Given the deal by which the TOC pays NR is partly for the station stops where passengers board and alight, surely that must include information...
I think there's two different things. The first is what number you need to put into a computer model to generate the right passing times to fit...
But what's special about the starting station? Presumably those boarding at Arundel and Chichester were just as much in the dark. With any train...
Send it via East Putney and Motspur Park!
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