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One of my biggest gripes has been the poor provision of services on the Coastways from Brighton! The West and East Coastway timetables pre 2020 were some of the best on the network, and did a brilliant job of combining connectivity, frequency and both faster and slower sevices. With only 2tph...

I'd have thought that for Paddington and Liverpool Street at least it would make sense to integrate the two stations as some services may depart from the legacy platforms in peak hours and/or disruption.

Very disappointed at the poor provision of Southern's 'Coastway' services. Especially in the summer months, these trains will be rammed. At least restore the West Worthing shuttles.

What are the chances of any Farewell railtour?

In terms of passing loops, would installation of crossovers at Worthing so that Platform 2 becomes bi-directional go some way to providing a loop in the down direction between Hove and Barnham?

The coastway NEEDS more services on a Monday - Friday basis. Services are RAMMED

On Mondays to Fridays, it appears 313s are the dominant traction on Brighton - Portsmouth services, with 377s on weekends.

Such a retrogade step imo. The trains from Brighton to the East and West Coastway have been rammed in the past few weeks.

I'd argue maybe the Southern coastway routes are more focused to Brighton. Or at least the primary market is shared between Brighton and London

Think Turbostars would be a good fit for this route, with 2/3 doors and a decent interior layout for an inter-regional service. ISTR FGW considered ordering some 172s at some point for the route? Only problem would be the lack of corridor connection between units, but if services were formed of...

What about cutting the Southern services altogether replacing with an additional GWR Bristol/Great Malvern to Brighton every hour? The current daily GWR is well used, but replicates the Southern service, indeed running just behind it as far as Worthing. As a limited stop service that would...

I really like the way they use the GA Hare, very prominent on billboards and on adverts. But I agree that people still associate GA with clapped out 153s and 156s instead of the fanatasic 755/745s

What is the eventual plan when Battersea is opened? Will the line be split into two permanent branches in the near future?

I'm sure we'll be adding Reston to this list in a few years time!

Seconded. Can be a very bleak place to wait. Some more seating and departure boards wouldn't go amiss either

A different route, but normally one (or both) of the Uckfield - Oxted shuttles on Sundays are 2 cars.

Another vote for Stratford, confusing layout (where the hell is platform 10A) and poor facilities on the platforms and in the station.

This video has some footage between 0:15 and 0:20. So does this video Both are not mine, rights go to the creators etc,

https://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2021/features/breaking-news-uckfield-line-to-be-electrified/ Came across this article in the local news today. Can anyone shed any light? If it goes ahead, I guess EMR will get their Class 171s after all!

Worth mentioning that the West Worthing services are not running due to the COVID-19 reduced timetable. Brighton/Seafords are usually 100% 313s, as well as the Hove Shuttle (Brighton-Hove-Brighton etc). Further afield, 313s also operate Littlehampton - Portsmouth & S/S and Littlehampton/Barnham...