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Balcombe Tunnel Flooded
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Hillian1
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I was due to get the 9.38 from B.Hill to Victoria, any point in trying oh commuter guru's?
worthingseagull123
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- May 5, 2012
- 2,579
On one out of Littlehampton. Fast to East Croydon and London Bridge only.
Sergei's Celebration
Well-known member
Was on the Ldn Bdg (0711) train at hove as that was canned and sent back west, the Ldn Vic was on the other platform...canned and the conductor said dont gonto brighton as that is chaos. Suggestion was go via Littlehampton. Er no. I am WFH now. Get in!
Yep same here. I walked up to the station, stood there for 5 minutes, then turned round and came home.
The Balcombe Tunnel really is dreadful, if it isn't flooded the roof is in danger of falling down.
Still at least it's the only issue I've had on the trains this week......... oh no wait, that's clearly a lie.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
- 9,102
Well, no solution will address issues once in the London area... and it would cost a tiny, tiny fraction of what they intend to spend on HS2, which isn't even really needed IMHO.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Brighton is cut off !!!! A23/M23 closed, Brighton/London line closed, A27 closed at Chichester. Stand by for the Zombie apocalypse.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
If you had a business in London would you bother employing anyone who had to commute theses days? I would want someone who gets in on time every day.
Thankfully these days, a lot of employers embrace remote working, which is not too difficult to arrange these days, especially given most IT systems are hosted online.
Where are these people? I work with five other people - all of us live outside London. My boss lives outside London, his boss lives outside London. At a rough guess, about 50% of the company lives outside London - firms would struggle to recruit people if they limited themselves to London residents only
Is the correct answer. Expect to see more of it in the coming years: I WFH two days a week and may make it three later this year
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
If this is the case why spend 4k a year on a travel card?
Because my employer does expect me in 2/3 days a week, which still works out cheaper than paying £56 a day or whatever it is now. And in circumstances like today, rather than me disappearing, I'm still able to do a full days work.
Scoffers
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theboybilly
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BML2 would be cost-effective but is being thwarted by the Marquee project that is HS2. Farringdon would become the hub of the London networks, and the associated East Croydon upgrades would be so beneficial south of the river. In my view the re-opening of the Shoreham -Horsham route (Downslink) would be much, much better than Lewes-Uckfield.
Brighton NEEDS a secondary route to London.
Brighton NEEDS a secondary route to London.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Is the Shoreham to Horsham line viable? Hasn't part of it been built on?
