There have been two fires involving Southeastern trains in the last two weeks: at Charing Cross on 23 November and at Denmark Hill on 3 December. No-one was hurt, but it is nevertheless worrying. We’ve asked the Rail Accident Investigation Branch … Continue reading →
The Good News is Mastercard are offering to refund London-area TfL fares up to £21.80 if bought using one of their contactless cards on Friday 14 November. They’re offering the same deal on Friday 28 November. Full conditions are here. The Bad News … Continue reading →
Southeastern are offering a 25% reduction on off-peak tickets from Sevenoaks to London. An off-peak return costs £8.45. You can only buy the tickets online – they are not available at the ticket office. The discount only applies to rail-only tickets. … Continue reading →
The excellent IanVisits website has an intriguing report that double-decker trains are being considered as a longer-term option for peak Southwestern services between Waterloo and Basingstoke, and possibly Southampton.
Continue reading →Rail companies – including but not limited to Southeastern – seem to have problems giving passenger accurate and up to date information when things go wrong. We’ve been looking at the information Southeastern supplied on Twitter during the disruption to … Continue reading →
Trains to and from Charing Cross will not be able to stop at London Bridge during the first phase of the rebuilding of the Southeastern side of London Bridge – from January 2015 to August 2016. This affects trains from and … Continue reading →