Southern: Short Platforms

[RichardKing]

Could someone tell me how many coaches can fit into each of the following Southern stations?:

Crawley;
Ifield;
Faygate;
Littlehaven;
Aldrington;
Portslade;
Fishersgate;
Southwick;
Lancing;
East Worthing;
West Worthing;
Durrington - on - Sea;
Goring - by - Sea;
Angmering;
London Road (Brighton);
Moulsecoomb;
Falmer;
Southease;
Newhaven Town;
Newhaven Harbour;
Bishopstone;
Seaford

I am planning to have a day journey (which includes visiting the following stations). As some of my journeys will be made during peak hours, I know that some of the trains I encounter will be very long. It would be handy to know how many coaches each of the above stations can accommodate before-hand, in case the PIS is not working on the train(s).

 

[BRblue]

Could someone tell me how many coaches can fit into each of the following Southern stations?:

Crawley; 12
Ifield; 5
Faygate; 5
Littlehaven; 8
Aldrington; 4
Portslade; Plat1-12, Plat2-7
Fishersgate; 4
Southwick; 8
Lancing; 5
East Worthing;
West Worthing; 8
Durrington - on - Sea; 6
Goring - by - Sea; 6
Angmering; Plat1-6, Plat2-7
London Road (Brighton); 7
Moulsecoomb; 4
Falmer; 8
Southease; 6
Newhaven Town; 5
Newhaven Harbour; Plat1-6, Plat2-8
Bishopstone; 6
Seaford; Plat1-12, Plat2-8

I am planning to have a day journey (which includes visiting the following stations). As some of my journeys will be made during peak hours, I know that some of the trains I encounter will be very long. It would be handy to know how many coaches each of the above stations can accommodate before-hand, in case the PIS is not working on the train(s).

All filled in for you.

 

[RichardKing]

All filled in for you.

Thank you very much! It's must appreciated buddy!

 

[talldave]

Ignore the automated PA announcements at East Croydon for 12 coach trains and short platforms as they're wrong. I attempted to raise this with Southern but their customer services team are so thick I gave up in the end.

 

[RichardKing]

Ignore the automated PA announcements at East Croydon for 12 coach trains and short platforms as they're wrong. I attempted to raise this with Southern but their customer services team are so thick I gave up in the end.

Blimey! I haven't heard that one before. Do you know the reason behind the announcement?

 

[sarahj]

Lancing is 4. Not the best one to get wrong.
West Worthing 6
There is no platform 2 at Seaford. It was lifted many moons ago, though still shows in the Sec Apen.
Angmering 7 both ways.
East Worthing is 4
Southwick is 9

 

[physics34]

dont forget if the station has platforms of different lengths the on train PIS will always announce the shortest platform as it doesnt know any different.. ie at West Norwood, the u platform is 7 coaches max, the down platform is 8 coaches max, but a down train will always announce "front 7 coaches only".

 

[BRblue]

Lancing is 4. Not the best one to get wrong.
West Worthing 6
There is no platform 2 at Seaford. It was lifted many moons ago, though still shows in the Sec Apen.
Angmering 7 both ways.
East Worthing is 4
Southwick is 9

Ta for the corrections... I should of checked more thoroughly, slap on the wrist for me then!

 

[sarahj]

dont forget if the station has platforms of different lengths the on train PIS will always announce the shortest platform as it doesnt know any different.. ie at West Norwood, the u platform is 7 coaches max, the down platform is 8 coaches max, but a down train will always announce "front 7 coaches only".

Yup.Portslade no matter which way will always say 7, despite up being 12.

The complex one is Lewes. PIS keeps her mouth shut, but its:

1&2 : 12 car
3 : 6
4&5 : 7

Although not mentioned on here, Pulbrough Up went from 9 to 8 after the re-signalling. The old semaphore was past the signal box, the new colour light is on the platform.

 

[tsr]

One of the most irritating ones not on the list is Norwood Junction. Platform 6 accommodates 9 coaches but the others (bar Platform 2 which is disused) hold 10. However, unfortunately the PIS not only announces 9 coaches for all platforms, but some trains also actually incorrectly release the doors on the front 9 coaches vice 10 on the wrong platforms. This means that you do not know which doors will open until the driver releases them, by which time it is rather too late to advise passengers... so it seems most people don't bother to correct the onboard PIS anymore.

 

[rf_ioliver]

I thought that Seaford only had one platform now? At least I seem to remember one track being lifted a number of years ago...?

t.

Ian

 

[talldave]

Blimey! I haven't heard that one before. Do you know the reason behind the announcement?

For 12 coach trains, East Croydon's automated platform PA announcement says "passengers for Three Bridges, Crawley, Littlehaven and Horsham may join any part of the train" and then goes on to explain which of the 12 coaches you need to be in after the split at Horsham.

However, because the service has 12 coaches, passengers for Littlehaven must be in the front 8 coaches to be able to disembark.

After a couple of "cut & paste" responses from Southern which made it obvious that they clearly can't read plain English, I gave up.