[Albion] No trains Saturday

[Telboy]

There are no trains between Littlehampton and Brighton on Saturday

 

[zefarelly]

That's fairly normal these days

 

[Is it PotG?]

Dunk, flasks, trains.

Whatever next.

Barber OUT.

 

[Questions]

What is up with Dunk seriously.... I’ve been out the loop for a while.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

What is up with Dunk seriously.... I’ve been out the loop for a while.

Ankle injury in the Man Utd game, but not as serious as first thought.

 

[Questions]

Ankle injury in the Man Utd game, but not as serious as first thought.

So bruised, slight fracture or twisted ( slight ligament damage) then Mr Bolt ?

 

[Fungus]

So bruised, slight fracture or twisted ( slight ligament damage) then Mr Bolt ?

Mr Bolt?

 

[banjo]

No parking at Lewes road. Gonna be fun

 

[spence]

As long as there are trains from Three Bridges i don't care about other services.

 

[Questions]

Mr Bolt?

Well I don’t know the man. Bit familiar to call him Thunder.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Well I don’t know the man. Bit familiar to call him Thunder.

 

[Questions]

Whoo .... nah what’s the point

 

[Napper]

FFS just seen this.

Was bad enough Tue with various excuses offered for the shit service to and from Brighton. ( heard 3 excuses )

At least Southern will maintain their 100% impact on games for the season.

 

[Bold Seagull]

The following weekend is the international break with no engineering works planned. They are absolute idiots, as that could easily have been scheduled even if they didn't know our fixtures.

 

[Easy 10]

Pain in the arse for me as well, but they've got to schedule the works some time, and it ain't gonna be in the week.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Pain in the arse for me as well, but they've got to schedule the works some time, and it ain't gonna be in the week.

We must be their biggest single customer. For routes to the Amex, they have Saturdays throughout the year they know we won't have a home game including the international breaks to schedule works to key services to the Amex. Once fixtures are then published, they'll have a whole raft of other weekends to plan works ahead too. Yes, no doubt logistically it would take a lot more work to organise their works around their commitment to the Albion, but you'd think in any other industry that is what a service provider would do.

 

[dazzer6666]

Pain in the arse for me as well, but they've got to schedule the works some time, and it ain't gonna be in the week.

International break the following weekend, been known for about a year.

 

[Easy 10]

We must be their biggest single customer. For routes to the Amex, they have Saturdays throughout the year they know we won't have a home game including the international breaks to schedule works to key services to the Amex. Once fixtures are then published, they'll have a whole raft of other weekends to plan works ahead too. Yes, no doubt logistically it would take a lot more work to organise their works around their commitment to the Albion, but you'd think in any other industry that is what a service provider would do.

International break the following weekend, been known for about a year.

I'm no Network Rail apologist, this will inconvenience me as well. But I gather engineering works are planned months and sometimes years in advance. There are probably a number of factors in play that would make them putting BHAFC's fixture list at the top of their agenda unrealistic. Things such as manpower, equipment availability, the date-sequence of the projects etc.

There's ALWAYS a clusterfvck somewhere on the rail network at weekends due to engineering works, its just a fact of life. Football fans are not the priority, no point grizzling about it.

 

[BensGrandad]

I am told by a relative who does survey work for Network Rail that engineering work is planned a minimum 12 months in advance long before the fixtures or international breaks are known.

 

[The Large One]

I am told by a relative who does survey work for Network Rail that engineering work is planned a minimum 12 months in advance long before the fixtures or international breaks are known.

Good grief.

International breaks are known six years in advance. The current FIFA calendar lists those breaks until 2024.