(04 May 2013, 7:40 pm)aureolin wrote Interesting find! I'm actually heading down Brighton at the end of the month, so I hope to get a good collection of the fleet down there.
(04 May 2013, 7:43 pm)Daniel wrote Out of interest, how are you getting there? I don't usually stay for the night when I go to places, but if I remember rightly, the trains were really awkward to get to Brighton...
Think it was Sunderland to London or Newcastle to London, and then a connection from there. Arrived quite late in the day, and the last one back home was a few hours later.
(04 May 2013, 8:50 pm)aureolin wrote(04 May 2013, 7:43 pm)Daniel wrote Out of interest, how are you getting there? I don't usually stay for the night when I go to places, but if I remember rightly, the trains were really awkward to get to Brighton...
Think it was Sunderland to London or Newcastle to London, and then a connection from there. Arrived quite late in the day, and the last one back home was a few hours later.
East Coast from Newcastle to London Kings Cross. Then a short walk across to St Pancras, to catch the First Capital Connect service to Brighton. The latter takes about 1h 15m. The FCC trains are pretty regular, even at night, so you shouldn't have any issues.
If you were wanting to do it in a day, I'd look at getting the 07.03 off Newcastle. Worst case scenario would see you in Brighton for about half 11.
(04 May 2013, 9:16 pm)Daniel wrote Must have been somewhere else I was thinking of! I'm assuming the 06:45ish GC train would be a little quicker to London but not sure... I'll have to check!
Might be getting mixed up with another one - that trip may have just been expensive in comparison to others I had looked at :p
(04 May 2013, 9:26 pm)aureolin wrote(04 May 2013, 9:16 pm)Daniel wrote Must have been somewhere else I was thinking of! I'm assuming the 06:45ish GC train would be a little quicker to London but not sure... I'll have to check!
Might be getting mixed up with another one - that trip may have just been expensive in comparison to others I had looked at :p
I've looked at doing the 06.45 GC from Sunderland before, but it takes close to 4 hours. The 7.03 East Coast from Newcastle does it in 2h 37m, as it runs non-stop.
Yeah - anything to and from London can be really expensive. Even booking advance. I'm down there next week, and I was lucky to get my tickets for £60 each way. My Brighton tickets were £143.50 for a super off-peak return.
(04 May 2013, 9:41 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote Certainly was an Interesting find and very unexpected. I've just been looking on virgin trains and the cheapest I found booking on June 10th as an example was £44.50 that's for an adult and £22.25 for a child. Either way i'd say it's 3 day job. with 2 nights in a Hotel. thats how I would do it.
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(24 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm)aureolin wrote Does anyone have any details for Brighton & Hove's 2014 order? Had a brief scout around, but can't seem to find anything.
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