had three chequebooks go 'missing' in the post. Two attempts were made to use cheques from one of the books, but fortunately our bank alerted us, ...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	31	36,933	03-07-2008, 01:44 PM
		Thread: Forest Hill fiction Post: RE: Forest Hill fiction I've read the Jonathan Meades book, and it has some very evocative descriptions of Forest Hill, especially Ringmore Rise and the surrounding roads. He clearly has a fascination with the area, and you ...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	7	7,683	07-05-2008, 05:41 PM
		Thread: Rail line closures Post: Rail line closures According to TfL, the railway line at New Cross Gate will be closed for 52-hours on 10th-12th May while the new bridge for the northbound ELL extension is dropped into place (the bridge structure itse...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	3	5,850	24-04-2008, 01:59 PM
		Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge Southern is acquiring additional trains, but my understanding is they are for the Brighton main line and there is no intention to provide extra capacity on the South London Metro services.	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	1,398	1,238,657	20-02-2008, 03:24 PM
		Thread: Where am I? Post: RE: Where am I? [quote=bigjulie] I have always thought of Honor Oak as a part of Forest Hill.... [/quote] The district of Honor Oak extends beyond the borders of SE23. The 63 bus route terminates at 'Honor Oak',...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	22	20,626	29-01-2008, 03:36 PM
		Thread: Disruption to trains 28/1/08 Post: Disruption to trains 28/1/08 I'm surprised there wasn't already already thread about the severe delays to the train service this morning. I arrived at HOP at 0830, and the crowds were 3-4 deep on the platform. In the next hour-an...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	23	22,822	28-01-2008, 02:24 PM
		Thread: Fireworks at 6am! Post: RE: Fireworks at 6am! I think it may have come from the open land between Tyson and Dunoon Roads. It's an unusual time for that sort of thing to happen - kids messing about with fireworks usually do so in the evening, not ...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	13	13,503	19-11-2007, 06:07 PM
		Thread: 8:24 to London Bridge from HOP Post: RE: 8:24 to London Bridge from HOP I rarely attempt to catch the 0824 as it's nearly always late and too crowded to board. The 0831 is usually a couple of minutes behind, and I can usually get on that (and very occassionally find a sea...	Honor Oaker	SE23 Topics	21	26,667	12-11-2007, 06:21 PM