That's good to know. I guess the extra services weren't loaded into the national rail enquiries database when I looked. I suspected they wouldn't have enough capacity to turn 4 trains an hour at Lewes and run two Eastbourne services, but glad to be proven wrong.
The back 7 cars wouldn't get on the platform at Lewes though so lead to long delays waiting for everybody to walk up 7 coach instead of the current 3
They are running as (Q) trains, 2L78-2L96, they are in there on Real Time Trains. Should all run.
I wonder what the cost to make platforms 3, 4 and 5 all 12 car length would be? I suppose if you timed it to coincide it with when the points at then junction to the east are life expired and need replacing anyway, that might keep the cost down. Then you've got the listed signal box that would almost certainly need moving. I guess you'd have to lose the southern siding too. Got to be talking over £20m for that scale of works.
I think extending 3 and 4 would be er, difficult, I did have a look on google maps, and probably the best solution would be a 12 car turnback siding eastbound of platform 5 and a crossover that extended from platform 3 into the new imaginary turnback siding, obviously removing the signal box. The best solution would of course be a total remodeling of the entire coastway to Ore, maybe if they ever decide to do BML2 that will happen
Probably easier to just extend the monorail.I think extending 3 and 4 would be er, difficult, I did have a look on google maps, and probably the best solution would be a 12 car turnback siding eastbound of platform 5 and a crossover that extended from platform 3 into the new imaginary turnback siding, obviously removing the signal box. The best solution would of course be a total remodeling of the entire coastway to Ore, maybe if they ever decide to do BML2 that will happen
Jack has spoken though I’ve usually found Trainline gives me an up to date pic once I land at Gatwick. You’ll be fine at that time via either route imoI'll be landing at Gatwick on Saturday morning at 11am after a holiday.
I'm sending my wife home from Gatwick to Bognor with our luggage.
Advice needed, is my best route on the train via Lewes or Brighton?
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You really couldn't make it up
I passed one earlier, sat in a layby at Tidemills, looked like a pre-On The Buses era piece of kit!
Wouldn’t happen in Germany.
