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If only Southern treated their customers like Virgin Trains do but alas not
Southern railway train service tonight
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If only Southern treated their customers like Virgin Trains do but alas not
Arkwright
Arkwright
Sadly Harvey's is rarely on in The Kings Head, service in the pub is as bad as the service offered by Southern Rail with many delays and cancellations. Fortunately many other outlets are available.
seagull_in_malaysia
Active member
Thanks, I will try going via Lewes, although there only seem to be 2 trains an hour from Victoria. Better luck changing at Haywards Heath if I just miss one of the direct ones?
Sorry, yes I meant from the church. I'm guessing about 20-25min?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The 25 starts from Palmeira Square, but a 49 bus will run from Portslade Station to there.
I have tried the bus from Shoreham (discontinued) but the Russian roulette with the traffic was even worse.
The best alternative tried is the bus from Shoreham to Brighton station then the train in. But that seemed risky and it was a disaster on the way home.
It's all to do with Southern Rail and their general rotten service which is really only bad early evenings and Saturday mornings and that's the case if the football is not on anyway.
Fulham was the final straw for some people. It certainly made me think of alternatives. Other people I know have stopped going because of the trains. It is the West Coastway bit.
A football survey said that 43% of supporters would prefer to go matches by train and that is a higher % than go to work by train. It is really the best way to transport large numbers quickly and cheaply and I bet they get it right in Germany. Its all down to the poor performance of Southern Rail.
Fans were really irate!
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,403
theres only the 2/hr regular from Vic plus a couple from LB in the rush hour. if you can make the train from Victoria thats probably easiest, otherwise anything to Brighton change at HH onto whatever goes that way next.
seagull_in_malaysia
Active member
Great, thanks for the heads up.
Trains from Brighton for Tuesday:
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/Brighton/FMR/190416/1845/dep
Except I no longer trust the timetable or that the trains will have enough capacity.
About 400 fans will arrive West Coastway at 7:05 pm (if the train is running just 5 mins late) and expect to get a train to Falmer to arrive before KO. There is not much alternative of trains.
This is the timetable it has always been for evening games.
From memory it has worked every time except last Friday. However, it did arrive a few minutes late for the first game v Forest.
This is the return West Coastway from Brighton westwards:
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/BTN/SSE/190416/2230/dep
The first train (22:36) is standing in the station and they will not let people on it at 22:30. This is very irksome and subject of a complaint to the Transport Manager*
The second train (22:43) does not run at all. Most often, less than 50%.
The third train (23:04) runs but not every time.
The fourth train (23:13) runs, but can be late and misses the connection. (connected on Friday as the London train was late)
The fifth train (22:43) means arriving home after midnight. (if the second train does not run it may depart much later but before 22:43, But is a slow train and I still get home after midnight.)
*The Transport passed my message on to Southern Rail, but their reply was nonsense.
It is the last West Coastway train that is the final straw. After working all day, another six hours is too much and by that time everybody is getting tired and irritable.
It is no surpise to me that the gates for evening matches (even play-offs) tend to be lower. Or that other fans leave before time to save an hour on their journey home.
On reflection an eight o'clock KO would making getting home even more tricky. It would make getting there on time easier though.
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/Brighton/FMR/190416/1845/dep
Except I no longer trust the timetable or that the trains will have enough capacity.
About 400 fans will arrive West Coastway at 7:05 pm (if the train is running just 5 mins late) and expect to get a train to Falmer to arrive before KO. There is not much alternative of trains.
This is the timetable it has always been for evening games.
From memory it has worked every time except last Friday. However, it did arrive a few minutes late for the first game v Forest.
This is the return West Coastway from Brighton westwards:
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/BTN/SSE/190416/2230/dep
The first train (22:36) is standing in the station and they will not let people on it at 22:30. This is very irksome and subject of a complaint to the Transport Manager*
The second train (22:43) does not run at all. Most often, less than 50%.
The third train (23:04) runs but not every time.
The fourth train (23:13) runs, but can be late and misses the connection. (connected on Friday as the London train was late)
The fifth train (22:43) means arriving home after midnight. (if the second train does not run it may depart much later but before 22:43, But is a slow train and I still get home after midnight.)
*The Transport passed my message on to Southern Rail, but their reply was nonsense.
It is the last West Coastway train that is the final straw. After working all day, another six hours is too much and by that time everybody is getting tired and irritable.
It is no surpise to me that the gates for evening matches (even play-offs) tend to be lower. Or that other fans leave before time to save an hour on their journey home.
On reflection an eight o'clock KO would making getting home even more tricky. It would make getting there on time easier though.
seagull_in_malaysia
Active member
Sorry just one more question. I should be able to get the 17.57 from Victoria which gets to Lewes at 19.08. Is there a queueing system at Lewes/is it difficult to get on board Brighton-bound trains at that time? I'm hoping that getting to Lewes at just after 7pm won't be an issue if I'm aiming to be at Falmer just before KO. Thanks!
HH Brighton
Well-known member
- Jul 25, 2003
- 1,517
Lewes is not normally a problem at this time although for the Fulham game we had couldn't get on the first 3 coach train that came in and had to wait for next one. I think this was due to a cancellation earlier but generally not too bad.