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AyrAlex (AyrAlex) wrote:
I just wondered, as I seem to remember an off-peak half single from London
to Dover costing a lot of money back in 2001. On top of the large cost, I
had to change at Chatham, and the train split in two at Faversham. The
trains were all very old and slam-door.

I was emptying out some old boxes the other day, and found an SR publicity
leaflet from nineteen eighty blur, entitled "We won't split on you any
more!". It was about the replacement of the traditional Ramsgate/Dover
service dividing at Faversham, by a more complex service with separate
trains to both towns, connecting across the platform at Faversham twice
an hour.

The success of it can probably be gauged by the fact that they once again
split at Faversham You can still get slam door trains if you try (I
get a text message about it quite often, thank you youknowwhoyouare ),
but they are disappearing fast and the scrap line (I'm told) is growing.

Nick
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