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Post by greenboy on Feb 18, 2020 17:40:05 GMT
Had a rather interesting journey this morning, due to the Bexleyheath line closure, I got a semi fast Victoria train via Woolwich from Dartford, which called only at Slade Green, Abbey Wood, Woolwich Arsenal, Blackheath then all stops to Denmark Hill where it runs fast to Victoria as normal anyway, it was odd as this skipped Charlton probably the first time since the 1990s any train has skipped there. There are also trains to and from Charing Cross and Cannon Street non stopping Charlton presumably to avoid over crowding. There have been complaints about RR buses leaving early and I suspect most people use normal buses instead especially the 89. |
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Post by route53 on Feb 18, 2020 17:56:04 GMT
Had a rather interesting journey this morning, due to the Bexleyheath line closure, I got a semi fast Victoria train via Woolwich from Dartford, which called only at Slade Green, Abbey Wood, Woolwich Arsenal, Blackheath then all stops to Denmark Hill where it runs fast to Victoria as normal anyway, it was odd as this skipped Charlton probably the first time since the 1990s any train has skipped there. There are also trains to and from Charing Cross and Cannon Street non stopping Charlton presumably to avoid over crowding. There have been complaints about RR buses leaving early and I suspect most people use normal buses instead especially the 89. The 89 is probably the one bus that nearly parallels the Bexleyheath line, albeit with a change if you want Kidbrooke or Eltham, but it’s useful if going to Welling, Bexleyheath or Barnehurst. As far as I’m aware it’s only some of the Charing Cross ones that are skipping Charlton, the Cannon Street trains are calling there as normal Maybe because Charlton is too far away for it to serve as any alternative for those who normally use the Bexleyheath line, because Slade Green is being called at as it’s near Barnehurst, of course Woolwich Arsenal is no where near the Bexleyheath line but it is a major Station that it can’t be skipped |
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Post by greenboy on Feb 18, 2020 18:24:11 GMT
There are also trains to and from Charing Cross and Cannon Street non stopping Charlton presumably to avoid over crowding. There have been complaints about RR buses leaving early and I suspect most people use normal buses instead especially the 89. The 89 is probably the one bus that nearly parallels the Bexleyheath line, albeit with a change if you want Kidbrooke or Eltham, but it’s useful if going to Welling, Bexleyheath or Barnehurst. As far as I’m aware it’s only some of the Charing Cross ones that are skipping Charlton, the Cannon Street trains are calling there as normal Maybe because Charlton is too far away for it to serve as any alternative for those who normally use the Bexleyheath line, because Slade Green is being called at as it’s near Barnehurst, of course Woolwich Arsenal is no where near the Bexleyheath line but it is a major Station that it can’t be skipped I noticed that the 17.27 from Cannon Street was calling only at London Bridge, New Cross, Lewisham, Blackheath, Woolwich Arsenal Abbey Wood and Slade Green. There are probably a few strange calling patterns during the closure to make the best of the capacity. |
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Post by route53 on Feb 19, 2020 8:53:07 GMT
The 89 is probably the one bus that nearly parallels the Bexleyheath line, albeit with a change if you want Kidbrooke or Eltham, but it’s useful if going to Welling, Bexleyheath or Barnehurst. As far as I’m aware it’s only some of the Charing Cross ones that are skipping Charlton, the Cannon Street trains are calling there as normal Maybe because Charlton is too far away for it to serve as any alternative for those who normally use the Bexleyheath line, because Slade Green is being called at as it’s near Barnehurst, of course Woolwich Arsenal is no where near the Bexleyheath line but it is a major Station that it can’t be skipped I noticed that the 17.27 from Cannon Street was calling only at London Bridge, New Cross, Lewisham, Blackheath, Woolwich Arsenal Abbey Wood and Slade Green. There are probably a few strange calling patterns during the closure to make the best of the capacity. Charlton being skipped makes sense, it’s not an interchange like Woolwich Arsenal (or Abbey Wood eventually and that in itself is the nearest station to Thamesmead) it’s too far away from the Bexleyheath line to serve as a real alternative, and it’s main purpose is to serve the Busby Way shops and on Match days when Charlton are playing, I’m rather enjoying seeing extra trains on the NKL it gives me hope that one day the line will become 10tph, with a potential 4tph off peak via Lewisham! But the latter thing is pure fantasy |
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Post by 700101 on Mar 22, 2020 19:12:49 GMT
Covid-19 services
Monday-Friday
London Cannon Street
2tph - Orpington via Grove Park (Avoiding Lewisham)
2tph - Dartford via Greenwich
2tph - Dartford via Lewisham & Bexleyheath
London Charing Cross
2tph - Sevenoaks via Lewisham & Grove Park
2tph - Gravesend via Lewisham & Sidcup
2tph - Dartford via Lewisham & Sidcup
2tph - Hayes via Lewisham
2tph - Ashford Int via Tonbridge
2tph - Tunbridge Wells via Orpington
St Pancras International
1tph - Margate via Ashford Int
1tph - Dover Priory via Ashford Int
1tph - Faversham via Gravesend
London Victoria;
2tph - Dartford via Lewisham & Bexleyheath
2tph - Orpington via Kent House
2tph - Ashford Int via Maidstone East
1tph - Ramsgate via Faversham
1tph - Dover Priory via Faversham
1tph - Gillingham via Denmark Hill & Sole Street
Other services
2tph - Grove Park - Bromley North
1tph - Tunbridge Wells - Hastings
1tph - Dover Priory - Ramsgate
1tph - Tonbridge - Strood
1tph - Sittingbourne - Sheerness
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2020 10:50:27 GMT
Covid-19 services Monday-Friday London Cannon Street 2tph - Orpington via Grove Park (Avoiding Lewisham) 2tph - Dartford via Greenwich 2tph - Dartford via Lewisham & Bexleyheath London Charing Cross 2tph - Sevenoaks via Lewisham & Grove Park 2tph - Gravesend via Lewisham & Sidcup 2tph - Dartford via Lewisham & Sidcup 2tph - Hayes via Lewisham 2tph - Ashford Int via Tonbridge 2tph - Tunbridge Wells via Orpington St Pancras International 1tph - Margate via Ashford Int 1tph - Dover Priory via Ashford Int 1tph - Faversham via Gravesend London Victoria; 2tph - Dartford via Lewisham & Bexleyheath 2tph - Orpington via Kent House 2tph - Ashford Int via Maidstone East 1tph - Ramsgate via Faversham 1tph - Dover Priory via Faversham 1tph - Gillingham via Denmark Hill & Sole Street Other services 2tph - Grove Park - Bromley North 1tph - Tunbridge Wells - Hastings 1tph - Dover Priory - Ramsgate 1tph - Tonbridge - Strood 1tph - Sittingbourne - Sheerness So there goes the Cannon Street loop via Sidcup, Bexleyheath and Woolwich Arsenal then. |
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Post by richard on Mar 30, 2020 8:05:01 GMT
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Post by richard on Aug 22, 2020 12:01:24 GMT
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Post by george on Aug 22, 2020 12:07:50 GMT
That looks terrible 😂. I know this is photoshopped but why do all new train livery look awful. SWR and EMR don't look good either. Only one that I really like at the moment is Transpennine and LNER. My opinion of course. |
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Post by galwhv69 on Aug 22, 2020 12:57:35 GMT
That looks terrible 😂. I know this is photoshopped but why do all new train livery look awful. SWR and EMR don't look good either. Only one that I really like at the moment is Transpennine and LNER. My opinion of course. I actually think that the old SWT livery and this mockup SE livery look yhe best for these trains |
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Post by richard on Aug 22, 2020 14:24:56 GMT
That looks terrible 😂. I know this is photoshopped but why do all new train livery look awful. SWR and EMR don't look good either. Only one that I really like at the moment is Transpennine and LNER. My opinion of course. I agree the blue is a bit to dark for my liking. |
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Post by wirewiper on Aug 22, 2020 14:44:47 GMT
That looks terrible 😂. I know this is photoshopped but why do all new train livery look awful. SWR and EMR don't look good either. Only one that I really like at the moment is Transpennine and LNER. My opinion of course. I agree the blue is a bit to dark for my liking. It's a photoshop job (you can tell, it's under overhead yet the class 707s are third-rail only units) and it probably won't be that shade or "flatness" in reality. |
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Post by george on Aug 22, 2020 15:19:57 GMT
That looks terrible 😂. I know this is photoshopped but why do all new train livery look awful. SWR and EMR don't look good either. Only one that I really like at the moment is Transpennine and LNER. My opinion of course. I agree the blue is a bit to dark for my liking. It's the all over livery I don't like really. Having said that the GWR one isn't that bad. galwhv69. I'll reply to your post here unfortunately it wouldn't allow me to select post and then put it here. I've got no problem with the SWR livery in fact I think it looks really good. |
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Post by galwhv69 on Aug 22, 2020 16:04:08 GMT
That looks terrible 😂. I know this is photoshopped but why do all new train livery look awful. SWR and EMR don't look good either. Only one that I really like at the moment is Transpennine and LNER. My opinion of course. I agree the blue is a bit to dark for my liking. I could try editing that image once I get my laptop (charger decided to fry everything up 😂  ) |
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Post by richard on Aug 22, 2020 16:05:12 GMT
I agree the blue is a bit to dark for my liking. It's a photoshop job (you can tell, it's under overhead yet the class 707s are third-rail only units) and it probably won't be that shade or "flatness" in reality. Yes I know it's photo shopped I don't like the bhade of blue the person used. Has any of the 707s been transferred yet? |
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