Early Warning - Brighton Line Is Shut Over The Christmas Period

[Tricky Dicky]

You have to take the pain sometime. You will be as miserable as... going back to work anyway, may as well have something else to grumble about.

Not me - love my work.

 

[Guinness Boy]

'WFH' between Christmas and New Year then. Result

This.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Probably a decent time to install the Brighton to Falmer monorail I rekon

 

[Tricky Dicky]

'WFH' between Christmas and New Year then. Result

I always do, if I don't take it as hols. Can't be arsed with the Saturday service stuff. The normal commute I can do on auto-pilot, if I have to start thinking about it, I can't manage.

 

[Napper]

Not meaning to hijack but seem to be people in the know on this thread.

When is London Bridge station due to shut and will there be the same bedford service just going to blackfriars , city thames etc. ?

Thanks

 

[Billy the Fish]

double post

 

[The Large One]

Not meaning to hijack but seem to be people in the know on this thread.

When is London Bridge station due to shut and will there be the same bedford service just going to blackfriars , city thames etc. ?

Thanks

Dec 2014 according to this - assuming 'Thameslink' is the same as 'First Capital Connect'.

 

[bluenitsuj]

Superb. Going up to london on 27th Dec for the night, looks like it could take half a day just to get there. Great.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Will there be bus replacement services?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

well into the new year. "Due to overunning engineering works" I can see it now.

Agree. Although in some respects Xmas is not Xmas unless there is carnage on the trains.

 

[Ernest]

I remember when they did Portsmouth engineering works and it overran by about 2 years

 

[MissGull]

They've got to do it at some point haven't they, and with the majority of commuters off for the festive period, when better to do it? Doubt commuters would enjoy having it the first 2 weeks of Dec.

 

[Cosmic Joker]

Heaven help people flying into Gatwick over Christmas.

Can see National Express and Easybus both doing very well out of this.

 

[bluenitsuj]

I presume there will be bus service between redhill and purley/east croydon. I cannot see any other route. Typical, got a visitor over from abroad, first visit to the country and we have to mess about getting to London. Anyone in the know, know what service they are likely to provide?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

From 27 December, London Victoria to Gatwick train services will be diverted via Dorking and Horsham.

WTF?! Sounds like one helluva journey time.

 

[Ernest]

WTF?! Sounds like one helluva journey time.

1hr 3/4 roughly as has to reverse at Three Bridges and Horsham

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

1hr 3/4 roughly as has to reverse at Three Bridges and Horsham

Good grief!

 

[Ernest]

Good grief!

Nearly 3 hours to Brighton depending on stops

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Nearly 3 hours to Brighton depending on stops

Airport buses are suddenly going to be popular

 

[Ernest]

Airport buses are suddenly going to be popular

Brighton to Gatwick reverse then back to Horsham and reverse and then back up to Victoria via Dorking, West Croydon and Clapham Junction. It happened a few Christmas's ago