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Hello all, My my it has been quite a while since I last posted on here. I have been a train driver for almost 8 years now, and I have signed Dorking for 6 years almost but one thing that has always bugged me, and I can't seem to get an answer from anyone, not even a chap I know who has been on...

This route, London Bridge to Victoria via Denmark Hill etc was shut about 6 months before I joined Southern. Is it gone for good, or will Southern ever claim it back? A few people have said it could come back, but I don't know if that is just false rumours etc. Hardly any kind of tell tale...

Just goes to show you don't always take in all of your surroundings, I have signed this route for ages, but the other day going along from Streatham Hill to Balham I noticed over to my right what looks like part of an old railway bridge with gaps where tracks would have gone. Does anyone know...

Guys, I spent a lot of time down around Barnham, Bognor Regis and Chichester when I was younger but I don't remember seeing the depot down there, how big is it, in terms of actual size, and how many drivers / links do they have? Also what sorts of routes do they sign? If anyone happens to...

Who deals with these? Obviously there have been quite a few fall on the track recently, and there are loads just lying next to the track but worryingly when going along both Caterham and Tattenham Corner branch lines today there seem to be loads of trees hanging precariously which could cause...

Apologies if already another thread but I couldn't find one... I know all Southern and FCC routes will be absorbed into the new TSGN franchise but from reading all the stuff about it I can't work out if only part of Southeastern or the whole region covered by Southeastern will be absorbed into...

No seriously what have they done? They seem to have built a monstrous bridge and steps that tower over the rest of the station. :shock: Are they planning any work on the main station building? It looks utterly ridiculous and horrific. :(

I don't suppose anyone happens to have these as yet? 8-)

I know Southern have loads of sidings and depots but are they ever planning to use the ones at Tattenham Corner, or the one opposite the bay platform at West Croydon? There seem to be a fair few laying about not being used but others are being done up for use. Oh the ones over to the far left...

Not necessarily to do with the actual 456 traction but Southern run a two car 456 shuttle between Purley and Tattenham Corner during week days. Will this service be scrapped once the 456s go to SWT in December or will they be replaced by say a three car 377 for example? Does anyone know?

Bit of a strange one and probably depends on various factors such as the train, it's formation, the weather conditions, gradient etc, but how far could a train roll under its own momentum before it would eventually come to stop? I was thinking it when approaching Reigate recently, where...

I was having this discussion with a few colleagues the other day and I can't ever work SE out... Southern have uniform that matches the trains, and Stations etc, as do LM. First seem to use the same sort of Luveries on all of their branding and uniforms, as do most Stagecoach owned TOCs, but...

Not sure if anyone else has heard this but when Southerns 456 stock go to SWT's later this year apparently they are sticking them in between two 455 units, is this true? I only ask because I think it's a slightly odd way of doing it effectively boxing the 456 in (which I think will look silly...

I'm sure I can think of others if I try harder but these are a couple that I can think of that confuse me that no one seems to have an answer for... • Why is there no platform 7 at London Bridge? • Why is platform 2/3 at West Croydon together? • Is Platform 7 at Norwood Jct not used...

Can someone please clarify what this button is actually there for on a 377 unit? I have seen a few people using them in strange ways the last few weeks and I just wondered why they were actually put there in the first place especially as at Southern we don't stand for dispatch in a 377 unit...

Signal on the down line going through Crystal Palace tunnel? Doing Principles of Route Learning, but I can't for the life of me see the signal ID. Would be most grateful if anyone knows. ??????

As a driver maybe I should know this, but why are the front (and rear) of trains yellow? I keep forgetting to ask. :D

Hi guys, Just a quick question. I'm a trainee driver so I think I know how the application process works roughly, but my fiancee and I keep arguing with her sister because she seems to think she knows better. Basically I got my trainee position in 2012 and ever since she's been going on at...