The platforms at Falmer station are to be lengthened, Network Rail has announced.
University welcomes upgrade of Brighton to Lewes train line. The University of Sussex has welcomed news of a major overhaul of train links to Falmer station. Network Rail, which maintains and develops Britain's railway network, has announced today (Tuesday 16 July) that it is to invest more than £2million upgrading the Brighton to Lewes line and lengthening platforms at Falmer station. The improvements are intended to reduce queues and congestion before and after football matches at the Amex community stadium, the home of Brighton and Hove Albion FC. The current signalling system, which is 30 years old, can handle only one train every nine minutes. The changes will make it possible for more trains to use the line at any one time and will mean that passengers can get on or off all of a train's eight carriages (rather than the current maximum of seven). The University's Transport Manager, Chris Wadey, said: "At meetings of the train operators, the football club and both universities, we have voiced our support of Falmer station's expansion because, in the long term, these improvements will benefit our students and staff.
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