Mark Dain [2/2] I was there for a few hours and having such a nice time that I ended up leaving far too late. I caught the second-to-last London Victoria to Brighton train (there were none going to Eastbourne by that time). I got into Brighton just after midnight so there were no trains for me to catch from there so I was forced to get a taxi costing PS70 to get home! As I was getting into the taxi I saw the arrivals board, the very last London Victoria train for 1 AM was *cancelled* (due to lack of staff). If I left 5 minutes later I would have gotten stuck in London rather than Brighton. So glad I didn't get that fucked over.

Eric The taxis here in Brighton are absolute rip-offs. I try and avoid them completely. Thank goodness you caught that train though! The issue of the trains is slowly starting to be raised in Government on a national level, pretty sure it was mentioned in PMQs the other day, it also got a fair going over on Radio 4s various political programmes. But with all the Brexit turmoil going on I'll doubt we'll see any progress soon

Mark Dain Yeah the trains are so messed up nowadays I schedule my life to expect a 2 hour train journey after work (also, 24 hour Gym!) as it's in theory a 1 hour ride but nowadays reliably takes an hour and a half. Honestly, it was refreshing to take The London Underground; trains every 2 minutes. Doors open/close automatically. Boarding time is like, 10-15 seconds. The train itself moves really fast too. I wish all trains were run more like that. I wanted to avoid The London Underground for the reputation it gets sometimes but actually, next time I visit I'll probably use it to get around as it was that enjoyable