East and West Coastway Southern trains from Brighton

[Carrot Cruncher]

Is that why there's a load of old Silverlink stock just outside Brighton station?

 

[bigc]

It all depends how well they are "refreshed". They currently look vile..

The old metro ones that SWT use have been refreshed alright, but the FCC one's (which are ironically newer) don't seem to have gained anything from it.

 

[LA1972]

As I suspected a bunch of train spotters - Im off down the pub

 

[DerbyGull]

They seriously need to nationalise the whole lot of 'em and then make train travel FREE, that will sort out the congestion on the roads and pollution from too many cars. In fact while you're at it nationlise buses TOO.

 

[Normandy seagull]

There was an article in the Sussex Express last week about it- got to say I am rightly pissed off with Southern. Can't believe they are doing this and I will be boycotting using their route from Seaford to Brighton. Also the prices have shot up. I could get a return with my railcard from Seaford to Brighton for £2.20- now it is £4 and the railcard doesn't give a discount on the day anymore- what rubbish!

 

[Spun Cuppa]

I use that route and it's got to be better than going by the snail-like 12 bus along the front shirley!?

 

[willingdon_seagull]

There was an article in the Sussex Express last week about it- got to say I am rightly pissed off with Southern. Can't believe they are doing this and I will be boycotting using their route from Seaford to Brighton. Also the prices have shot up. I could get a return with my railcard from Seaford to Brighton for £2.20- now it is £4 and the railcard doesn't give a discount on the day anymore- what rubbish!

We can all be pissed off with Southern all we like but its NOT Southern's decision to deploy these trains on our routes. It is down to the DfT who govern all train operators and dictate to them what type of trains they have to run - like the appaling cold Gatwick Express trains that we now have to put up with between London and Brighton. All completely out of Southerns hands im afraid.

 

[VAL1850]

Modern train coaches to be replaced with old rolling stock - Eastbourne Today