Saturday 12th July 2025 Today's blog features the two separate stations located closest together in this fortnightly series. They're in the south London suburb of Catford in the London Borough of Lewisham. Frankly, if it wasn’t for the fact they’re named differently and the railway lines don't connect, they could be marketed as one station,... Continue Reading →
Saturday 25th January 2025 Many thanks for all the positive feedback and comments about the first in this new fortnightly blog series featuring Hertford. I was enthralled to read the fascinating back stories and history about Hertford’s stations many of you kindly provided as well as making suggestions for future places to include as the... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 13th August 2024 We're up to number 4 in this Pick of the Pops style countdown of Britain's busiest railway stations and after looking at Victoria in fifth place last month with its 45,563,972 passengers, just ahead of it in fourth place is fellow Brighton Line companion, London Bridge, boasting a couple of million... Continue Reading →
Saturday 13th July 2024 I’m back on the the top ten countdown of Britain's Busiest Railway Stations and at Number 5 it’s Victoria where Southern and Gatwick Express meet Southeastern in a divided station which historically was two separate entities from rival companies. Southeastern uses eight platforms (1-8) Southern uses nine (9-12 and 15-19) with... Continue Reading →
Saturday 23rd March 2024 I still call it St Pancras even though it gained its International suffix back in 2007 and if you want to buy a ticket from a ticket machine to travel there you have to know to type in London St Pancras International. At 33,296,120 passenger journeys a year, it lies in... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 1st August 2023 Just beating Portway Park & Ride station (opening this morning) to Britain’s National Rail network is the all new Thanet Parkway station which unlocked its brand new high level platforms and adjacent car park for business first thing yesterday morning. Located by the village of Cliffsend proposals for the new station... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 27th December 2022 Another month; another potpourri of miscellany. Another great Ensignbus running day A big shout out to the Newman family (Peter, Steve and Ross) for organising another great running day based on Lakeside at the beginning of the month. It's proving to be one of the most popular events of its kind... Continue Reading →
Saturday 26th March 2022 Continuing my fortnightly alphabetical wander around Britain brings me to the south coast. Folkestone’s population is 47,000. A further 15,000 people live in neighbouring Hythe, while the total population of the Folkestone & Hythe District Council area (renamed from Shepway Borough Council in 2018) is 113,000. Being a coastal town, and... Continue Reading →
Saturday 4th December 2021 When I heard the news First Group and MTR Corporation had won the South Western Railway (SWR) franchise back in March 2017 I did a double take on hearing the deal included scrapping the fleet of thirty brand new five car Siemens Class 707 trains Stagecoach had only ordered a couple... Continue Reading →
Saturday 1st June 2019 There's a lovely railway branch line which heads in a north/south direction across the centre of Kent where Southeastern trains shuttle up and down all day between Tonbridge in the Weald and Strood in the more industrial north of the county. It's a quiet backwater line weaving its way between the... Continue Reading →
Sunday 10th March 2019 It's always a pleasure to visit the Garden of England. My journeys on two days last week included visits to both ends of Kent - to Dover and Deal on the Channel coast in the south east and to Sevenoaks close to the County’s western border with Greater London. Both Stagecoach South... Continue Reading →
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