Advance Train Alert for Watford Away and Boro Home

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HawkTheSeagull

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On the dates of 4th October (Watford away) and the 18th October (Middlesbrough Home) Buses will replace trains between Three Bridges and Brighton, and also between Three Bridges and Lewes. This is due to major (much needed) junction renewal work at Keymer Junction and Haywards Heath Junction, as well as a new footbridge at Balcombe and drainage works at various locations along the line to try and prevent flooding as seen last summer. The work is costing £5 Million in total.

NO train services will operate at all between Brighton/Lewes and Three Bridges, with the only direct trains between London and Brighton, running via Horsham and Littlehampton. Revised services will run on the East and West Coastways as a result of the work.

Also an advance warning for Saturday 8th November for Blackburn home, where no trains will run between Brighton and Worthing due to pre-planned work.

May be worth using Seagull Travel for the home games.

 

CorgiRegisteredFriend

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Did not know anything about west coast v Blackburn. Thats going to effect a lot of fans.

 

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BensGrandad

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Glad I have my OAP bus pass, will have to use that

 

Beach Hut

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BensGrandad said:

Glad I have my OAP bus pass, will have to use that

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Awaits a new thread, how do you use an OAP Bus Pass.........

 

Luke93

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• Sep 28, 2014

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CorgiRegisteredFriend said:

Did not know anything about west coast v Blackburn. Thats going to effect a lot of fans.

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About 5,000. That's a lot of people on coaches and buses...!

 

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BensGrandad

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No 40 bus from HH to St Peters Church then 25 to the ground after the game 25 to The Old Steyne then 40X to Princess Royal Hospital.

 

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East Coast will be hit early next year as well - new signalling is due to *finally* be commissioned apparently.....only 18 months late.

 

Herr Tubthumper

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• Sep 28, 2014

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Wouldn't happen in Germany

 

Beach Hut

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Herr Tubthumper said:

Wouldn't happen in Germany

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In no particular order........

 

Beach Hut

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HawkTheSeagull said:

East Coast will be hit early next year as well - new signalling is due to *finally* be commissioned apparently.....only 18 months late.

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Match day with no trains will be carnage

 

Dirk Lehmann's Python

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Tells you all you need to know about the backwardness of the trains in this country that the engineering works can't be rescheduled for a day they don't have about 15,000 extra people using the service.

 

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TomandJerry

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Barber OUT

 

Beach Hut

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Rohan Ince's Python said:

Tells you all you need to know about the backwardness of the trains in this country that the engineering works can't be rescheduled for a day they don't have about 15,000 extra people using the service.

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Really ?

Whenever it happens it is bound to affect quite a few more than 15,000 people - so when would you program the work then ?

 

Ernest

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Herr Tubthumper said:

Wouldn't happen in Germany

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No as they're always on STRIKE

 

Dirk Lehmann's Python

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Beach Hut said:

Really ?

Whenever it happens it is bound to affect quite a few more than 15,000 people - so when would you program the work then ?

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On a day where this isn't an event at the biggest venue in the county.

Just a thought.

But for some reason they need about 18 months notice

 

Beach Hut

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Rohan Ince's Python said:

On a day where this isn't an event at the biggest venue in the county.

Just a thought.

But for some reason they need about 18 months notice

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Yes they do need 18 months in advance to plan these things.

Perhaps you are totally unaware how many other people use that train service in the week.

Anyway are you actually aware there is a home game with no trains, if so let us all know

 

Dirk Lehmann's Python

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Beach Hut said:

Yes they do need 18 months in advance to plan these things.

Perhaps you are totally unaware how many other people use that train service in the week.

Anyway are you actually aware there is a home game with no trains, if so let us all know

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I'm not talking about in the week, I'm saying they should pick weekends that cause the least amount of disruption - i.e. not in the summer, not at Christmas and not on an Albion (home) matchday.

edit: to clarify, I'm talking about Christmas shopping days rather than Christmas itself when I get that the train network dies

 

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Rohan Ince's Python said:

Tells you all you need to know about the backwardness of the trains in this country that the engineering works can't be rescheduled for a day they don't have about 15,000 extra people using the service.

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The work has been planned for 2 years. It needs this amount of notice to get materials and staff planned for the job as work gets planned at times to the minute due to the fines which get given if they overrun. Due to the planning involved, they cant just change them at short notice, especially for tasks this big which would otherwise need a full line block for a week, which on a mainline would be even more chaos. The work in total costs £ 5 MILLION remember.

The Football League chose to play the games on these dates, questions should be asked about them.

Oh, the East Coast works wont affect Lewes - Brighton and is scheduled to be sorted on the Valentines weekend where the Albion are away at Sheffield Wednesday lolol

 

Beach Hut

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Rohan Ince's Python said:

I'm not talking about in the week, I'm saying they should pick weekends that cause the least amount of disruption - i.e. not in the summer, not at Christmas and not on an Albion (home) matchday.

edit: to clarify, I'm talking about Christmas shopping days rather than Christmas itself when I get that the train network dies

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See the post after your one, are you a bedwetter by any chance ?

 

Dirk Lehmann's Python

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Another reason the rail network is a joke, too many old fossils running it. 'Computer says no' people who think 'forward thinking' is scheduling in some contractors 2 years in advance for maintenance, rather than investing in long term improvement to the service. Same every time someone mentions the railways in vain.