New London to Brighton train speed record.

Posted on September 19th, 2005 at 1:04 pm

Well I’m not sure if this is good or bad news for me but last week a train took just 37 minutes to go from London to Brighton.

Brighton Train

Story from the Southern Railway site.

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5 comments so far.

  • Gavin Ayling says:
    September 20, 2005 at 8:34 pm

    There need to be more lines between London and Brighton so that the fast trains mustn’t wait for the slow (stopping) ones. It seems so obvious…

  • KingOfMyCastle says:
    September 20, 2005 at 9:42 pm

    Yeah, and part of the problem with that are the number of tunnels and bridges that would have to be widened on the route. There’s no easy solution is there.

  • Andy says:
    September 21, 2005 at 1:21 pm

    Interesting one that. My old house in Burgess hill backs onto the mainline railway, with sufficient width either side of the tracks for two more lines. The big problem is the tunnel through the South Downs. Not much chance of seeing more tracks there!

  • Gavin Ayling says:
    September 23, 2005 at 4:57 pm

    Double decker trains?

  • KingOfMyCastle says:
    September 24, 2005 at 12:08 pm

    Tunnels too short unfortunatly.

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