Train Derailment at Brighton Station - 15/04/2015

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[thetrout]

An Empty Coaching Stock Move from Lovers Walk Depot near Brighton has derailed outside the station:

From the Argus:

A train has derailed outside Brighton station.

A locomotive which was not in public use was leeaving the Lovers Walk train depot just outside Brighton station shortly before 2pm when the derailment took place.

As a result no services running between Brighton and Hove, on the Brighton Mainline and Brighton and Lewes.

Rail replacement buses for the Brighton Main Line are being arranged.

Brighton and Hove Buses are now accepting tickets between Brighton & Shoreham, Brighton & Lewes, Brighton & Eastbourne via Newhaven.

A spokesman for Network Rail said: "Efforts are being made to begin services as soon as possible and Network Rail and operators Southern and Thameslink will update passengers on progress."

The cause of the derailment is under investigation.

Engineers are on site evaluating the situation.

Southern are unable to say when services will return to schedule.

Southern tickets are being accepted on the following services:

• South West Trains services between Portsmouth/Southampton and London Waterloo,
• First Great Western train services between Redhill and Guildford,
• Southeastern train services between Hastings and London via Tonbridge,
• Brighton and Hove buses between Brighton and Shoreham (Route 2),
• Brighton and Lewes (Route 29),
• Brighton and Eastbourne via Newhaven (Route 12),
• Stagecoach buses between Brighton and Littlehampton / Bognor / Portsmouth Hard (Route 700),
• Passengers can expect delays of up to 80 minutes to their journeys.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/video/4174850886001/?ref=vidshare

[ChrisB]

Helpfully it doesn't say far down the Mainline you *can* get

[thetrout]

Preston Park is how far they are able to run at present:

http://www.southernrailway.com/

Mainline train services currently unable to run between Brighton and Preston Park, this is due to an empty train derailing between the depot and Brighton station.
Although severely disrupted we are now able to operate train services between Brighton and Lewes, between Preston Park/Brighton and Worthing and north of Preston Park to and from London.
Southern ticket holders are being accepted on;

• Thameslink mainline train services which are also severely disrupted
• South West Trains services between Portsmouth/Southampton and London Waterloo
• First Great Western train services between Redhill and Guildford
• Southeastern train services between Hastings and London via Tonbridge

Rail tickets are also being accepted by;

• Brighton and Hove buses between Brighton and Shoreham (Route 2), between Brighton and Lewes (Route 29)
• between  Brighton and Eastbourne via Newhaven (Route 12)
• Stagecoach buses between Brighton and Littlehampton / Bognor / Portsmouth Hard (Route 700).

We also have some replacement buses operating;

• between Brighton and Worthing
• between Brighton and Haywards Heath/Three Bridges.

[Chris from Nailsea]

A locomotive which was not in public use ...

Hmmm ...