Can't blame Beeching for this closure ,it was not part of his reshaping the Railways. British Rail are to blame because they didn't want to spend money strengthening the bridge over the Oose. Another stupid closure meaning passengers have to travel via Littlehampton and Horsham when the Brighton to Victoria main line is closed for engineering works.
Agreed although the government is to blame ultimately as BR was cash strapped. Also I believe that this line was closed to build a relief road in Lewes that never got built anyway??
The journey doesn’t stop at Lewes but goes all the way to Brighton.
Yes, I got a little carried away
Can't blame Beeching for this closure ,it was not part of his reshaping the Railways. British Rail are to blame because they didn't want to spend money strengthening the bridge over the Oose. Another stupid closure meaning passengers have to travel via Littlehampton and Horsham when the Brighton to Victoria main line is closed for engineering works.
Agreed although the government is to blame ultimately as BR was cash strapped. Also I believe that this line was closed to build a relief road in Lewes that never got built anyway??
More short term economies that end up costing the country more money.