Preston Park train station reduced level or service from 2018

[Deleted User X18H]

GTR who already run the Thameslink train services and will run Southern services from July 2015, are preparing for a brand new timetable that will run from 2018,

The changes include the loss of some services to and from Preston Park.

I see these is a petition trying to stop them doing it.

Am i the only one who welcomes this move to reduce the level or service to PP.

It s always a ball ache having the train stops and this station with very few at at most times no one getting on or off and just seems to be an interruption to the London to Bright journey.

Does anyone on here use PP station.

Yes nearly everyday .

 

[8ace]

Three!

That one is from Littlehampton.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

That one is from Littlehampton.

Still goes to London though .

It's better when they run rail replacements. There are 4 buses an hour to Brighton today instead of the usual one train . Still quicker to walk to town though!

 

[8ace]

Still goes to London though .

My post was replying to a post about trains from BRIGHTON to London.

 

[Beach Hut]

Lovely to see you yesterday. I imagine as there 3 Brighton and 3 London trains an hour one of which is operated via Southern goes to Victoria and another which goes to Littlehampton via Hove , that the Vic - Littlehampton service will be axed reducing the service to two trains and hour each way and one on a Sunday.

Nice to see you, dear chap.

If the reduce the Victoria - Littlehampton service it also means the same to Ore as the trains split off-peak at Haywards Heath so highly unlikely.

 

[goldstone]

GTR who already run the Thameslink train services and will run Southern services from July 2015, are preparing for a brand new timetable that will run from 2018,

The changes include the loss of some services to and from Preston Park.

I see these is a petition trying to stop them doing it.

Am i the only one who welcomes this move to reduce the level or service to PP.

It s always a ball ache having the train stops and this station with very few at at most times no one getting on or off and just seems to be an interruption to the London to Bright journey.

Does anyone on here use PP station.

I suggest the OP reads through what he has written before posting. The number of typos is embarrassing.

 

[Hampster Gull]

The train companies struggle to confirm which trains are running during a day, let alone 3 years ou

 

[Garage_Doors]

I suggest the OP reads through what he has written before posting. The number of typos is embarrassing.

Pray tell teacher.
please list them.

 

[Diego Napier]

GTR who already run the Thameslink train services and will run Southern services from July 2015, are preparing for a brand new timetable that will run from 2018,

The changes include the loss of some services to and from Preston Park.

I see these is a petition trying to stop them doing it.

Am i the only one who welcomes this move to reduce the level or service to PP.

It s always a ball ache having the train stops and this station with very few at at most times no one getting on or off and just seems to be an interruption to the London to Bright journey.

Does anyone on here use PP station.

I'm assuming you were in a fearful rush when you constructed this post.

How much time does the Preston Park stop add to your journey?

 

[Garage_Doors]

I'm assuming you were in a fearful rush when you constructed this post.

How much time does the Preston Park stop add to your journey?

At a guess i would say 1 minute slowing down time, 2 minutes stopped then 1 minute accelerating back up to speed so total 4 minutes each way so 8 minutes for each return journey.

 

[8ace]

At a guess i would say 1 minute slowing down time, 2 minutes stopped then 1 minute accelerating back up to speed so total 4 minutes each way so 8 minutes for each return journey.

Half that.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Off-peak there are 7 trains an hour Brighton-London, 2 of which stop at PP.

Reread 'NON' stopping means no EC,CJ Or PP, all trains from Brighton to Lindon stop somewhere in between

 

[seagull_in_malaysia]

Reread 'NON' stopping means no EC,CJ Or PP, all trains from Brighton to Lindon stop somewhere in between

I don't think stopping at CJ and EC is too bad a trade off. Besides, a lot of people want to change at those stations.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I don't think stopping at CJ and EC is too bad a trade off. Besides, a lot of people want to change at those stations.

Would agree re CJ, but not EC. That slum is more than well served by other trains.

 

[seagull_in_malaysia]

Would agree re CJ, but not EC. That slum is more than well served by other trains.

But I need the fast train to call there to get me out of this slum on a match day

 

[Diego Napier]

At a guess i would say 1 minute slowing down time, 2 minutes stopped then 1 minute accelerating back up to speed so total 4 minutes each way so 8 minutes for each return journey.

Half that.

And how would you better spend that time you saved? Additional voluntary work? Little longer on the sofa? Increased contribution to world peace? Bit more time in bed?

Is that minuscule amount of time real worth getting worked up about?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

And how would you better spend that time you saved? Additional voluntary work? Little longer on the sofa? Increased contribution to world peace? Bit more time in bed?

Is that minuscule amount of time real worth getting worked up about?

Quite. Especially as the train will lose another 20 unscheduled minutes on the crawl up to London anyway.

 

[mothy]

I commute from hove. I'll happily not stop at pp

 

[8ace]

And how would you better spend that time you saved? Additional voluntary work? Little longer on the sofa? Increased contribution to world peace? Bit more time in bed?

Is that minuscule amount of time real worth getting worked up about?

It'll knock two minutes off the half an hour that it'll take me to walk into Brighton.

 

[AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit]

And how would you better spend that time you saved? Additional voluntary work? Little longer on the sofa? Increased contribution to world peace? Bit more time in bed?

Is that minuscule amount of time real worth getting worked up about?

Spot on!