London to the South Coast for UNDER £5 with Southern!

This week, I've got another cheap and cheerful one for you, as we travel with Southern from London to Bognor Regis on the South Coast, all for under £5!
Date of Travel: May 2023
Class of Travel: Standard Class (2nd Class)
Rolling Stock: Class 377 Electrostar
Type of Service: Express Passenger
Operator: Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)
Train Number: 1B60
Origin: London Victoria, United Kingdom (England)
Destination: Bognor Regis, West Sussex, United Kingdom (England)
Cost of ticket: £3.95 ($4.95, €4.60)
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Пікірлер: 176

  • @barrygower6733
    @barrygower6733 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoy your new home in Bognor. Looking forward to reports of journeys by train around the South Coast.

  • @AnnabelSmyth

    @AnnabelSmyth

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, me too! These are the services I know best, as my family lives there. I was always disappointed as a kid that we didn't have steam trains on Southern, but you did get the occasional steam train - the daily "West of England" service to beyond Southampton was one.

  • @barrygower6733

    @barrygower6733

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AnnabelSmyth I was born and brought up at Clapham Junction and enjoyed seeing, and travelling on, many steam trains. Particularly, there were unelectrified routes down into East Kent where steam was used.

  • @AnnabelSmyth

    @AnnabelSmyth

    Жыл бұрын

    @@barrygower6733 We only really went to London Victoria and back when I was a kid. These days, I live nearer Clapham Junction than I do Victoria, so that's what i use!

  • @Floortile
    @Floortile Жыл бұрын

    whether it is Amtrak across the USA, or Victoria to Bognor on Southern, you always make the most engaging videos - thanks so much, Mate

  • @abakedslayermcgiles2703
    @abakedslayermcgiles2703 Жыл бұрын

    Dylan I can actually remember a time when, as a kid growing up on the Sussex coast, Southern had a trolley service on all their coast to London services; this included Gat Ex too!

  • @andybaker2456

    @andybaker2456

    Жыл бұрын

    My uncle, who was once a guard on Victoria and London Bridge train services, ended his railway career operating the trolley service on the Gatwick Express!

  • @MaryrosePurple1
    @MaryrosePurple1 Жыл бұрын

    Love travelling the U.K. via your videos. I wish the U.S. would improve it's trains - You traveled 67 miles in an hour for under £5. I'm only 25 miles from Charlotte NC and the train from my town into the city is $7, takes over half an hour, and Amtrak is our only option. For a comparison of your trip here, Greensboro NC is about 69 miles from me, takes just over an hour on Amtrak and costs $12.00/£9.64/€11.19

  • @alextoft9199
    @alextoft9199 Жыл бұрын

    Love the Underground bit at the beginning and the traction motor sounds. Felt like I was there again 👍😊

  • @zawtowers
    @zawtowers Жыл бұрын

    One ticket you'll definitely need to try out sometime is the Southern DaySave. You have to book it online 3 days in advance and collecting at a Southern station (or 5 days in advance if you need the ticket posted), but it allows you unlimited offpeak travel on any Southern train, for £23.50 (no railcard discounts either). It does mean for Saturdays and Sundays especially it's really good to get around with, and I've done plenty of journeys from East Croydon in the morning heading to Hove, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton and finishing at Portsmouth then heading back. It can also sometimes be cheaper than an offpeak return if you know you're travelling on that day, so perfect for a trip to Portsmouth Harbour and the Isle of Wight. Enjoyed this one, the sunset added to the trip really well.

  • @AnnabelSmyth

    @AnnabelSmyth

    Жыл бұрын

    It's also good for the service to Milton Keynes - I rather threw the attendant there once when I had one, but he realised it was valid, and informed me that "the train is sitting on platform 2", which I thought was very clever of it, as normally they are on the tracks beside the platform!

  • @AymanTravelTransport

    @AymanTravelTransport

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@AnnabelSmyth shame they curtailed the service to Watford Junction and halved the frequency to an hourly service now

  • @KempSimon

    @KempSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AnnabelSmyth - In the early days of rail privatisation New Southern Railway wanted to use its dual-Voltage (750 V DC/25kV AC) Class 319 Electric Multiple Unites to run through services from Brighton to Birmingham. Owing to New Street Station operating at full capacity they only ever made it as far as Rugby, but that was a good first attempt! The Third Rail current collection shoes couldn't be raised when the 319's changed over from groundlevel DC to overhead AC in London and apparently the pickups on the first train struck quite a few lineside obstructions along the West Coast Main Line between the Capital and the Midlands.

  • @Marcsharp82

    @Marcsharp82

    Жыл бұрын

    I did that a couple of years ago, absolutely fantastic and worth every penny as well.

  • @stanmarsh14

    @stanmarsh14

    Жыл бұрын

    Cracking ticket this, however with some caveats, main being min 3 days in advance booking, and for me, can only realistically do it via their app. That said, it's a fantastic ticket.

  • @pHguan
    @pHguan Жыл бұрын

    3:35 Reigate belong on the Southern brand btw!! I'm think you meant ramsgate/margate! :)

  • @AnatolyDyatolov

    @AnatolyDyatolov

    Жыл бұрын

    Southeastern do run peak time services to Reigate.

  • @timw.8452

    @timw.8452

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AnatolyDyatolov Not from the "Kent" side of Victoria station. I'm sure Dylan meant Ramsgate. He is a tyke after all.

  • @aarongilchrist9373

    @aarongilchrist9373

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AnatolyDyatolov they haven’t for years now

  • @gabrielstevens3884
    @gabrielstevens3884 Жыл бұрын

    97% punctuality on Southern 😂 Must have caught them on a good day as whenever I have to use them i'm always delayed. Of my last 7 return trips i've been able to claim from delay repay 6 times. 3 of them for being delayed by over an hour due to cancellations.

  • @KempSimon

    @KempSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    I've seldom (if ever) travelled in a Southern Railway Class 377 Electrostar where the hot air hand drier in the toilet compartment actually works as intended!

  • @nixmixes770
    @nixmixes770 Жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed the same trip at the same price this week. Beautiful scenery and great service by staff, as I mostly find on Southern. My observations are that the travel time is slow for the distance travelled. The Electrostars do as decent job as possible at riding over some terrible quality track, though in some places the rocking and rolling makes it difficult to read and drink. If they put some decent track down I'm sure the journey times could be improved. I remember travelling the line on the old slam-doors with the wind buffeting forcefully through the wide open windows. The 'new' trains make for a much calmer experience.

  • @thecockerel86

    @thecockerel86

    Жыл бұрын

    😂 I miss the slam door traìns sometimes. All the doors slamming almost in sequence was a sound to behold. As for the creaking of the train in motion, the thin windows etc ...nostalgia

  • @ChrisPinCornwall
    @ChrisPinCornwall Жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear Southern has improved. I used to live in Sussex and commuted twice a week to London Bridge. The service got so bad that in the end, I drove the 18 miles to Haslemere to go to Waterloo in preference to the 3 mile drive to Pulborough and the Southern service. Incidentally, they did a trolley service in those days but I believe it was killed by Health and Safety. One of the (few) advantages to first class - other than always getting a seat - was that you got a free cuppa! Thanks for the memory.

  • @robblake8999
    @robblake8999 Жыл бұрын

    3+2 seating is the best option here (although it shouldn't be endorsed more broadly). it's dense and you're crammed into small seats yes, but it allows people to have a seat. this is much better as a commuter than having to stand in a packed train :/ more trains though would be better

  • @ats10802b

    @ats10802b

    Жыл бұрын

    More trains are definitely better, but the area near Windmill Bridge Junction (approx ½ miles from East Croydon, 9 miles 69 chains from London Bridge and 10 miles 3 chains from London Victoria) is quite a mess

  • @solarpenguin1
    @solarpenguin1 Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, Southern has definitely improved in recent years. Not perfect but better than it used to be.

  • @Lee_303

    @Lee_303

    10 ай бұрын

    Apart from the massive fail of quitting the VIC - BTN route. The flagship southern region route & they want to scam you on Gat Ex, or you can suffer on Thameslink. Shameful.

  • @John_Fugazzi
    @John_Fugazzi Жыл бұрын

    Moving to Sussex - that's quite a bit of news. I hope you two enjoy the sunny south.

  • @andyt2510
    @andyt2510 Жыл бұрын

    A route I know well! Used this many times to get to and from Butlins Bognor, and was surprised how cheap it was for a family of 4 (with a railcard). And I know all too well about the issues with Southern back in 2017 - going back home our train was terminated at Horsham running late, and the next one was cancelled. With the next one going to be jam packed, we jumped on the service from Horsham via Epsom to Victoria, arriving 2 minutes later than the next running service but having room to sit, relax and have lunch. The Virgin team at Euston was not so hospitable about the hour delay, as we arrived in peak hours and they would not let us on until we had to updraded our tickets, which they bedrugingly did after checking with Real Time Trains, however I got the whole journey from Bognor to Birmingham for free because of the hour plus long delay and delay repay!

  • @shirleynitka5030
    @shirleynitka5030 Жыл бұрын

    this was the first time I ever saw anyone using a wheelchair space. Nice. Fabulous price. I think you were wise travelling into the evening. I'm sure it would have been much busier earlier in the day. I enjoyed this one. I'd use it for sure. I also enjoy seeing around London.

  • @AnnabelSmyth
    @AnnabelSmyth Жыл бұрын

    The mid-Sussex line is one of the most beautiful in the country - I love it! About 65 years ago, my father used to commute from Arundel to London, and he would never pick up his paper until the train had passed Pulborough, as he loved to watch the spectacular countryside! I personally prefer the route (slightly more convenient to where my family lives) from Victoria to Littlehampton via Haywards Heath and Worthing, as I think the trains are more comfortable! Although it's some years since I last did that journey, so they may have changed them. And they are nowhere near as comfortable as the old slam-door trains, which used to have a buffet car - when I had a young child, a trip to the buffet was a great way to fill the time on the long stretch between East Croydon and Haywards Heath!

  • @AFCManUk
    @AFCManUk Жыл бұрын

    For all the grief that Southern and South-Western Rail get, I've never had any issues with delays or cancellations on the occasions I've used those routes. Oh, and enjoy Bognor! Great little town.

  • @davidaarthur

    @davidaarthur

    Жыл бұрын

    I've always assumed the bad publicity is because lots of media types use them every day, rather than because they're actually bad.

  • @tonymcdonnly6492
    @tonymcdonnly6492 Жыл бұрын

    Dylan, Suggestion: You and your wife might like taking a 5 day luxury train service on one of the Canadian trains from Toronto to Vancouver. You might like doing this in the winter.

  • @robertfletcher3421

    @robertfletcher3421

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you donating it to them?

  • @tonymcdonnly6492

    @tonymcdonnly6492

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robertfletcher3421 Do you pay my bills?

  • @SimonLiddo

    @SimonLiddo

    Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant idea Tony!

  • @tonymcdonnly6492

    @tonymcdonnly6492

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SimonLiddo thank you. Nice to see Canada.

  • @nicholasrusson8978

    @nicholasrusson8978

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see this, but it'd be one of the most expensive rail journeys Dylan has taken.

  • @Shads5
    @Shads5 Жыл бұрын

    Just checked, a journey around the same time to Brighton (a similar distance) with a railcard is £22.40). Quite a difference

  • @chunkyboyjames

    @chunkyboyjames

    Жыл бұрын

    Brighton is available for less with a Thameslink only ticket. For some reason Thameslink tickets are around 20-25% cheaper than Southern.

  • @Shads5

    @Shads5

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chunkyboyjames £9.50 from London Bridge

  • @chunkyboyjames

    @chunkyboyjames

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Shads5 that’s because London Bridge to Brighton is using Thameslink. Southern services go from Victoria.

  • @GodAtum
    @GodAtum Жыл бұрын

    I take this train every day for school at Christ's Hospital. The train is often late or cancelled. Waiting at Christs Hospital station is not pleasant in the cold harsh winter! The seats are comfy and I can do homework while travelling home although wifi never works.

  • @HonarySpock
    @HonarySpock Жыл бұрын

    Great video Dylan, have made that journey many times from East Croydon.

  • @NottinghamSpotter
    @NottinghamSpotter Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant, always love a good trip report

  • @frglee
    @frglee Жыл бұрын

    To me the 'old style boards' are the 1970s 'white heat of technology' mechanical digital ones, that used to go tap tap tap tap tap all the time. I think I also remember the wooden ones in the 1960s that preceded these.

  • @stevehornsby7727

    @stevehornsby7727

    Жыл бұрын

    Definitely remember them

  • @thomasrobinson8336
    @thomasrobinson833611 ай бұрын

    Im an old Network Southeast fan.Thanks for this I love seeing the views. Great Job

  • @smurfman6377
    @smurfman6377 Жыл бұрын

    I feel as I have traveled the UK from watching your videos. Thank you

  • @twelfthmoon3323
    @twelfthmoon33236 ай бұрын

    I love how the southern logo looks like a roundel

  • @SouthWestRailEnthusiast
    @SouthWestRailEnthusiast Жыл бұрын

    Great video. I used to live on the south coast in Worthing and the trains were always delayed and cancelled. I havent been on them for the past year but after seeing this video I am pretty impressed.

  • @jamesthompson3099
    @jamesthompson3099 Жыл бұрын

    Still watching the video but had to stop to comment that Victoria Stations platforms look like heaven compared to Chicago Union Station. Your memory must be fading. 🤣 OK, I'm back. I agree with you completely. That service is awesome at that price. Very good value for the money. From my home to Chicago is a 50 mile run that costs twice the money and the cars are a mess. Well done Southern! PS. Off next week on vacation. Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight and California Zephyr. Visiting family in New Mexico an Oregon. Should be fun. 👍

  • @KempSimon

    @KempSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    New Southern Railway competes directly with South West Trains for customers on the London to Portsmouth and Southampton travel corridors. Because Southern's services are significantly slower they offer very cheap Advance Purchase travel tickets, as well as reasonably-priced Super Off-Peak Day Returns, to compete on price between the South Coast and our Capital City. "South of the River" (Thames) our electric trains are powered by 750 Volts DC supplied by a Third Rail, so it's rare for them to do more than 75mph.

  • @EdgyNumber1
    @EdgyNumber1 Жыл бұрын

    ElectroStar, TurboStar - Great bread 'n' butter trains, underrated for comfort in my opinion.

  • @richardmccarthy9580
    @richardmccarthy9580 Жыл бұрын

    Really good advice regarding searing configuration in different coaches. Having lived in Bromley Kent in the 70s/80s I was very familiar with high and low density seating depending on type of unit (or open plan or compartment on intercity ….. different times !!) but not on different coaches on the same unit. Back down in Kent in a couple of weeks on a very rare visit so will check it out

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 Жыл бұрын

    The newer subclass 377/6 and 377/7 have slightly more room overall by having 5 coaches per unit, but they tend to be more concentrated on the suburban services (to places like Sutton, Epsom, Epsom Downs, Croydon, Dorking or Horsham). The earlier subclasses were built with [with the exception of 377/3] 4 coaches per unit can coupled to form a maximum 12 Coach train. A couple of route suggestions I have are for Southern's two nonelectrified routes (if you haven't done them already): London Bridge to Uckfield and the Marshlink service from Eastbourne to Ashford International via Rye. Of the two, I prefer the Marshlink line, I travelled on it when the service reached as far as Brighton, where for the first part of its journey, the tiny 2 car Class 171 ran semi-fast between Brighton and Hasting (calling at Lewes, Polegate, Eastbourne, Bexhill, St Leonard's Warrior Square and Hastings), before picking up the Marshlink route proper calling at Ore, then alternating every 2 hours Three Oaks and Winchelsea (Doleham, the station between them has just 3 trains a day calling there) before calling at all the remaining stations (Rye, Appledore, Ham Street and Ashford International).

  • @tonymgc82
    @tonymgc82 Жыл бұрын

    The ceiling of class 377’s makes a great bottle opener

  • @SouthernRex
    @SouthernRex Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic review! One of my local operators! also southeastern doesnt go to reigate 🤣

  • @stevehornsby7727

    @stevehornsby7727

    Жыл бұрын

    I think he meant to say southern😂😂

  • @bryanrothan5529
    @bryanrothan5529 Жыл бұрын

    The cute dog at the end 😍 so adorable and great video 😁

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc Жыл бұрын

    Hard to compare with Union Station in Chicago considering most services use diesel trains. (I can only imagine the astronomical price tag on electrifying all of Amtrak!) I’d say it’s more like Penn Station in NY. Still not a bad service for under £5 considering how far it is. An equivalent distance trip here on the LIRR or Metro North might be 4 or 5 times that! (Closest in similar distance/time I could find was from Penn Station to Remsenburg-Speonk that cost $17 off-peak and almost $24 on-peak!)

  • @luisstransport
    @luisstransport Жыл бұрын

    Great trip report Dylan

  • @michellebell5092
    @michellebell5092 Жыл бұрын

    Definitely like the new departure boards, ooh we love information. And btw, Victoria is my London Terminus. Feel right at home there

  • @carolinegreenwell9086
    @carolinegreenwell9086 Жыл бұрын

    lovely dog

  • @domb9169
    @domb9169 Жыл бұрын

    Realistically if you wanted to get to bognor regis fast you could on the Portsmouth section and change at Barnham although this video is well detailed and shows that the slow service is well maintained and good value for money Keep it up!

  • @deco983
    @deco983 Жыл бұрын

    Really nice!

  • @1985tonyjones
    @1985tonyjones Жыл бұрын

    Did you say your new home is Bognor at the start?

  • @malo66

    @malo66

    Жыл бұрын

    No, he said he was moving to the area: Brighton/Jove/South Coast

  • @rachelehrenberg9231
    @rachelehrenberg9231 Жыл бұрын

    Victoria seems brighter that the platforms at Union station Chicago. I think Union can best be described as dingy

  • @kiwitripreportsofficial
    @kiwitripreportsofficial Жыл бұрын

    Hey Dylan, I got a video idea! Try Southern’s rip-off first class (probably just STD with headrests) to Seaford.

  • @karens8633
    @karens8633 Жыл бұрын

    Ooh, Thank You for the Big Ben ring at the beginning!😊

  • @DavidChilson
    @DavidChilson Жыл бұрын

    I think GN/Southern acquired some of the GWR Electrostars as I've seen an unmarked dark green set pass through Ely last week going towards Kings Lynn.

  • @tramcrazy
    @tramcrazy Жыл бұрын

    Have you considered trying the new European Sleeper? I’ll be riding it in the summer! 😊

  • @philipkudrna5643
    @philipkudrna5643 Жыл бұрын

    In the early nineties I spent two summers in Worthing. I can still vividly remember the „slam-door“ units you mentioned of what was then „Network Southeast“! And of course we also visited Arundel Castle, but back in the day the entry was definitely NOT 25 quid! 😂 From what I can tell, the Worthing service that once also left from Victoria via Clapham Jct-East Croydon-Gatwick-Haywards Heath-Brighton and then the coastline to Littlehampton (or on to Portsmouth) no longer departs from London Victoria…

  • @AnnabelSmyth

    @AnnabelSmyth

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, I think you'll find it does! Every 30 minutes, in fact.

  • @philipkudrna5643

    @philipkudrna5643

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AnnabelSmyth Good to hear! Seems I was looking on the wrong homepage… 😀 Thanks for the info, Annabel!

  • @stevieinselby
    @stevieinselby Жыл бұрын

    It's always struck me as slightly odd that this train splits at Horsham, and then both portions follow the same route for the next 25 miles to Barnham before they part ways, but with the Soton/Pompey portion running non-stop and the Bognor portion calling at an extra 6 stations and taking ~10 minutes longer ... meaning that anyone from Billingshurst, Pulborough or Arundel wanting to travel to Chi, Soton or Pompey then has to change at Barnham and wait 15 minutes (and anyone from London/Gatwick travelling to those intermediate stations and Bognor has the 5 minute wait caused by uncoupling and waiting for the fast train to clear the line). It isn't even like it makes them particularly competitive with the SWR route, trains from Waterloo to Portsmouth are still 30 minutes quicker than the Arun Valley route, and the fast Southampton trains are over an hour quicker. Hmmm, hang on, I think I've figured it out. Short platforms. Amberley can only take 4-car trains and some of the other stations might struggle to take 8 carriages, so maybe splitting the train early is an easier solution than selective door opening. Or possibly there's more pressure on paths at Barnham so they don't want to be joining/splitting on the mainline, and Arundel isn't staffed full-time so maybe that's why it has to be Horsham?

  • @TheSpotify95
    @TheSpotify95 Жыл бұрын

    These sorts of journeys are why traveling by rail is often a good idea, cheaper than driving, probably quicker, and with good all round facilities. Though I wouldn't want to be in the 3+2 portion of the train.

  • @user-gm1yo6hj8k
    @user-gm1yo6hj8k Жыл бұрын

    Nice trip report Dylan, and on my regular commute too! Shame the later part of the journey was after dark, as there is some lovely scenery, especially brtween Pulborough and Barnham.

  • @blauckner

    @blauckner

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree. Once you get through the tunnel under the North Downs there is some very pretty countryside on this route. A pity that you chose to travel so late in the evening. Perhaps you were not anticipating some nice scenery.

  • @andybaker2456
    @andybaker2456 Жыл бұрын

    Slight correction, Reigate is served by Southern services from Victoria, so services depart from the right-hand concourse, not the left (I live in Reigate!).

  • @iandrew6347
    @iandrew6347 Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @KempSimon

    @KempSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    We don't know if Dylan's train was routed via Redhill or if it was sent down the Quarry Line. I suspect the latter but some background information about why and when a section of the Brighton Main Line was quadrified would have been helpful.

  • @michellebell5092
    @michellebell5092 Жыл бұрын

    I’m looking forward to your Trams report

  • @JustTrainsuk
    @JustTrainsuk Жыл бұрын

    And that train looked well nice

  • @KempSimon

    @KempSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Southern Railway's Class 377 Electrostars were first introduced in 2002 and are now showing their age. At least these outer-suburban commuter trains have now been retro-fitted with 240 Volt 3-Pin and 5 Volt USB sockets at every seat. Previously only 50% of these trains had 3-Pin power points, and then only in First Class! I used to charge my laptop computer from the 240 Volt sockets in the vestibules which were marked "Not For Public Use". Southern's male Conductors always turned a blind eye to my misdemeanours!

  • @pauldorow
    @pauldorow Жыл бұрын

    1:28 great video, thanks, can’t believe the price! I wish I lived along that line & was eligible for a Railcard😅

  • @brian402
    @brian402 Жыл бұрын

    Last time I was in the UK back in 1991,I think it was British Rail I was on.,Intercity125 I purchased what was known as a britrail pass for one month.Paid for the ticket pass through my travel agent back here in New Zealand.Have been told that British Rail does not run anymore in the UK

  • @harrisonsnazel7482
    @harrisonsnazel7482 Жыл бұрын

    Two things. 1. You could of got a south Western railway from Waterloo to Fratton or havant then southen to Bognor Regis. Number 2. The train toilet is working, unlike my LNER train. The washing mechanism didn't work

  • @quintuscrinis8032

    @quintuscrinis8032

    Жыл бұрын

    That would include 2 changes, one at Fratton and one at Barnham, so probably quite a bit more expensive. Getting the front section and changing at Barnham for the Bognor shuttle is another option

  • @KempSimon

    @KempSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@quintuscrinis8032 - Unless you fancy breaking your journey for an hour at Amberley, wandering down to the River Arun to enjoy the view across the water meadows, and maybe have a bite to eat and something to drink in the lovely Bridge Inn?

  • @millercool21
    @millercool21 Жыл бұрын

    I live in bognor! nice video

  • @stevehornsby7727
    @stevehornsby7727 Жыл бұрын

    Not sure southeastern go to Reigate. At least not from this station. Southern definitely does. Excellent video as always

  • @liltenchu527
    @liltenchu527 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Did you travel on Tue 23rd of May? I travel all around the UK and I went to Bognor then, I might have passed you, as my train got to Victoria at 19:45.

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev Жыл бұрын

    What were the "old style departure boards" you refer to? Those with the orange LCD lettering? The new ones, with their white on black lettering, are rather like a retro throwback to the clack-clack real old style ones

  • @Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi
    @Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi Жыл бұрын

    Bom tarde Dylan lindo trem de Londres

  • @AndrewG1989
    @AndrewG1989 Жыл бұрын

    With Southern who got rid of the Class 455 and Class 313. I probably would think that they should inherit the Class 377/5 from Southeastern to increase extra capacity or to order new trains. Overall Southern does operate some good services especially to Brighton, Gatwick Airport, Littlehampton, Horsham, Crawley and Three Bridges

  • @marcoroberts9462
    @marcoroberts9462 Жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @rupanjan
    @rupanjan Жыл бұрын

    Never went to UK but I know all the stations names from Train simulator 2019 days. I still play this route on TSW3

  • @stevehornsby7727

    @stevehornsby7727

    Жыл бұрын

    Totally agree. The best route

  • @user-wr7cv1ny5r
    @user-wr7cv1ny5r Жыл бұрын

    That first section, did you notice the acceleration? That section of the District/Circle is now running on 750VDC.

  • @AnnabelSmyth

    @AnnabelSmyth

    Жыл бұрын

    I have to admit, it would never occur to me to take the Underground from Westminster to Victoria - I'd either walk or, more probably, take a bus up Victoria Street. These days one can get an 11 from Westminster Bridge.

  • @zodiotekgaming

    @zodiotekgaming

    Жыл бұрын

    It's also the gearing for the motors to axles

  • @user-wr7cv1ny5r

    @user-wr7cv1ny5r

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zodiotekgaming I didn't think they changed that though.

  • @xr6lad
    @xr6lad Жыл бұрын

    Starts with a shot of Big Ben. Was hoping we’d get a shot later of Big Bertha but nah!

  • @tonycutler3769
    @tonycutler3769 Жыл бұрын

    I just checked the southern website, and an advance ticket from London Victoria to Bognor Regis is £9.50, £6.25 with a railcard. And that's if someone manages to get an advance ticket. A normal single ticket from Victoria to Bognor is £35.60, or £23.45 with a railcard. And then that's assuming someone is going one-way, which unless they're moving like you are, is incredibly unlikely, a return is more likely, which cost £36.50 for off-peak, £37.90 for anytime, £24.05 off-peak with a railcard, or £25 anytime with a railcard. The cheapest it possibly gets is £6.25 and that's advance booking, one-way, with a railcard.

  • @JBS319
    @JBS319 Жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure that now with the PEPs out of service Southern IS fully 377, though some Gatwick Express 387s do seem to show up on Southern services from time to time, including Coastway services.

  • @LuperSoop69

    @LuperSoop69

    Жыл бұрын

    They still have a few 171s for the Marshlink line and London Bridge - Uckfield services!

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev Жыл бұрын

    It's not the same since they got rid of the CIGs with the lovely bouncy seats. And proper buffet cars

  • @AnnabelSmyth

    @AnnabelSmyth

    Жыл бұрын

    I do so agree! And even the ones before those, with compartments - don't know their names - when I was a little girl, they were even more comfortable than the CIG/BIG coaches!

  • @GamerSpencer
    @GamerSpencer Жыл бұрын

    much better than when it was Connex South Central... they were some *terrible* trains! If they weren't cancelled they were half an hour late!

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev Жыл бұрын

    Is "Govvia" the approved pronunciation? I've always thought of it as Go Via, since it's part-owned by Go Ahead

  • @awild10
    @awild10 Жыл бұрын

    Good to see my train service feature on your channel and by the sounds of it I may even see you on the train one day as I regularly commute from Billingshurst on this service and rarely have problems or delays. The only downside is that the last train leaving London to travel beyond Horsham is at 10:35 which isn't great of you're in town seeing a show or going to an 8pm football match. Overall though its a generally very reliable service these days and links well with Thameslink at Three Bridges or East Croydon to make travelling to the City of London really easy.

  • @philipedwards439
    @philipedwards439 Жыл бұрын

    New home? Bognor? Are you and Mrs Travel Reports relocating dahn sauff? And the pooch?

  • @rezaalan3991
    @rezaalan3991 Жыл бұрын

    Great trip. Ah yes, another 2-3 high density train seating.

  • @beorlingo
    @beorlingo Жыл бұрын

    My thoughts on the seats:

  • @collectivelyimprovingtrans2460
    @collectivelyimprovingtrans2460 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a fun journey. I would want to do this one day.

  • @KempSimon

    @KempSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    The seats on Southern Railway's Class 377 Electrostars are so hard that they might as well be instruments of torture. There's hardly any padding on the arm rests. The rail journey from London Victoria to Bognor Regis takes up to two hours, which is definitely not my idea of fun! That said, the countryside between Crawley and Barnham is really pretty, with some lovely views of the South Downs on the approach to Amberley, where there's a superb open-air industrial museum and a great pub called the Bridge Inn.

  • @collectivelyimprovingtrans2460

    @collectivelyimprovingtrans2460

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KempSimon Dylan didn't mention the seats being that bad, and I don't care anyway

  • @terryevans5476
    @terryevans5476 Жыл бұрын

    You're going to live in Bognor Dylan?

  • @KayakTN
    @KayakTN Жыл бұрын

    What are the yellow things at the top of the seat?

  • @stevehornsby7727

    @stevehornsby7727

    Жыл бұрын

    They are to help partially sighted if I'm not mistaken

  • @ianplowman8689
    @ianplowman8689 Жыл бұрын

    Southeaster trains do not go to Reigate.

  • @JustTrainsuk
    @JustTrainsuk Жыл бұрын

    Congratulations Dillan you are my fav KZreadr

  • @maxschulman409

    @maxschulman409

    Жыл бұрын

    You didn’t even spell his name right

  • @JustTrainsuk

    @JustTrainsuk

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maxschulman409 …

  • @holnrew
    @holnrew Жыл бұрын

    Pretty jealous of that head of hair

  • @rookaloot4736
    @rookaloot4736 Жыл бұрын

    It's strike day today.

  • @adrianbromfild8624
    @adrianbromfild8624 Жыл бұрын

    Shame on you not walking from Westminster to Victoria and taking in the sights as you strolled up Victoria Street!

  • @McGubbins42

    @McGubbins42

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly my thought

  • @davidwebb4904

    @davidwebb4904

    Жыл бұрын

    The homeless, the druggies, the thieves……

  • @davidwebb4904

    @davidwebb4904

    Жыл бұрын

    Catching that same exact service, in recent years, I would be getting Delay Repay 1 in 2 times.

  • @AnnabelSmyth

    @AnnabelSmyth

    Жыл бұрын

    Or catching the no 11 bus from Westminster Bridge, which is what I'd have done. Imagine going down the Tube when you didn't have to!

  • @fluminggrain
    @fluminggrain Жыл бұрын

    When was This Filmed

  • @Vanmanyo
    @Vanmanyo Жыл бұрын

    never been this early for a Dylan video ever!

  • @Keithbarber

    @Keithbarber

    Жыл бұрын

    Good job, you had your alarm clock ⏰️ on 😊

  • @seyley2901
    @seyley2901 Жыл бұрын

    OMG, Platforms 15 - 19 approach has changed from my working days....

  • @andreawoelke
    @andreawoelke Жыл бұрын

    Did you say your new home? Have tiu moved south?

  • @bennylau9570
    @bennylau9570 Жыл бұрын

    are you moving to bognor?

  • @TheWirralChannel
    @TheWirralChannel Жыл бұрын

    Do channel members get as free videos?

  • @elijade99

    @elijade99

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah

  • @TheWirralChannel

    @TheWirralChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    @@elijade99 sorry. Type. AD free I meant. If they do I should advertise that fact as I didn't think they did.. thanks for info

  • @DrMJT
    @DrMJT Жыл бұрын

    With the amount of post Brexshitastrophe RAW SEWERAGE in the sea and on the sand/shingle (high tides)... paying people to go to the coast would still be ILL Advised! LOL

  • @MrCrazycook8
    @MrCrazycook8 Жыл бұрын

    I'd like to hire you as a tour guide.

  • @KempSimon

    @KempSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Dylan missed out on a few fun facts which could have enlivened the journey from the Thames Valley to the South Coast, such as the Surrey Iron Railway which linked London to Croydon as early as 1802, or the Weald Forest around Horsham being a centre for iron smelting (and armaments manufacture) up until the early 19th Century. It's always fun when a Southern train splits into two portions at Horsham as visitors whose mother tongue is not English, and who come from countries where trains do not divide en route, often end up in the wrong half!

  • @DavBlc7
    @DavBlc7 Жыл бұрын

    Train strike this weekend!

  • @user-qw4ie4lm7k
    @user-qw4ie4lm7k3 ай бұрын

    less than £5 is a STEAL! my daily commute is £2.45 for a CHILD SINGLE to go 2 STOPS..... good ole SouthEastern :( but yeah these electrostars are pretty familiar lol

  • @YsrMahmoodVlogs
    @YsrMahmoodVlogs Жыл бұрын

    You did not mention about how it will be £5

  • @tonymgc82
    @tonymgc82 Жыл бұрын

    Victoria is so underwhelming compared to some of London’s other rail terminals

  • @justinadcock4536
    @justinadcock4536 Жыл бұрын

    Almost empty by the time you reached Bognor? Not surprised, it’s a dump.

  • @ROLLMEAWAY
    @ROLLMEAWAY Жыл бұрын

    I enjoy watching rail travel videos but one mistake most KZreadrs make that bothers me is not putting the lid down on the toilet before doing the facilities review. Just a tip for the future, we know what a toilet looks like, we done need to see in it!

  • @margarita8442
    @margarita8442 Жыл бұрын

    can u make a loggy on this train ?

  • @haripeterson1063
    @haripeterson1063 Жыл бұрын

    Southeastern don’t serve Reigate btw