[Travel] No trains brighton main line

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nordicgod

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polegate

• Dec 20, 2019

• #1

Heads up Another day on the railway , balcombe tunnel flooded so no trains running in either direction this morning 20/12

 

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BensGrandad

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Haywards Heath

• Dec 20, 2019

• #2

Enforced early Christmas finish for many who may finish today it seems.

 

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nordicgod

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Jul 21, 2011

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polegate

• Dec 20, 2019

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• #3

Wednesday signals out at Croydon
Thursday Gatwick station power out
Friday Balcombe tunnel flooded

Gonna cost Network rail a bit of dosh

 

Herr Tubthumper

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The Fatherland

• Dec 20, 2019

• #4

Wouldn’t happen in Germany.

 

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doogie004

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wisborough green

• Dec 20, 2019

• #5

Barber out ?


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jonny.rainbow

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• Dec 20, 2019

• #6

Vote Tory, Get Tory.

 

Stat Brother

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• Dec 20, 2019

• #7

Wrong kind of water?

 

Thunder Bolt

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• Dec 20, 2019

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M23 closed in both directions between Pease Pottage & Crawley due to floodwater.

 

Cowfold Seagull

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Cowfold

• Dec 20, 2019

• #9

Wife driving to Epsom for work . . . hope she gets through.

 

BBassic

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Jul 28, 2011

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• Dec 20, 2019

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My other half has had to go via Barnham to get to Gatwick this morning. No seats. Sounds like a shit of a journey.

 

Westdene Seagull

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The arse end of Hangleton

• Dec 20, 2019

• #11

nordicgod said:

Wednesday signals out at Croydon
Thursday Gatwick station power out
Friday Balcombe tunnel flooded

Gonna cost Network rail a bit of dosh

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I wonder if the HS2 money could be better spent on bringing the current railway infrastructure out of the Victorian age and into the 21st century ? Of course it bloody well could !

 

Beach Hut

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Jul 5, 2003

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Living In a Box

• Dec 20, 2019

• #12

Let's wait for this all to be Southern Railways fault and rail privatisation

 

pasty

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Jul 5, 2003

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West, West, West Sussex

• Dec 20, 2019

• #13

TGIF

WFH day.

 

RandyWanger

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Done a Frexit, now in London

• Dec 20, 2019

• #14

Hopefully they sort trains and the roads by tomorrow!

 

middletoenail

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Jul 2, 2008

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Hong Kong

• Dec 20, 2019

• #15

Westdene Seagull said:

I wonder if the HS2 money could be better spent on bringing the current railway infrastructure out of the Victorian age and into the 21st century ? Of course it bloody well could !

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Absolute shambles the rail network in UK. I'm just about to catch a high speed train from Shanghai to Beijing and it's a real pleasure.

I believe that MTR Corporation (Hong Kong) is sorting out the cross rail in London. Shame we can't give them the whole network.

 

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011

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On the Border

• Dec 20, 2019

• #16

middletoenail said:

Absolute shambles the rail network in UK. I'm just about to catch a high speed train from Shanghai to Beijing and it's a real pleasure.

I believe that MTR Corporation (Hong Kong) is sorting out the cross rail in London. Shame we can't give them the whole network.

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Same with Japan, on time to the second, plus with the bonus of all trains spotlessly clean, and no unfunny PA announcements,

 

Peter Grummit

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Oct 13, 2004

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Lewes

• Dec 20, 2019

• #17

Water is at rail level through Balcombe tunnel which is quite tricky with 3rd rail electrification!

Tbf to Network Rail, they have done a lot of work to try and shore up the tunnel and make it more resilient to flooding. But this is unprecedented rainfall levels and, as the M23 closure suggests, there are wider causes to blame - global warming!

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Weststander

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• Dec 20, 2019

• #18

Thunder Bolt said:

M23 closed in both directions between Pease Pottage & Crawley due to floodwater.

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McDonnell would’ve nationalised the motorways.

 

Durlston

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Haywards Heath

• Dec 20, 2019

• #19

jonny.rainbow said:

Vote Tory, Get Tory.

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I'm quite smug about the above. Excellent post.

 

portlock seagull

Why? Why us?

Jul 28, 2003

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• Dec 20, 2019

• #20

middletoenail said:

Absolute shambles the rail network in UK. I'm just about to catch a high speed train from Shanghai to Beijing and it's a real pleasure.
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Perks of living in a dictatorship I guess Not that you could criticise or complain. Not unless you wanted a holiday to a gulag, sorry, correctional facility!! (Be careful how you reply, you are being monitored...)