This week, I’ve got another cheap and cheerful one for you, as we travel with Southern from London to Bognor Regis on the South Coast, all for under £5!
Date of Travel: May 2023
Class of Travel: Standard Class (2nd Class)
Rolling Stock: Class 377 Electrostar
Type of Service: Express Passenger
Operator: Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)
Train Number: 1B60
Origin: London Victoria, United Kingdom (England)
Destination: Bognor Regis, West Sussex, United Kingdom (England)
Cost of ticket: £3.95 ($4.95, €4.60)
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23 Comments
You mean a euro
Love travelling the U.K. via your videos. I wish the U.S. would improve it's trains – You traveled 67 miles in an hour for under £5. I'm only 25 miles from Charlotte NC and the train from my town into the city is $7, takes over half an hour, and Amtrak is our only option. For a comparison of your trip here, Greensboro NC is about 69 miles from me, takes just over an hour on Amtrak and costs $12.00/£9.64/€11.19
I think the title of this video is very misleading as a fare of "under 5 pounds" is not commonly or easily obtainable.
whether it is Amtrak across the USA, or Victoria to Bognor on Southern, you always make the most engaging videos – thanks so much, Mate
Great trip. Ah yes, another 2-3 high density train seating.
When was This Filmed
Realistically if you wanted to get to bognor regis fast you could on the Portsmouth section and change at Barnham although this video is well detailed and shows that the slow service is well maintained and good value for money
Keep it up!
Really good advice regarding searing configuration in different coaches. Having lived in Bromley Kent in the 70s/80s I was very familiar with high and low density seating depending on type of unit (or open plan or compartment on intercity ….. different times !!) but not on different coaches on the same unit. Back down in Kent in a couple of weeks on a very rare visit so will check it out
Almost empty by the time you reached Bognor? Not surprised, it’s a dump.
These sorts of journeys are why traveling by rail is often a good idea, cheaper than driving, probably quicker, and with good all round facilities. Though I wouldn't want to be in the 3+2 portion of the train.
Really nice!
With Southern who got rid of the Class 455 and Class 313. I probably would think that they should inherit the Class 377/5 from Southeastern to increase extra capacity or to order new trains.
Overall Southern does operate some good services especially to Brighton, Gatwick Airport, Littlehampton, Horsham, Crawley and Three Bridges
Would have been better off walking to Victoria from Westminster. Takes about 15/20mins and is in a straight line
Great video. I used to live on the south coast in Worthing and the trains were always delayed and cancelled. I havent been on them for the past year but after seeing this video I am pretty impressed.
Did you say your new home? Have tiu moved south?
I'm V interested in this, normally using Southern's day Rover ticket, mostly to see me mate Dave who run's Mr P's Amusements.
Definitely like the new departure boards, ooh we love information. And btw, Victoria is my London Terminus. Feel right at home there
I’m looking forward to your Trams report
I'm pretty sure that now with the PEPs out of service Southern IS fully 377, though some Gatwick Express 387s do seem to show up on Southern services from time to time, including Coastway services.
Glad to hear Southern has improved. I used to live in Sussex and commuted twice a week to London Bridge. The service got so bad that in the end, I drove the 18 miles to Haslemere to go to Waterloo in preference to the 3 mile drive to Pulborough and the Southern service. Incidentally, they did a trolley service in those days but I believe it was killed by Health and Safety. One of the (few) advantages to first class – other than always getting a seat – was that you got a free cuppa! Thanks for the memory.
The cute dog at the end 😍 so adorable and great video 😁
Hey Dylan, I got a video idea! Try Southern’s rip-off first class (probably just STD with headrests) to Seaford.
It's always struck me as slightly odd that this train splits at Horsham, and then both portions follow the same route for the next 25 miles to Barnham before they part ways, but with the Soton/Pompey portion running non-stop and the Bognor portion calling at an extra 6 stations and taking ~10 minutes longer … meaning that anyone from Billingshurst, Pulborough or Arundel wanting to travel to Chi, Soton or Pompey then has to change at Barnham and wait 15 minutes (and anyone from London/Gatwick travelling to those intermediate stations and Bognor has the 5 minute wait caused by uncoupling and waiting for the fast train to clear the line). It isn't even like it makes them particularly competitive with the SWR route, trains from Waterloo to Portsmouth are still 30 minutes quicker than the Arun Valley route, and the fast Southampton trains are over an hour quicker.
Hmmm, hang on, I think I've figured it out. Short platforms. Amberley can only take 4-car trains and some of the other stations might struggle to take 8 carriages, so maybe splitting the train early is an easier solution than selective door opening. Or possibly there's more pressure on paths at Barnham so they don't want to be joining/splitting on the mainline, and Arundel isn't staffed full-time so maybe that's why it has to be Horsham?