Sydenham Town Forum

Yup, I seem to be permanently banned as well. Mind, if "the official" SE23 site is cutting and pasting police posts from one site to another are they breaking the law? It feels like they are giving the appearance of the Safer Neighbourhood Team posting on that site when they are not. Mind the readin...

Hi, At the time you are talking about in the am you would be OK to London Bridge (its the Overground trains to Canada Water that are rammed) and if Southern trains ran properly (every 15 mins), not too bad in the evening peak as 10 coach trains. However, you will probably have read about the bitter ...

From another forum: http://www.eatongreen.com/sales-property/former-public-house-for-sale-1866.htm25 Kirkdale, Sydenham, London, SE26 Mid terrace large former public house, currently arranged over the ground and first floors. There is also a small rear terrace area, leading down onto the service roa...

Wish I could see any improvement but I cannot. As far as I can see, both Southern and the unions have contempt for the travelling public. I do not see any improvement in 2017. Its a management/ union battle and the travelling public are "collateral damage". Don't expect any change soon.

Sent email query in. It will apparently take Southern 20 days to reply due to high volume of complaints. Best to wfh if you can or get the 17:06/36 if you can't. At least if there are long delays the toilet facilities at Lon Bridge are free to use.

I went onto Train Line for next Monday and Wednesday and the services are 17:06, 17:37, 18:14, 18:36 (and the 18:14 is actually change at New Cross Gate and get Overground). There seems to be something really weird with the London Bridge to Victoria route. I typed in London Bridge to Victoria on Mon...

From southern: On Monday a large hole developed below the track in the Forest Hill area (between East Croydon and London Bridge). Assessments and plans were made to repair and fill the hole with additional ballast material that supports the track and work on this repair has continued overnight. We a...

There is a sinkhole opened under Forest Hill station (!) so according to Southern / London Overground there is complete shutdown between London Bridge to East Croydon. Apparently maintenance staff are looking into it (the hole?). Looks likely to be for remainder of day. Not sure what situation is fo...

Finches just outside Forest Hill station. Its mainly a ski shop but they do restring squash / tennis rackets
https://www.finchesemporium.com/

Its entered the pub.

Maybe the "toilet listening post" has been installed by the Dowd brothers. It may be sensible when going past to say that Purelake is a very fine public spirited building company and that JD is peerless as an MP. You never know who is listening......

Oh - I've got it. The Sydenham public convenience does look rather similar to the East German Stasi listening outposts badly camoflauged as an everyday object. It isn't really a toilet. Its got microphones inside and it eavedrops on commuters.

It occurs to me that Forest Hill, Honor Oak and probably pretty much every other station does not have a public convenience outside the station. Any particular reason why Sydenham is so favored - local history buffs may help. Given that the said convenience in Sydenham has not been open for last cou...

I suspect we will see a Grand Bargain between Conservatives and SNP. Devo max in Scotland for an agreement that Scots do not vote for English laws. Locks labour out full stop. To be honest the only party that can now defeat the Conservatives is the Conservatives. Think the 1992 election which they w...

"I've got a coppered-bottom majority under first past the post, therefore I don't need to bother". There, I've saved Jim an email reply.

Just seen from se 23 forum that it looks like no trains / Overground beyond New Cross Gate on 4 out of 5 next weekends, starting this weekend. Be sure to go the station on March 14/15th to remind yourself what a train on a weekend looks like!

A good day to wfh. From the Southern site: "Delays between Sydenham and London Bridge / Canada Water until at least 08:30 A signalling problem near New Cross Gate means journeys are being delayed by up to 20 minutes between Sydenham and London Bridge / Canada Water. London Overground services betwee...

2 things that would be worth trying: a) shut down New Cross on the Overground for peak (and perhaps all day) to get the extra OG trains to Crystal Palace (as between Christmas / New Year). Admittedly there is still the challenge to get to Canada Water b) add frequency to the Blackfriars / Crofton Pa...

At Canada Water, If you are in the 4th (soon to be 5th) carriage I use the up escalator going to the ticket office, then take the escalator down to the Jubilee. Its quicker and less crowded than the interchange which will be even busier as the 5 cars trains roll-out. And the Overground will be yet b...

The recent Syd website is depressing re the Greyhound - looks rather bleak if true. "Bad News! Nothing is going to happen soon. The commercial head lease owner is refusing to sign the necessary Deed of Variation because they are reported to become liable for the rent with no confidence that the Grey...