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Heated debate on the topic the other day, but we think an 8 car would not have clearance off the mainline, and wouldn’t have signal sighting. Could extend at the eastern end but would have to sever the Eastern Link, which is used quite a lot during engineering works.

Agree, although I think making Lewes platform 5 would solve all the problems personally.

I believe those 8 cars towards Eastbourne run as 8 as booked, as the trains are heading to the depot in Eastbourne as 8 carriages. Don't think thats why the Seaford train has 8 carriages, but its mainly to do with splitting and attaching location and the location where the extra stock becomes...

Funnily enough that is also my surname :lolol: . There's a long boring answer why it doesn't happen and the 8 car trains are the ones that they are and I'd probably have to get the toy trains out to explain it. The easiest answer is, that they should have replaced the 313s before retiring them...

Here, here!

The boring answer is an 8 car Thameslink to Lewes would reduce capacity, UNLESS they extended Lewes Platform 5 to accommodate it.

Agree I'd probably say we're in the upper championship when it comes to public transport compared to the rest of the football league. Crewe being the best obviously.

Agree, not sure what is going on there in all honesty, expect its something to with ONTRAK. Not a timetabling matter :lolol: .

Not to bring up this subject because its been done to death, but another platform at Falmer is a non starter, would be better off extending platform 5 at Lewes to accomodate 8 carriages.