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https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24715414.brighton-mp-calls-improved-public-transport-amex-stadium/

Millwall has 4 train stations serving it which is a big difference, most local fans use Bermondsey tube, New Cross Gate and Surrey Quays. South Bermondsey only has four 4 car trains an hour scheduled and a 5th and 6th is diverted to serve on matchday. 6 is the maximum number of trains that the...

It’s a completely ridiculous situation that nobody can bothered to fix, it drives me up the wall as much as anyone else.

Because the contract with the department for transport stipulates that scheduled services have to be a certain length, that cannot be applied to additional services. Ultimately its the broken up way the railways are run, I don't think its very good, but I don't know what people want to happen...

Southern provide 6 trains an hour, which is the full capacity of the line. Extra trains run on all matchdays (2tph from Brighton to Lewes), the issue is midweek the carriage length, that is down to procurement of rolling stock, which falls under the responsibility of the Department of Transport.

Glad someone else said it before I did. Write to your local MP, the talk from the two MPs earlier in the season, has started a working group within the industry to solve the problem, it won't however be quick. You cannot magic trains out of nowhere. Ultimately though if you can't be bothered to...