8 coach train

[387star]

I'm on an 8 coach 0852 southern train from chichester to Portsmouth is it booked for 8 whole traon near empty

 

[transportphoto]

Hi ml,

I take your point that this particular service is near empty, however when you think about the bigger picture; you may find that other services in its diagram are not 'near empty' but however need the 8 cars.

HTH

 

[ushawk]

Unsure if its related but Brighton - Victoria services are diverted via West Coastway today formed of 8 coaches (12 from Littlehampton), so it might go back to Brighton and then form a London service - hence why its 8 coaches.

 

[387star]

That would be it was from Brighton how does it get london wrsy coastway

 

[Fred26]

It's easier running an 8 car set when a four will do, than it is to make an ECS move.

 

[MCR247]

Southern run 8 coach 377s on London - Bognors all day when they don't need it....

 

[rail-britain]

Quite similar to Glasgow - Ayr weekend services
They start off as 6 cars, often very lightly loaded up to 08:00 (Saturday) and 11:00 (Sunday)
However later in the day and especially in the evening they are well loaded, often full

So rather than try and estimate passenger loads and the hassle of joining sets up during the day, they are just operated all day

 

[swt_passenger]

Unsure if its related but Brighton - Victoria services are diverted via West Coastway today formed of 8 coaches (12 from Littlehampton), so it might go back to Brighton and then form a London service - hence why its 8 coaches.

Barnham to Bognor is also closed today, so there could be all sorts of reasons for that service running as an 8 car, especially early morning as the service starts up.

 

[Fincra5]

Southern diverting London services via the west coastway may have something to do with it.

 

[387star]

diverting trains via west coastway... do you mean via Hove instead of via the Arun Valley?

 

[Fincra5]

Well Preston Park to Three Bridges was closed, so the train would have gone, Brighton-Littlehampton-London. Its possible that the 8 coaches went back from Portsmouth to Littlehampton and join 4 from Brighton,

Or it was 8 coaches down from London to Littlehampton where passengers transfered to a service to Brighton, and then your train continued to Pompy. This would explain the longer length to accomodate more passengers on the west coastway.