[Albion] More train misery (WHU & Newcastle (home games))

[BN9 BHA]

It's been a good few decades since pubbing along the Lewes Road. Where exactly was the Race Hill as I was sure it was at the top of Elm Grove. My memory isn't as good these days.
Edit: Question for @Gwylan.

@Gwylan
Post in thread 'Old Brighton Postcard'
https://www.northstandchat.com/threads/old-brighton-postcard.379347/post-10710761

The pub in Elm Grove was The Racehorse Inn, right hand side going up, corner of Queens Park Road

 

[BN9 BHA]

Online there’s also a very old photo of it as a cafe, perhaps at a time when the demon drink was frowned upon

Yes, you have jogged my memory about it being a cafe. To be honest it may have been a cafe with a small shop at the front.
I lived off Bear Road and sometimes played football on the pitches over Whitehawk, we would call into the shop/cafe for sweets on the way home.

 

[Weststander]

Yes, you have jogged my memory about it being a cafe. To be honest it may have been a cafe with a small shop at the front.
I lived off Bear Road and sometimes played football on the pitches over Whitehawk, we would call into the shop/cafe for sweets on the way home.

Long before our time.

Perhaps a sweet shop later on?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Long before our time.

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Perhaps a sweet shop later on?

It closed the same year that rationing ended! . . . l wonder what they served?

 

[chimneys]

Most fit people could manage to walk back into Brighton. It's a long boring walk for sure, but it's not an arduous one. As for parking, well maybe just think outside the box a little bit. There is free parking available in Brighton, you just need to do a little bit of research to find it. And there's an extensive network of free-on-matchdays buses to help you navigate from your researched parking space to/from the town centre. Besides, there are trains into Brighton after the match

I live in Kent, and many live a long way from a walk into Brighton.

 

[Hovegull]

I live in Kent, and many live a long way from a walk into Brighton.

Some of us live in Hove

 

[chimneys]

Some of us live in Hove

Used to! THPP reckons there are trains after next 2 games- very much doubt they will get me back to Kent?!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Used to! THPP reckons there are trains after next 2 games- very much doubt they will get me back to Kent?!

As things stand, the trains won't take you further than Brighton. That's a shit state of affairs for sure, and I feel gutted for anybody completely reliant on the trains. But it was you that brought up 'snaffling parking spaces' and I was pointing out that there were plenty to be 'snaffled' in Brighton

 

[chimneys]

As things stand, the trains won't take you further than Brighton. That's a shit state of affairs for sure, and I feel gutted for anybody completely reliant on the trains. But it was you that brought up 'snaffling parking spaces' and I was pointing out that there were plenty to be 'snaffled' in Brighton

The snaffling I was referring to was parking at Uni etc. Always a bun fight/luck to get.

 

[Is it PotG?]

https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/3645235/west-ham-united-travel-information

 

[S.T.U cgull]

Looks like train tracker updated - last train north 21.10 but does not stop at Hassocks / Burgess Hill

 

[Motogull]

Four trains an hour between Brighton and Lewes it looks like or tomorrow.

 

[jackalbion]

Four trains an hour between Brighton and Lewes it looks like or tomorrow.

Correct, should all be 8 carriages, and last train about 10pm I think.

 

[HeaviestTed]

Looks like the Brighton —> Lewes shuttle isn’t running either so Lewes will be a squash and a squeeze

 

[chaileyjem]

Looks like the Brighton —> Lewes shuttle isn’t running either so Lewes will be a squash and a squeeze

Sounds like the same service that it was for Luton (H) . That was - for me and anecdotally others - fine heading to Falmer. I think coming back would also have been ok if it hadn't been disrupted by the line trespass issues.

 

[jackalbion]

Sounds like the same service that it was for Luton (H) . That was - for me and anecdotally others - fine heading to Falmer. I think coming back would also have been ok if it hadn't been disrupted by the line trespass issues.

I would say leave a little bit earlier, but other than that yes, it will be the same as Luton. There’s only a deficit of 8 carriages per hour based on a normal game.

 

[HCxUK]

Correct, should all be 8 carriages, and last train about 10pm I think.

Any idea whether there'll be a similar service for Newcastle next Saturday? Especially going back up to London...

Bit confused by the wording of the ASLEF action for the 2nd

 

[boik]

We're in the S/W corner for the Toon game. Will we just be able to walk past the away fans to get the to Racecourse P&R busses or will we be made to walk all the way round the stadium. Only other time I've used P&R we were in the South East which was handy.

 

[Mad as my Mother]

We're in the S/W corner for the Toon game. Will we just be able to walk past the away fans to get the to Racecourse P&R busses or will we be made to walk all the way round the stadium. Only other time I've used P&R we were in the South East which was handy.

I can't see a reason why you wouldn't be able to just go past the away supporters, many of them will be getting the buses anyway.
The times I've used P&R I haven't seen any segregation.

 

[jackalbion]

Any idea whether there'll be a similar service for Newcastle next Saturday? Especially going back up to London...

Bit confused by the wording of the ASLEF action for the 2nd

Not sure at the moment, it should be similar. ASLEF is overtime ban.