Trains delayed AGAIN

[Arthur]

From Southern Rail Twitter feed:

NR have informed us that line btwn HHE & TBD will be closed all day. FCC, SWT & SET accepting our tickets on all reasonable routes

What's considered a reasonable route? Actually scrap that, how do we get down this evening?

 

[beorhthelm]

Network Rail have just announced it will be closed all day.

yep, f***ed. WFH FTW!!1!one!

A quick query, what is the point of FCC accepting Southern tickets, surely it runs on the same line?

seems odd at first but basically means you can get any train to/from the carnage.

 

[beorhthelm]

What's considered a reasonable route? Actually scrap that, how do we get down this evening?

via "mid sussex route" which i dont know myself (horsham - littlehampton?) or via St Leonards Warrior Sq. quite possible to get down to Falmer, but the return will be a mare.

or car. imagine taxis from Three Bridges will be doing good business.

 

[EastbourneGull]

Does anyone know if this affect the Victoria - Eastbourne Line?

 

[DJ Leon]

Shit. Need to get from Richmond to Falmer this evening and have no car. I could be screwed here.

 

[Virgo's Haircut]

Does anyone know if this affect the Victoria - Eastbourne Line?

It will indeed. All Southern services from Brighton/Eastbourne to London are affected.

 

[The Large One]

Posted this on the other thread...

Spoke to a Southern Railways bloke on the train today.

They're sending in structural engineers to look at the tunnel, after a train driver reported a lot of brick debris on the line inside the tunnel - but in classic English parlance 'it's not going to be a five-minute job.' This looks to be a major job in the offing here.

For non-school run times, they are going to commandeer as many buses as possible for the link between Three Bridges and Haywards Heath. If you need to do Brighton - London, he said, and were prepared to take a bit more time, you can either go down to Littlehampton and up to Victoria, or along to Hastings and up to Charing Cross. Either route will add about 90 minutes to your journey.

 

[beorhthelm]

Does anyone know if this affect the Victoria - Eastbourne Line?

yep, f***ed too.

i was at Lewes and they are cancelling all Eastbourne-Ore trains, which is a bit odd as you wonder where they are all hiding (trains from Eastbourne were running through and to Haywards Heath). there was also a emergency special running Brighton-Eastbourne-Hastings-London Bridge, which meant no regular Brighton-Eastbourne was running. so, the only service running back to Eastbourne currently is the two carriage maggot for Ashford.

if i were coming from or returning to Eastbourne after the game, i dont think i'd rely on a train service right now. hopefully they'll sort something by then, but...

 

[The Large One]

What it might mean - though the bloke didn't want be specifically drawn on it - is that there might be more rolling stock available for peak times at tonight's game.

 

[Tummy Burger]

Just as well I am WFH today

That old chestnut.

 

[Beach Hut]

That old chestnut.

Trouble is any home night games are a risk so always WFH home where possible

 

[dwayne]

Ah well f*** it at least it's on tv. Il watch at the pub now....

Trains better be ok on Tuesday!!!!

 

[VeronaSeagull]

Lots of Park and Riders tonight I would assume?

Was hoping to leave work in London early to get down to watch it in a pub in Brighton, might just settle for HH now

 

[Napper]

The awful summer continues for the trains

 

[willyfantastic]

i got to hh station by 7.40, queue was HUGE, managed somehow to get straight onto a coach as it pulled up next to me. got into work in LDN by 9.45am. Having to work through lunch to make up time and leave at 5.30, but dont much hope at all of making it, pretty gutted. do you reckon i could ring the ticket office and get them to print off a paper copy of my ticket for a mate? i took my ST with me to work....

 

[Rookie]

Will this mess up the park 'n ride, seem to struggle with evening games as it is but won't rail replacement services steal some buses fromus

 

[junkoid]

DJ Leon - I'm driving from Kingston this afternoon - leaving around 4/4.15. If you could get away at that time and feel inclined to contribute to the gas, I've got space in the car

 

[Bozza]

i got to hh station by 7.40, queue was HUGE, managed somehow to get straight onto a coach as it pulled up next to me. got into work in LDN by 9.45am. Having to work through lunch to make up time and leave at 5.30, but dont much hope at all of making it, pretty gutted. do you reckon i could ring the ticket office and get them to print off a paper copy of my ticket for a mate? i took my ST with me to work....

Yes, but make sure he has as many of your details as possible and have your phone on and available for when you expect him to be picking up the ticket, just in case.

 

[shingle]

Left Lewes at 8am, arrived At Haywards Heath and waited in Queue for bus to Three Bridges. Gave up after half hour and returned to Lewes. Station staff at HH says its serious damage to the tunnel at Balcombe and they think that there will be serious delays to and from London to The South Coast all weekend. Tonight will be a nightmare for all London based Seagulls. The advice given for that by staff is....LONDON VICTORIA to UCKFIELD, and bus from Uckfield to the Amex.

 

[willyfantastic]

Left Lewes at 8am, arrived At Haywards Heath and waited in Queue for bus to Three Bridges. Gave up after half hour and returned to Lewes. Station staff at HH says its serious damage to the tunnel at Balcombe and they think that there will be serious delays to and from London to The South Coast all weekend. Tonight will be a nightmare for all London based Seagulls. The advice given for that by staff is....LONDON VICTORIA to UCKFIELD, and bus from Uckfield to the Amex.

good stuff will try and do that instead, guess my HH-Vic season ticket wont be covered for it though wonder if they will take my travel voucher at Uckfield.