pure_white
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- Dec 8, 2021
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Burnley and villa. no trains Brighton to Lewes and Brighton to 3 Bridges. More travel chaos for 3pm Saturdays. Big signs being errected at station now
Quite remarkable the number of seperate occasions that there have been line closures between London and Brighton over the last few years, sometimes quite lengthy ones.
Not so long ago any engineering work that needed to be carried out could be done either overnight, or solely at weekends. Now it would seem that isn't always the case.
Isn't brighton to Lewes fine - the issue is brighton to three bridges and lewes to three bridges?
https://www.southernrailway.com/tra...k?date=2022-02-19#engineering-departure-board
Date:
19 February - 27 February 2022 11:59 PM
Routes affected:
Southern / Thameslink services via Three Bridges / Brighton / Lewes
Engineering work is taking place between Three Bridges and Brighton / Lewes, closing all lines every day from Saturday 19 to Sunday 27 February.
Thameslink:
Saturday 19 to Friday 25 February:
Buses will replace trains between Three Bridges and Brighton.
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 February:
It is not yet known how services will be affected by this engineering work, more information will be published here as soon as it is known.
Southern:
It is not yet known how Southern will be affected by this engineering work.
Check before you travel:
These changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.
This is correct in sense that the main train line is disrupted in that period, there will be replacement buses - but Brighton to Falmer and Lewes to Falmer don’t seem to be affected - so it’s quite the leap and not helpful to call the thread “Burnley/Villa - no trains”
The TV schedule hasn't been released yet for those weekends.
Quite remarkable the number of seperate occasions that there have been line closures between London and Brighton over the last few years, sometimes quite lengthy ones.
Not so long ago any engineering work that needed to be carried out could be done either overnight, or solely at weekends. Now it would seem that isn't always the case.
I've read a lot about train issues in England recently.
Same over here, lots of cancellations and delays. Initially the train companies blamed Omicron but soon it emerged that hundreds of train crew workers has resigned due to some kind of neo-liberal work shift planning thing being implemented. What is the reason over there? Just omicron?
Isn't brighton to Lewes fine - the issue is brighton to three bridges and lewes to three bridges?
https://www.southernrailway.com/tra...k?date=2022-02-19#engineering-departure-board
Date:
19 February - 27 February 2022 11:59 PM
Routes affected:
Southern / Thameslink services via Three Bridges / Brighton / Lewes
Engineering work is taking place between Three Bridges and Brighton / Lewes, closing all lines every day from Saturday 19 to Sunday 27 February.
Thameslink:
Saturday 19 to Friday 25 February:
Buses will replace trains between Three Bridges and Brighton.
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 February:
It is not yet known how services will be affected by this engineering work, more information will be published here as soon as it is known.
Southern:
It is not yet known how Southern will be affected by this engineering work.
Check before you travel:
These changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.
I've read a lot about train issues in England recently.
Same over here, lots of cancellations and delays. Initially the train companies blamed Omicron but soon it emerged that hundreds of train crew workers has resigned due to some kind of neo-liberal work shift planning thing being implemented. What is the reason over there? Just omicron?
I’ve heard they will be played as a double header beginning at midnight, on a Thursday. They aren’t going to announce which Thursday until the day before and the whole thing will be dependent upon the outcome of the dancing and cooking programmes.
Dare I say covid is a convenient excuse for many staff over Christmas too...
Not unusual - old railway system, needs a lot of maintenance / updating. Dare I say covid is a convenient excuse for many staff over Christmas too...
Is that midnight in Qatar or UK?
The Week closure a few years ago was to fix Balcombe Tunnel, which was years overdue maintenance wise. This closure is to replace the set of points and related signalling to the south of Haywards Heath I believe.