Jack Reed

A train and bus enthusiast from South East London/Kent 🚄🚌

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

Oh @Se_Railway & @SteveWhiteRail you have really gone above and beyond 🙌🏻 🙌🏻🙌🏻!

Well it didn't take long to see it but SE or shall I say Network Souteast Class 465 Networker 465908 (Chris Green) seen here at Barnehurst on 2U34 the 14:18 to Gravesend from London Victoria 🟥🟦⬜️

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

I mean the livery itself for GBR looks complex enough to paint but you do have to look at the cost of these things nowadays, if they could afford to get there trains painted then yes but it would have to be down to the rolling stock provider is well to pay for it like they did with 465908 but you see it on most trains now but most new trains built including our new ones when they do will most likely be in GBR livery from the factory and will just be vinyl stickers they add

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

Hi @Se_Railway it hasn’t taken long for the vinyl to start pealing off on the 376s and I’ve seen a few around that could do with a clean, this is on 376004 carriage number 63324

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@HarleysTravels It’s also cheaper than painting them plus the new GBR livery is going to be vinyl

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@Se_Railway No worries 👍🏻

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@Se_Railway No problem and you might also want to get the team to look at the vinyls on the 707s is as some of that is pealing off is well particularly on 707030

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@TheMurkyDepths And yet all the Class 222 Meridians will be heading to ScotRail to replace the remaining HST’s

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@HarleysTravels Thameslink running via Bexleyheath all weekend, need to call them out for misleading information

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

Give credit where it’s due to get the West Coast Mainline back open in a short space of time and you do have to call into question on why HGV drivers either forget the height of the vehicle or why they don’t plan there route better to avoid low bridges like this one

[Network Rail @networkrail]

🚛 ❌ A lorry hit a bridge in Bedworth in Warwickshire yesterday, causing disruption to rail passengers and road users.

These strikes can be very dangerous and disruptive, but can be avoided.

Drivers, know the height of your vehicles:

👉 https://t.co/avBHAcRjOj

#WiseUpSizeUp

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

Well I said it was on the Bexleyheath line today (my local) and here it is approaching Barnehurst working 2U36 the 14:49 to Gravesend from London Victoria and is pared with 465185

Taken from Erith Road Footbridge looking towards Long Lane and Bexleyheath

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@CPTrains_YT Every time I see a 96 is it’s my local route it’s full to the brim and the demand is high and it would cause so much stress for people

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

TfL have tried this on two other occasions and now they want all three routes scaled back to Dartford. There will be a rebellion against this because the 96, 428 and 492 and the 96 and 492 being my local routes a lot of people rely heavily on them to get to Bluewater and Darent Valley Hospital and it’s another example that TfL do not care about the travelling public and only about what they want and not us

It is also worth mentioning is well there is no direct bus from Greenhithe Station to the Hospital and hasn’t been since the road in Swanscombe gave way resulting in Fastrack B being rerouted via the A2 to get to Ebbsfleet from Bluewater!

[Murky Depths @TheMurkyDepths]

TfL have raised the prospect of cutting buses to Bluewater and Darent Valley hospital.

London buses would only go as far as Dartford. Would impact routes 96, 428 and 492

https://t.co/IHEEp8AKoh

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

Well if anyone what’s to catch 465908 today on NSE’s anniversary it’s out on the Bexleyheath line on London Victoria - Gravesend duties and is attached to 465185 and it will finish the day at Gillingham.

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

A happy 40th birthday to Network SouthEast. I grew up with the livery in the late 1990s into the early 2000s before it was repainted into Connex Southeastern and then to the livery we have today and with GBR around the corner and sort of mirroring the NSE livery could a Networker or one of the other train types receive it to demonstrate what’s to come like Southern and SWR have, time will tell.

Here’s a few shots of 465908 over the past year!

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@Se_Railway @awesome_buses @Jezzatrainman A happy birthday to NSE 🔴🔵⚪️🎂🎉

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@CPTrains_YT Well there gonna find that they will fail on this again when people rally against them

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

Erith and Belvedere will be getting the two additional trains from the Sidcup line in December and maybe in a future timetable it’s Charing Cross service back, I really don’t see Thameslink stopping at both and even if SE starts a service again from London to the Medway via Woolwich the stopping pattern will most likely be the same, it’s like on the Bexleyheath line any fast services stop at Barnehurst, Bexleyheath, Eltham, Blackheath and Lewisham and the Sidcup line it’s Crayford, Bexley, sometimes Albany Park, Sidcup and New Eltham

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@TheMurkyDepths It’s not the first time TfL have tried this and on this there will be a rebellion against it because a lot of people rely on the 96, 428 and 492 to get to Bluewater and Darent Valley Hospital and now shows TfL don’t care about the travelling public

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

@SteveWhiteRail @bustraintravel @Se_Railway I definitely will when I get some time to come up and hopefully to catch up with yourself is well Steve and that is noted and I’ll make sure to have my notes on that subject

[Jack Reed @jacklreed98]

I did want to get this in as a question at a Meet the Managers is there potential to expand on existing services on the North Kent lines like the CST - DFD via WWA and LEW to go to Gravesend and VIC - GRV via BXH to go to the Medway towns so to give stations between Dartford and Gravesend a direct service to all 3 London terminals as well as 4tph to Abbey Wood and to give Higham 4tph and a SE service to call at the station as it’s a SE operated station