[Brighton] Thousands queuing for trains at Brighton station

[father_and_son]

I'm wondering why so many people left it so late before heading home. I would have been in bed with my cocoa long before midnight and the time they headed for the station.

Like a normal night out..

If you aren't in bed by 10pm... might as well head home!

 

[Vicar!]

This. There were a load of kids who would want to see Britney, and its barffingly clear that if the show finishes at 22.30 you won’t be going home on public transport. She should have gone on much earlier. Maybe the way forward is a camping ( sorry) facility, racecourse?

 

[pearl]

Not a lot to see today. The big green wall is still up all round the park for the LoveBN1Fest that's on later. Looking forward to Roweta, Gabrielle, Jess Glynne and Nile Rodgers with Chic. Us PP residents got offered up to 4 tickets free. Which was nice.

Not checked our front garden for mobile phones yet. Most years there's one in there. Always fun scrolling through the 'did you get the stuff?' messages while trying to find someone to contact to reunite the phone with it's owner

To be fair to the Pride organisers and the council clean-up team, the clean-up operation is usually pretty impressive and the park is back to normal by midweek.

yeah but there's a trail of shite everywheres else

 

[pearl]

I really think it’s time to alternate this event,why not have it every other year?Why not use other vibrant,open minded cities like Croydon or Portsmouth,Burnley.It will give Brighton a chance to recover,I think it should be every 4 years,the whole event must cost council tax payers 10s of millions every year,money that could be spent on free school meals during the summer holidays and such like.


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[sjamesb3466]

Nothing can compare with big beach boutique 2. The pictures are still incredible. Utter carnage and downright dangerous. 250k people was mentioned?

That was madness. I was 15 and got the train from Hassocks (had to wait a couple of trains on the way in as they were stopping but there was physically no room to get in board). After it finished we got back to Brighton Station which had been closed by the police on safety grounds. My folks had to come and collect us but couldn't get into the city until about 1am.

Great event though, had never seen both men & women pissing up against the same wall before!

 

[Ernest]

Nothing can compare with big beach boutique 2. The pictures are still incredible. Utter carnage and downright dangerous. 250k people was mentioned?

And the rest, I remember the days before and they said it was expected there would be about 20k or so going and no extra trains would be needed. About lunchtime on the day when the count of people arriving at the station had already gone through more than double it was panic stations all round

 

[maffew]

I remember the days before and they said it was expected there would be about 20k or so going and no extra trains would be needed

I think its fair to say that was an epic fail and there were more than 20 thousand. Cant really blame the trains for this one

 

[wellquickwoody]

I think its fair to say that was an epic fail and there were more than 20 thousand. Cant really blame the trains for this one

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Crazy, crazy night! As said earlier, around a quarter of a million people on or around Brighton beach. Supermarkets had actually sold out of beer and wine, traffic did not move for around 2 or 3 miles away, in fact the A23 saw 15 mile tailbacks. The city was swamped, overrun even, but by God it was memorable. And the images were amazing, from above, from the beach or from the water. Maybe BHCC could try to create an all inclusive event beachside event for maybe 100k people, more controllable but still iconic.

 

[Baker lite]

Would have been a nice touch if the 1000s that were stranded in town took some of their shite home..

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Have the police found many discarded knives and knuckle dusters ?

Yes, they are convinced that they were discarded by revellers who were taking a train home to East Croydon.

 

[Westdene Wonder]

Yet again Southern Fail and other railway authorities show they are utterly unable to run a railway service. Disgraceful.

I understand that the station gates were closed on the advice of the police

 

[HantsSeagull]

please tell me they are all still stuck there ?

 

[Westdene Wonder]

There were issues before Britney finished her set ,remember London Road station shut therefore local people had to use Brighton station

And Preston Park

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

And the rest, I remember the days before and they said it was expected there would be about 20k or so going and no extra trains would be needed. About lunchtime on the day when the count of people arriving at the station had already gone through more than double it was panic stations all round

But that was before some clown of a DJ on Radio One told all his listeners to get down to Brighton for a free Fatboy gig.

 

[Luke93]

Would have been a nice touch if the 1000s that were stranded in town took some of their shite home..

No different to any day after a weekend’s sunny day tbh.

 

[Pickles]

No different to any day after a weekend’s sunny day tbh.

I disagree there.

I take my kayak from various Worthing beaches, and have barbies and beers frequently.

I rarely see any crap left from people,and trust me,I do look.

People are generally good, or maybe that's just the Worthing guys?

 

[atomised]

And Preston Park

Also closed I believe

 

[tiberious]

WHAT !!! You mean the police failing to control large crowds...... blimey.

Interesting comments..... people pushing to get on trains over crowded platforms people pushed on lines or crushing injuries.. police cant win either way. It seems to me the problem was everybody wanted to get on the train at the same time as they all wanted to watch Britney. Southern added 15 extra trains but this was not enough. Could they have added more? I expect not as you probably can only have one train on a stretch of line at one time. The main role of the police in these sort of incident is the preservation of life which as nobody died they succeded in

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I understand that the station gates were closed on the advice of the police

Because GTR couldn't get enough trains running to carry people. Thus the police had to prevent overcrowding in the station. GTR had months to get a plan in place - Pride is ALWAYS busy. It's hardly rocket science. Remember this is the same company that is so pathetic is can't provide a decent service to everyday commuters or for the London to Brighton bike ride. GTR shouldn't be allowed to run a rail service at all.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

Should have left on the 85th minute..................