Worried Man Blues
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We really need a tunnel going from Falmer into Europe 
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[Sussex] Brighton Main Line 2 to be built?
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Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Exactly, l'll be dead and buried long before the first train runs on the line.
You’ll be alive and well, 105 years old, in a vast Greek villa.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
I've no wish to make it to a grand old age thank you. The Greek villa on the other hand . . .
Thank you for the thought though.
Which one was that? Lewes Road?
If you do then I’m not sure that one was actually listed??
Here’s a great picture mid demolition in 1976!
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Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Never mind the flipping viaduct, l'd look at that first pic just for the Southdown bus.
Superb!
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Route doesn't sound particularly 'mainline' aka London to Brighton and vice versa via most direct route, has to be said
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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This really wouldn’t make much of a difference or cause any capacity increases.
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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No really, neither of these plans solve anything really
Barham's tash
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Mid 1976? Where’s that famous summer?!
So odd as I have vivid memories of being in my Nan’s back garden (D’Aubigny Road) in the early 80’s watching it being taken down to build the Vogue Gyratory Sainsbury’s. Did they take down the bit across Lewes Road sooner and leave the rest?
EDIT: Just looked it up and of course they did. Forgot the shored up closed end that stood at that point for years. Amazing what you forget/don’t remember clearly.
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
It's already over budget and delayed
No but sod bloody West Sussex, just a little money spent on infrastructure in East Sussex would be long overdue. The trainline from Hastings to London is just awful, the main link roads awful. The A21 the most dangerous road in the UK, no better than a country lane in places, needs serious improvement. The half built link road around Hastings pointless. The A27 from Polegate to Lewes, awful instead of building a decent road they used the land to build a cycle track.
The infrastructure in East Sussex has been crap for decades, this has left Hastings as one of the poorest towns in the whole of the South.
macbeth
Dismembered
and that’s before you even think about the suburbs of those places, like sidley or the ridge, which are also incredibly badly served by public transport. anyone not living either on the main line between bexhill and hastings or the mainline to london via t wells can go swivel, apparently. heck, even them building another station at glyne gap/ravenside would be a dramatic improvement
Existing Uckfield line, or existing Brighton Main Line? If the latter - that was covered in the announcement that they're planning to take forward the upgrades to the Uckfield line (ie, the BML is pretty much done in terms of being able to increase capacity).
Washboard Didgets
Graphic Designer
As someone living in East Grinstead I'd be very pleased if this was the outcome.
The only way to the Amex via train at the moment is to get a train to East Croydon (approx 45 minutes in the wrong direction) then change and get a train to Brighton (another 45-60 minutes). Alternatively I can get a bus to Three Bridges (approx 30-45 minutes) then get a train to Brighton (another 30 minutes).
So I currently either drive all the way to Brighton and pay to park (total journey 45 minutes), or drive to Haywards Heath (20-25 minutes) and get the train from there (18-30 minutes).
If I want to enjoy a few beers I have to add £50-60 to match day cost for taxis to and from HH.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway#/media/File:Lbscr1922.jpg
You realise how better connected our towns and villages were back 101 years ago.
You realise how better connected our towns and villages were back 101 years ago.
schmunk
"Members"
Train to Sheffield Park.
121 bus to Lewes.
Train to Falmer.
SImples.
Washboard Didgets
Graphic Designer
Timings and costs please... ?Train to Sheffield Park.
121 bus to Lewes.
Train to Falmer.
SImples.
Not proper Southdown colours though!