STEVIEBOY1
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I note that some platforms on the Uckfield line are being extended to allow for ten carriage trains to come into service which should make commuting a bit more comfortable.
As this route is operated by diesel units, I was wondering where the extra coaches will be coming from.?
I think at the moment these services are operated by two or four car units, sometimes coupled together to form 8 car trains. I presume like the LOL longer trains a 5 th or 3 rd carriage for each 4 or 2 coach set needs to be produced?
I see too that Uckfield station platform will be extended. I wondered why they did not make it longer when it was newly built in very recent years?
In the publicity I read on the internet, I see that provision for building of the longer platforms have had to take into account the special needs of certain plants and wildlife, newts, dormice etc.,
As this route is operated by diesel units, I was wondering where the extra coaches will be coming from.?
I think at the moment these services are operated by two or four car units, sometimes coupled together to form 8 car trains. I presume like the LOL longer trains a 5 th or 3 rd carriage for each 4 or 2 coach set needs to be produced?
I see too that Uckfield station platform will be extended. I wondered why they did not make it longer when it was newly built in very recent years?
In the publicity I read on the internet, I see that provision for building of the longer platforms have had to take into account the special needs of certain plants and wildlife, newts, dormice etc.,