Sydenham Town Forum

However, the problem was that actually a train had broken down at Honor Oak Park and so the trains that should have stopped at Syd had to by-pass us. I can recall a passenger being taken ill at Forest Hill which had the same effect, trains through Sydenham being diverted onto the fast lines up the ...

Even if you could somehow ensure that the infrastructure was top-notch and the rolling-stock was clean, tidy and perfectly maintained, you would still have late running trains, because you would still have problems occuring that are not caused by any of the (far too many IMHO) railway companies. Peo...

.....They are as a proportion of a 15 minute journey though... This is the other problem when passengers complain. They naturally have a very self-centred view of their journey....they go for their train from their station and if their train is late or cancelled they are not happy. This is absolute...

So all you folks on the Sydenham forum actually live in Forest Hill then

What does that say about se23.com I wonder......

Flipside of that coin....what's the problem with having information that needs to be given to people on the screen that people look at the most?!!! Or indeed what's the problem with people reading the information on a poster? ....Icy lines, yeah mate heard it all before... Maybe so, but nobody has y...

...is there a reason you can't run more trains instead? ... Yes. They all have to GO somewhere. There are only a finite number of platforms at London Bridge, Charing X, Caterham, Sutton, etc. More trains means finding more platforms. Easier to lengthen platforms than to completely redesign a whole ...

Poor admin!

I see this forum too has its fair share of jokers whose jokes go beyond funny into stupid!

Par for the course, it seems

Wouldn't want your job for all the tea in china

....it's the train companies fault the trains are overcrowded... Not exactly. If Network Rail were to lengthen platforms, the train operators could run longer trains. ....Southern's comical explanations for delays, for example those caused by last week's "poor rail conditions"..... Check ...

We moved into our new flat on Oct 25th. Virgin Media could not come and install until NOV 17TH!!! Halfway thru the installation, they said they couldn't do it and would ring to let us know when they could........ Four hours later they were back to finish it.... Within the first four weeks the broadb...

Would you rather just hear "your xxxx Southern service to xxxxxxxx is xxx minutes late. Bad luck."??

Seriously, icy rails are a genuine problem. Think about it, in your car, you drive round the icy patch. Where does the train go? Over the icy rail, or nowhere.

I gotta tell you, as someone who's just moved from Forest Hill to Sydenham, I'm more impressed with the shops in Syd than I was with FH's, seems to me FH is going downhill a little.

Although the Sainsburys in FH knocks spots off the Somerfield in Syd.

But Savacentre trumps them both

Silverdale

I think there might be a copy under the pile of takeaway leaflets, flyers and assorted rubbish that lives in the communal entrance to our flat!!!!!

You know what? I might even come along, and bring my OH as long as everyone promises to be nice to the newbies

As a (fairly new) member of Southern staff this is a very interesting thread!!! (I don't wear uniform so don't try and stalk me :D :D ) I wanna ask you all, what winds you up most about Southern's services? Does anything puzzle you about the way trains run and the things that happen? Perhaps I can b...

....and incidentally, ALIB, I'd love to know about these easy links to Heathrow Airport! My mum lives just up the road from teh airport, and going to see her its either Syd-London Bridge - tube to Paddington - Train - walk = 2.5 hours bus to Croydon - x26 bus to heathrow - bus = about the same South...

A couple of bits to add :-) bus info http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/sydenham-2250.pdf That's a pdf of all routes that serve Sydenham, from Transport For London's website www.tfl.gov.uk FYI trains from Sydenham also head south to Croydon (East Croydon or West Croydon) - East C...