Late night services

[7ransport]

On Tuesday Night/Wednesday morning I was the only passenger aboard the 01:15 Eastbourne - Hastings service which ironically was an 8 car working, which connected from the RRBS from the 22:45 from London Victoria. The Replacement bus got to Eastbourne a good 30 minutes before the train left, which begs the question, would it have been cheaper for southern to have put me in a taxi and cancelled the service? Surely it would cost more to run a scheduled service? It probably would’ve been quicker anyway!

 

[Acey]

May be required to run for stock working and crew placing !

 

[zwk500]

It might have been, if they'd known only 1 person would be on it in advance. Late nights, even midweek, can be tricky ones to predict.

 

[Surreytraveller]

They wouldn't save any money, though.

 

[sonic2009]

May be required to run for stock working and crew placing !

Runs back empty from Hastings - Eastbourne. AFAIK no Southern drivers/staff based at Hastings.

 

[Acey]

Runs back empty from Hastings - Eastbourne. AFAIK no Southern drivers/staff based at Hastings.

Right you are then !

 

[Craig1122]

Presumably it wasn't non stop so you'd also need to check if anyone was waiting at any intermediate stations and find another taxi if they were.

 

[matt_world2004]

On Tuesday Night/Wednesday morning I was the only passenger aboard the 01:15 Eastbourne - Hastings service which ironically was an 8 car working, which connected from the RRBS from the 22:45 from London Victoria. The Replacement bus got to Eastbourne a good 30 minutes before the train left, which begs the question, would it have been cheaper for southern to have put me in a taxi and cancelled the service? Surely it would cost more to run a scheduled service? It probably would’ve been quicker anyway!

Probably this was a depot move as well and likely the rail replacement bus was appended to other duties before doing the trip to take you home