Brighton Line news.

[RichardN]

Closing between Three Bridges and Brighton for two, week long blockades in Oct 2018 and Feb 2019...

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/runni...-east/brighton-main-line-improvement-project/

And East Croydon upgrade inches forward.

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/feeds...don-railway-redevelopment-gets-funding-boost/

 

[PhilipW]

Which side of the line are the two new platforms at East Croydon planned to be, west or east ?
I presume it will be a island platform with two new faces.

 

[RichardN]

West Side. This link https://www.londonreconnections.com/2015/east-croydon-revisited/ shows the plans as they were in 2016...

 

[trainmania100]

I heard somewhere the seaford branch was also going to be upgraded signalling etc but just wibble I think
For me the most exciting part of the bml work will be the ballast trains. Hoping to see some work being undertaken as Clayton area has some great railway bridges to see the action on