Jesus, what is this? Bus spotting central? Lol. It's actually the 28 and 29(and 29b and 29x?).
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Trains To Falmer On Matchdays (Possibly new info)
- Thread starter Tomnorthi
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Jesus, what is this? Bus spotting central? Lol. It's actually the 28 and 29(and 29b and 29x?).
Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!
Primary data is fact
I think (but can't be arsed to check atm) that the "coach travel only" option for away fans is quoted in the BHCC Officer's Report on the Race Hill P&R that goes to the Council's Planning Committee tomorrow so it must still form part of the Club's Transport Management Plan. How they're going to enforce it, I haven't a clue.
Peter Grummit
Well-known member
March? I was walking by the river between Lewes and Southease. Suggests it is physically possible.
BensGrandad
New member
According to the Brighton & Hove buses website it says No 28 to Uckfield (Crowborugh & Tunbridge Wells evenings and Sundays only) perhaps that is why I have never seen a number 28 only 29 when visiting my son in Crowborough.
It's a rough estimate, for say millwall and palace.
I keep seeing this figure of 2,250 used for the away end too for some reason. It's 2,600 people.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
You may have seen the crew training train, can't run more than 3 car 313's in passenger service.
ManOnTheRun
Active member
Apologies if it has been answered before on one of the other Amex travel threads but ...
What is the maximum passenger capacity of a single train carriage?
What is the maximum passenger capacity of a single train carriage?
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
It must be all those post and threads over the years where we talked about 10% away allocations. Several newspaper articles still refer to our £93M stadium with a 22,500 capacity , isn't the cost now approaching £100M with the upgrades made to restaurant facilities and the 1901ers in the East Stand overspill in our 22,374 capacity stadium ?
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
About 250 rammed in Japanese stylee.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
It varies ... but the 3-coach Class 313 trains that run to Falmer were built with 232 seats per train. With standing passengers, they can probably carry about 120 - 150 passengers per carriage.
Norman Potting
Well-known member
But the 29X only operates one journey each way on weekdays and (I think) one back from BTN on a Saturday, probably doesn't stop at Falmer as it is an "express" service.
Bus anorak and proud.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Top anoraking. The 29X runs non-stop (Mondays to Saturdays) from Coldean Lane to Lewes Bus Station (via the Lewes Bypass and Cuilfail Tunnel). In the other direction, though, it does stop at Falmer Station (but on Mondays to Fridays only).
Ok , probably a fair estimate for those games - for other teams it will be a lot less than 90%.
Norman Potting
Well-known member
I can now turn in basking in the warm glow of Lord B's approval!
Lord Bracknell
On fire
My approval ain't worth a JOT! See ... I've had to alter my original post, to correct the schoolboy error I made. The Brighton to Tunbridge Wells journey leaves Churchill Square at 5.15 pm.
If you want to catch it post match, you can walk to Coldean Lane.
There might be as many/few as 1200 - 1500 people wanting to travel by train from Brighton.
Eh?
That wouldn't even account for the away fans. Let alone the fact that the trains are already over half full.
I agree, but I think we need to look at the probable worst case scenario.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
That's not what the Club's survey of season ticket purchasers found.
30 per cent of Albion supporters - suggesting about 6,000 people in total - put train down as their first choice of travel method. Substantially more than half of those will be coming from the Brighton end.
For away fans, is there no land north of the city (which would be good enough for almost all opponents) that could be used for Park and Ride just as Southampton do for St Marys? Seems to work well there and the car park is a considerable distance from the ground.. 20 minutes or so.