Neil Williams wrote:
It's interesting to note so many TOCs running some sort of Boxing Day
service. Is this normally the case?

About bloody time, too. I fail to understand why the UK is completely
incapable of providing a normal public transport service over
Christmas. I remember in Melbourne, a city not known for its reliance
on public transport, being able to catch a half-hourly tram on
Christmas Day way back in 1991. Surely we should be able to provide
some sort of Christmas Day service in London in 2006? I don't see why,
just because I don't have a car, I have to impose on friends and
relatives for two nights, and leave my house unoccupied at peak
burglary season, rather than just being able to go over for lunch
during the day.

South Eastern seem to be doing the best job on Boxing Day, and quite
right too, as SE London is largely without tube and the tube runs on
Boxing Day. But I think at the very least a Sunday service should
operate on all modes of transport on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Patrick