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They actually go to Eastbourne. Due to the rebuilding at Gatwick Airport, they stopped the splitting and attaching at Haywards Heath of Littlehampton/ Eastbourne trains, and they all just go to Littlehampton.
The Brighton trains then became Eastbourne trains
They actually go to Eastbourne. Due to the rebuilding at Gatwick Airport, they stopped the splitting and attaching at Haywards Heath of Littlehampton/ Eastbourne trains, and they all just go to Littlehampton.
The Brighton trains then became Eastbourne trains
Back in the 80s of course there were no trains from Guildford platform 1 to anywhere other than the Cobham route. But "Takt" style good connections, half-hourly, at Effingham Junction applied for passengers who wished to travel that way. Every Cobham line service was announced at Guildford as "change at Effingham Junction for Epsom".
In 1982/3 for example (the timetable is available on Timetable World, and I have a CWN for this year), the Effingham Junction terminator alternated between Waterloo (SWD service) and Victoria (Central Division service), so places like Sutton would have had an hourly service to Guildford by good connection.
Looks like Effingham had very extensive sidings in those days too (CWN mentions Roads No.2 to No.7; but no No.1?). Not sure if these still exist, I've only traversed the Cobham line in daylight once, and that was in 1988.
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Presumably allowed by the non-existence of the 1818, so there's a spare path behind it.
More generally, why have the regular off-peak fast ('81') services on the Portsmouth Direct never called at Clapham, from what I gather? Right back to 1985 when Clapham calls started appearing on mainline SWD services.
Looks like Effingham had very extensive sidings in those days too (CWN mentions Roads No.2 to No.7; but no No.1?). Not sure if these still exist, I've only traversed the Cobham line in daylight once, and that was in 1988.
Back in the 80s of course there were no trains from Guildford platform 1 to anywhere other than the Cobham route. But "Takt" style good connections, half-hourly, at Effingham Junction applied for passengers who wished to travel that way. Every Cobham line service was announced at Guildford as "change at Effingham Junction for Epsom".
In 1982/3 for example (the timetable is available on Timetable World, and I have a CWN for this year), the Effingham Junction terminator alternated between Waterloo (SWD service) and Victoria (Central Division service), so places like Sutton would have had an hourly service to Guildford by good connection.
Looks like Effingham had very extensive sidings in those days too (CWN mentions Roads No.2 to No.7; but no No.1?). Not sure if these still exist, I've only traversed the Cobham line in daylight once, and that was in 1988.
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Presumably allowed by the non-existence of the 1818, so there's a spare path behind it.
More generally, why have the regular off-peak fast ('81') services on the Portsmouth Direct never called at Clapham, from what I gather? Right back to 1985 when Clapham calls started appearing on mainline SWD services.
I guess it's been many years since trains terminated there regularly, so there isn't the need for the sidings to store passenger stock anymore. By contrast in the early 80s 2tph terminated there, and more than that in the peak hours.
Going back further than that, in 1967 certain morning Guildford via Cobham services divided there and left 4 cars in the sidings between the peaks, to be picked up again by services to Waterloo in the late afternoon.
I guess it's been many years since trains terminated there regularly, so there isn't the need for the sidings to store passenger stock anymore. By contrast in the early 80s 2tph terminated there, and more than that in the peak hours.
Going back further than that, in 1967 certain morning Guildford via Cobham services divided there and left 4 cars in the sidings between the peaks, to be picked up again by services to Waterloo in the late afternoon.
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