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Very good point. There would be no need to continue all trains to Brighton and terminating them short at Hove or Worthing would surely mean more than 2 tph could go via Arundel in times of disruption. And is the impediment to having 2 platforms at Brighton handling 12 car trains insurmountable...

That was from the 2015 route study. Actually it says to be developed in CP7, so if it happens at all it probably wouldn't commence until CP8. These are very early plans and are unlikely to happen if demand growth slows as the stuff planned for CP6 would probably be sufficient to cope with...

Longer closures are obviously a more efficient way of working, but I cannot see that closing the line for months would ever be acceptable. A large proportion of tourists arrive by train and many of them would choose to go elsewhere or not travel at all rather than endure a replacement bus...

You mean like this? Don't get too excited. Pencilled in for Control Period 7 (2024-2029)

An Arundel chord was investigated by Network Rail in the 2015 Sussex Area Route Study. It came to the conclusion that it did not offer good value for money and was not recommended to be taken forward. The main reasons were passengers would still have a 50 minute time penalty and only one...