Why isn't there many steam tours to the Sussex coast?

[SussexSpotter]

I have been looking through the uksteaminfo website and there isn't many steam tours down to the Sussex coast this year at all, and I don't think there was many in years gone by either :cry: I was very suprised to see this as I would have thought places like Brighton and Eastbourne would be hotspots during the summer for tourists and travellers Infact there is only a couple of steam tours on the Brighton mainline south of Redhill and a few going to Hastings via the Tunbridge Wells line

 

[jay jay]

I have been looking through the uksteaminfo website and there isn't many steam tours down to the Sussex coast this year at all, and I don't think there was many in years gone by either :cry: I was very suprised to see this as I would have thought places like Brighton and Eastbourne would be hotspots during the summer for tourists and travellers Infact there is only a couple of steam tours on the Brighton mainline south of Redhill and a few going to Hastings via the Tunbridge Wells line

I agree. Whilst it would be nice, I believe it is mainly down to capacity on the Brighton mainline - particularly during the week. It is not so much of an issue on the Hastings to T Wells line as there is only 2 trains an hour in each direction off peak. The Brighton mainline is ridiculously overcrowded!

 

[4014540145]

I agree. Whilst it would be nice, I believe it is mainly down to capacity on the Brighton mainline - particularly during the week. It is not so much of an issue on the Hastings to T Wells line as there is only 2 trains an hour in each direction off peak. The Brighton mainline is ridiculously overcrowded!

Wouldn't suprise me. I live in the North but have been to Brighton several times from East Croydon. Totted it up one time and there at least 100 trains a day going to Brighton. It's a nice place don't get me wrong, but the number of trains to Brighton seems oversubscribed.

 

[swt_passenger]

I'm not really that up to speed on the different operations but didn't one of them decide to concentrate on Weymouth more this year?

A weekly Dorset Coast express was being mentioned at Eastleigh a while back, is that a diversion of a previous regular service around Sussex perhaps?

 

[33056]

I'm not really that up to speed on the different operations but didn't one of them decide to concentrate on Weymouth more this year?

A weekly Dorset Coast express was being mentioned at Eastleigh a while back, is that a diversion of a previous regular service around Sussex perhaps?

Probably this one from RTC, runs from London as in previous years.