@geofftech.bsky.social With the free DLR fares, you DO get charged and it counts towards caps etc, but you get refunded about a week or so later for any trips between KGV-Woolwich or Greenwich/Cutty Sark-Island Gardens. I imagine any journeys you make while capped won't be refunded.
It may be designed like that intentionally, because then the bridge can be used as a public footbridge rather than just for rail passengers. I'm sure there's a better way they could do it though. Very strange way of doing it.
Not North-South. Just London. The Oxford to Milton Keynes line opening later this year is exactly the same. Unelectrified with Winslow station being a cookie cutter one like on the Northumberland line.
Chiltern do have some 196s put aside to operate Oxford-MK and later to Bedford services with. Definitely just a mistake here but worth keeping in mind.
Makes sense. This may be a controversial opinion, but in some cases I think it really should be easier to properly close some of these. Much better than this false pretence of temporary closure.
It's 100% just a way of closing the stations without having to go through the cumbersome procedures of closure. Both of them were very poorly used anyway, and not really worth the cost. But of course on paper they'll get around to fixing them eventually...
I wonder why Teesside Airport and Stanlow & Thornton still appear in the stats while other "temporarily" closed stations like Barlaston, Wedgwood, Redcar British Steel, IBM etc. don't
377623 at Tattenham Corner
Southern's 377623 sitting at Tattenham Corner preparing for 2P34 to Purley, then onto London Bridge as 1P34 attached to the service from Caterham
c2c 720606 at Barking
c2c 720606 on 2B90 Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness seen at Barking
710269 at Barking
710269 at Barking on 2J63 from Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside
Surely New Street, but it's weird to see it that dead.
I wonder why they don't stop there on every service. Obviously not many passengers but surely it's easier than reversing in the middle of nowhere?
Luton station's roof is constantly in a state of disrepair. The whole station is horrible for a town of a quarter of a million people and also fully inaccessible by any means other than stairs.
720575 at Stratford
720575 on 1K47 Southend Victoria to Liverpool Street at Stratford
345062 at Romford
345062 on 9W02 Paddington to Shenfield at Romford
357010 at Upminster Bridge station
c2c's 357010 on 2D43 Southend Central to Fenchurch Street seen here at Upminster Bridge
Hahaha I've missed these
710129 at Emerson Park station taken from the footbridge
710129 on 2V23 Upminster to Romford at Emerson Park
710129 leaving Emerson Park station
Orange TfL roundel saying "Emerson Park"
Emerson Park station
Emerson Park station from the top of the ramp
...and I've made it to Emerson Park! The Overground's least used station and one of only a handful of single platform stations in London.
710129 at Romford
710129 at Romford's platform 1 preparing for 2V22 to Upminster
Planter decorated in the style of a Class 710
720101 was my chariot to Romford, where I will be changing to the smallest Overground line - the recently named Liberty line.
Is this my train?
745003 at Stratford
745003 on 1P23 Norwich to Liverpool Street at Stratford
DLR train approaches Gallions Reach station
View from the front of a DLR train on the approach to Beckton Park
View from the front of a DLR train approaching Royal Albert. The wipes are blocking part of the window 🤦♂️
After finally leaving the grip of "the other place", I thought I should post some of my journeys, so join me today as I go to one of London's most out of the way stations!
DLR 97 takes me on the first part of my journey, from Gallions Reach to Stratford on a rare-ish through service.
Looking forward to it 👀
Saw this earlier. Surely there are bigger problems in the world right now? It's literally advertising a convenience