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Bloody trains
- Thread starter Bez
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Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Again ?
coagulantwolf
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- Jun 21, 2012
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Makes my journey back from Loughborough to Worthing nearer to 5 hours than the usual 4!
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
RioGrandeGull
Member
There does appear to be some sort of service......
Half hourly between Haywards Heath and Brighton, calling all stations, but going via Hove....!!!
What is also a pain is that Southern never show their extra trains they run, both between Brighton and Falmer, and between Brighton and Worthing, until the Saturday morning.
So, at the moment there are only shown the normal 4 trains an hour from Brighton to Falmer, before the match, with no extra trains back from Brighton towards Worthing, especially as this weekend there are no London trains on the west coast.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Normally, I would agree.
But why so on this occasion? Maintenance schedules are worked out months in advance - certainly way before the fixtures come out.
JTR938
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- Nov 24, 2012
- 631
Ok, but sorry to reffer back to a previous thread abouth Gatwick Express....
Again this morning my service was reduced to 5 carriages (normaly 10), this being the 5 time in 2 weeks so roughly 25% of my journys. When this happens it is very difficult to get a seat! so consequently spent my commute this morning standing next to the toilet with some fat bas***d who hasn’t yet grasped the concept of covering your nose/mouth when sneezing!
My point being, this is meant to be a "premium" service and they certainly know how to charge a "premium" to use the GE but are very quick to reduce the bloody train sizes thus causeing discomfort to poor sods like myself!
HawkTheSeagull
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Thats because those trains are incredibly old - the base equipment is over 40 years old, some of which actually caught fire on a service at South Croydon yesterday - probably why your journey this morning was ran with a shorter train - the other alternative was to cancel, A shorter than normal train is better than no train !!
Not months, but over a YEAR in advance. If anyone is to blame, then its the FL.
JTR938
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- Nov 24, 2012
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n1 gull
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After seeing this thread I just booked Seagulls travel from Hurstpierpoint and it's cost £9.25!
Gutted and no pints at The Battle of Traf before kick off
Gutted and no pints at The Battle of Traf before kick off
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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JTR938
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- Nov 24, 2012
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The Large One
Who's Next?
He said 'On this occasion, give them a break'.
Regarding services provided for the money spent, none of the train companies do that.
Mind you, given certain circumstances, a one-day Travelcard (with TFL use) for £8.95 isn't too shabby.
footychick
Nicola
Well thank god my daughter saw her dad in Hove last weekend.
This. If I get that train it never seems to be on time. Regularly arrives in to Brighton after the stock to form the 7.29 which leaves later
. Regularly short formed. Internal doors that used to squash you that have now mostly been replaced. External doors that could strand you anywhere on the mainline. And if you get past all that then it sits at a red signal at Three Bridges for ever turning it from on time at HH to late at Gatwick. Presumably someone timetabled another service to cross in front of it and forgot the 7.14.And these are the new trains that Gatwick Express are so proud of!
JTR938
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- Nov 24, 2012
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If I could travel to London and back every day for £8.95 I would be over the moon!! Its the £5,800pa I object to for what is a poor and inconsistant service!!
At £8.95 a day I would'nt complain once, honest!