Well a little over 10 minutes or else the journey will need to start in Northampton and end in Dieppe. 
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[Travel] London to Brighton in 10 minutes.
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wunt be druv
Oh bugger..!
Very impressive!! Do you think they will use it to get us from Falmer to Brighton?
GT49er
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It's all fenced in, like Eurostar in Kent. Not easily accessible to vandals.
Leaves? Wrong type of snow? The stopping train to Victoria?
el punal
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“Southern are sorry to announce that the journey time from Brighton to Falmer overran by 3.4 seconds. We wish to apologise to our customers for this inconvenience.”
.... and still no toilet!
A journey from, say, London to Newcastle, would take a hell of a lot of fencing. And what about level crossings? They can't be fenced in
GT49er
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Yes, that's all part of the expense. Why do you think HS2 is going to cost as many £Ms?
Ha ha!
They don't have them.
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Brighton to Newcastle would take an hour.
studio150
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Its on a dedicate line with no level crossings.
I think the U.K. should first concentrate on running their regular service properly. Once you’ve mastered this, then you can think about fast trains.
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
Begs the question, we aren't we building maglev trains over here?
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
Thank goodness for that.
Imagine the headline :
"Old lady vaporised as car breaks down on level crossing. Front bumper found in Inverness, rear bumper recovered just outside Bristol."
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beorhthelm
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cost, planning obstructions.
mikeyjh
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Sounds great on paper but you can imagine that for a new high speed link to Brighton would probably finish in Hassocks or somewhere - Probably still save a huge amount of time but there a obvious logistical challenges.
DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
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When I see things like this, I always think the worst. A prime target for terrorists, any crash at max speed would wipe out all the passengers and plenty elsewhere too.
Can we not just go back to these?
Can we not just go back to these?
Gazwag
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A virgin train on its way to Manchester (for example) wouldn't stop in time either, I'm not even sure a London to Brighton travelling at 70mph odd who have much chance.