Southern trains when is off peak

GTR, which operates Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services, says it needs to make the changes while major works to lengthen the platforms at Gatwick take place. Thameslink and Gatwick Express trains will carry on much as they are but Southern services from Hastings and Littlehampton to Victoria will be run as separate services rather than combining at Haywards Heath. To achieve this, all off-peak Southern trains from Brighton to London will go from May 17 this year until at least — and possibly longer.

Only route to suffer less trains is Btn-Vic. These platform works mean that there is no option but to develop a dedicated timetable as the Brighton Main Line, the railway running through Gatwick Airport, can accommodate fewer trains per hour. Two things passengers have told us are important to them. When the platform work at Gatwick Airport starts in May , we will have fewer options available meaning that maintaining these division and joining moves creates major potential for delay across the network.

This enables the existing London Victoria to Littlehampton to operate without dividing. This will represent a major service improvement for passengers on the routes to and from Littlehampton and Eastbourne at stations such as Preston Park or Lewes. We are maintaining eight trains to London per hour in the high peaks, and while outside of these times, the service will reduce to six trains per hour, we will be running longer trains.

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Now this. My concern here is that if you dig into the detail this is a reduction in GX services as well as Southern. They are rebranding peak as a very narrow 7. GTR know very well that most passengers will just buy the more expensive Gatwick Express tickets into Victoria for the convenience instead of faffing around changing at Haywards Heath or getting the ironing board comfort of a Thameslink train.

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