[Travel] No trains brighton main line

[Billy the Fish]

Roads around Hayward Heath are treacherous. A275 is flooded at Sheffield park, A272 had rivers running either side in places. I'm glad to be of the road as there's a ridiculous number of drivers who aren't adjusting their speed. I've had two cars swerve in from of me to avoid puddles they couldn't see around a sharp bend and one dickhead who thought he was Lewis Hamilton racing up behind me and then getting pissed off because I'm not going fast enough.

 

[Insel affe]

Roads around Hayward Heath are treacherous. A275 is flooded at Sheffield park, A272 had rivers running either side in places. I'm glad to be of the road as there's a ridiculous number of drivers who aren't adjusting their speed. I've had two cars swerve in from of me to avoid puddles they couldn't see around a sharp bend and one dickhead who thought he was Lewis Hamilton racing up behind me and then getting pissed off because I'm not going fast enough.

Bollox, I have to drive to Heathrow tonight and drop a car between 8-9am and we fly 6am Saturday morning.
Not sure of the best route and can only leave at 6pm after work...

Anyone any ideas on best route, I was thinking of A24 up to Crawley and round until I can join again.

 

[N17]

Another 20 years and they might make a decision on BML2.

I'll be long retired (or dead) before that ever gets built.

 

[rippleman]

If so much money is being pumped in to subsidise private companies anyway, why not re-nationalise? Invest the money we are giving to private companies directly into the infrastructure. Then if profits are generated they are immediately re-invested rather than being paid out to shareholders. Simples?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Pitch inspection 11am

Sauce? Nothing on club site or Twitter.

If that was a prediction fair enough, but anyone "attempting a Timmy" over this will have an NSC-free Christmas.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Sauce? Nothing on club site or Twitter.

If that was a prediction fair enough, but anyone "attempting a Timmy" over this will have an NSC-free Christmas.

The problem won't be whether or not the game goes ahead, but whether or not I can get there.

 

[Guinness Boy]

The problem won't be whether or not the game goes ahead, but whether or not I can get there.

Last shopping weekend before Xmas, transport issues on road and rail and the potential for Sheffield United fans to arrive late could all result in a fairly low number of bums on actual seats. The pretendance will still be over 30k but might be fewer than 25k in the ground. Good luck getting there, and to everyone else north of the downs.

 

[beorhthelm]

Another 20 years and they might make a decision on BML2.

I'll be long retired (or dead) before that ever gets built.

the decision on BML2 is no, because despite coming up every time theres a major problem on BML, there is no demand for it. do you really want billions spent on that, rather than improvements to existing network?

 

[Easy 10]

Sauce? Nothing on club site or Twitter.

If that was a prediction fair enough, but anyone "attempting a Timmy" over this will have an NSC-free Christmas.

This.

It does irritate me when people arbitrarily post something like that up as "fact" when it could just as easily be speculation, but you end up dicking around checking up anyway.

Sake.

 

[Lush]

M23 pic

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Our cunning plan to turn the People's Republic of Brighton into an island seems to be working. Mwah ha ha. #BRIXIT

 

[dazzer6666]

Our cunning plan to turn the People's Republic of Brighton into an island seems to be working. Mwah ha ha. #BRIXIT

Thought the plan was to turn Crawley into a reservoir ? Would have been more humane to give them a warning but never mind.

 

[Washboard Didgets]

let's hope the sheffield united team bus drove down and the players are stuck in the traffic and all have cramp for tomorrows game, or fly down and get stuck in the 2 hour ques getting out of the airport

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I've just seen their team bus parked in the coach park at Gatwick (on the left as you drive towards South Terminal).

 

[Gwylan]

do you really want billions spent on that, rather than improvements to existing network?

Yes

Because no matter how many improvements are made to the existing network, it's a single route and if it's blocked that's people in B&H, Eastbourne, Lewes, Shoreham, HH etc cut off from the capital. The reason that this is a problem is that house prices in the area have risen too far to be affordable to many locals so thousands of people commute to London. Disruptions like today's are going to affect many businesses: those billions on BML2 would probably save money in the long run.

 

[portslade seagull]

Took Mrs P 3hrs to drop our son off to Gatwick for his flight to Edinburgh

 

[Fitzcarraldo]

Are trains likely to be back up running down the Brighton mainline later today? All showing cancelled at the moment.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Are trains likely to be back up running down the Brighton mainline later today? All showing cancelled at the moment.

Looks like both the M23 and both lines at Balcombe have now reopened so, although there will be loads of disruption, things should move a bit.

 

[pasty]

After Wednesdays debacle on the trains, I'm bloody glad I'm wfh today. Feel sorry for anyone that had to go to London today

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Our cunning plan to turn the People's Republic of Brighton into an island seems to be working. Mwah ha ha. #BRIXIT

Well you Brightonians all seem to think that Sussex ceases when you reach the foot of the South Downs. Now it almost literally does!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Took Mrs P 3hrs to drop our son off to Gatwick for his flight to Edinburgh

Three hours to drive from Portslade to Gatwick, one hour to fly from Gatwick to Edinburgh.

Crazy.

 

[portslade seagull]

Three hours to drive from Portslade to Gatwick, one hour to fly from Gatwick to Edinburgh.

Crazy.

Rain stops play well the Trains, Cars and replacement buses. Only in England