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« on: July 06, 2022, 14:34:18 »
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21:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading due 23:16 will call additionally at Redhill.

This is due to a train not stopping at a station it was supposed to.
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2022, 08:36:19 »
I thought all the Gatwick - Reading trains stopped at Redhill to reverse.
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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2022, 08:42:55 »
I am confused. Is there a spur from South to West now at Redhill? I thought that all such trains had to reverse in Redhill station anyway (unless they run via Quarry, Clapham and Staines or North Pole!)
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