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Tonbridge Line Commuters

@TonLinCommuters

We campaign for better rail services in our area (TON,HLB,PDW,LIH,PHR,EBR). Our strength is our membership. Please join us for £4 a year. Details on website.

 Tonbridge area
tonbridgecommuters.org.uk/
Joined January 2015
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Seems nobody came out to fix this.. still rattling away like a goodun.. ^RM
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@Se_RailwayAug 14
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Thanks ill get this reported, thanks for letting us know ^JV
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Hi @Se_Railway your ticket machine at Hildenborough is knackered and unreadable. Can this be high up on the list for replacement? ^RM
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How is everyone finding the Charing Cross closure? No change? Travelling less? Longer journeys? Personally while the trains are quieter, as someone who normally takes the tube a short hop from Charing Cross, it's not ideal to have a longer (and busier!) tube journey instead. ^KJ – at London, England
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No trains between Tonbridge and Orpington this weekend due to Engineering works. Trains are instead diverted non-stop via Redhill. Good to see @Se_Railway making use of that route, and running them with 12 carriages splitting at Tonbridge. Lots of capacity and no changes! ^KJ – at Tonbridge, South East
A Southeastern train at Tonbridge station preparing to be split, with the front 8 carriages proceeding to Hastings and the rear 4 proceeding to Ashford.

ALT A Southeastern train at Tonbridge station preparing to be split, with the front 8 carriages proceeding to Hastings and the rear 4 proceeding to Ashford.

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After a good few days in Zürich it is sadly time to come home - with the S2 to Zürich Airport being our last train. While we could travel home by train too, alas I had some airmiles to burn. It was interesting comparing the two though, security etc. was much faster with Eurostar! – at Zurich, Switzerland
A double decker train to Zürich Airport stands at an underground platform at Zürich HB.

ALT A double decker train to Zürich Airport stands at an underground platform at Zürich HB.

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And having not had enough of mountains (or trains) over the past few days... we head out again and jump on a S10 commuter service to Uetliberg. This is Europe's steepest standard gauge adhesion railway (i.e. normal wheels on rails - no use of a rack!) at a gradient of up to 7.9%! – at Zurich, Switzerland
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At Landquart we switch to the 11:48 IC3 service to Zürich, which takes just over an hour. Another double-decker train, it gives us great views over the various lakes. As an aside, SBB's app is very useful for tracking journeys - even popping up a little station map for changes! – at Zurich, Switzerland
A screenshot of the journey tracker in the SBB's app. Details about a change of train are shown, including a station map.

ALT A screenshot of the journey tracker in the SBB's app. Details about a change of train are shown, including a station map.

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Our last long train journey is today, starting with the 09:47 RE3 service from St. Moritz to Landquart. The tables have a map of the network on them which is pretty neat. These trains are fairly new too, but still have a few opening windows - great for unobscured photos! – at S-chanf, Svizra
A Capricorn train stands at St. Moritz station.

ALT A Capricorn train stands at St. Moritz station.

A table has a map printed on it, showing the local railway network and various landmarks.

ALT A table has a map printed on it, showing the local railway network and various landmarks.

A view across a snow covered plain, with densely forested snow-capped mountains in the background.

ALT A view across a snow covered plain, with densely forested snow-capped mountains in the background.

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As for today itself... we took one of Switzerland's panoramic trains, the Glacier Express. This is a nearly 8 hour journey from Zermatt to St. Moritz. However, it's express in name only averaging around 24mph due to plenty of steep slow ascents and descents.
A locomotive stands at a station. A snowy mountain is in the background.

ALT A locomotive stands at a station. A snowy mountain is in the background.

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Yesterday, we went up to the highest open-air railway station in Europe - at a (literally) cool 10,132ft! The railway company had a combined ticket offer that also included snowshoe and sledge hire - so even though we weren't skiing we still had a lot of fun with great views! – at Zermatt, Switzerland
A train sits at the Gornergrat alpine railway station. Snowy mountains are in the background, but mostly obscured by clouds.

ALT A train sits at the Gornergrat alpine railway station. Snowy mountains are in the background, but mostly obscured by clouds.

A train on a steep incline passes in front of a snowy mountain peak.

ALT A train on a steep incline passes in front of a snowy mountain peak.

A sled is propped upright. In the background, snowy mountains as well as a valley are visible.

ALT A sled is propped upright. In the background, snowy mountains as well as a valley are visible.

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