Why even bother discussing it? Sure, maybe, long term, Brighton could 'do a Croydon' and tell the private car to just f*** off in favour of moderne tram/monorail priority, but tram/monorail won't give you much more in the way of capacity than a much smarter use of buses. That, and telling the...
If there's all these totally unused twelve carriage trains sitting in sidings all over the place on Boxing Day, couldn't the club just charter a couple, throw away the timetable and run a leaves-Falmer-only-when-full shuttle between Brighton-Falmer-Lewes? How hard could it be?