Last Sunday, I arrived at Brighton at 10.30am to catch the 10.51 to Victoria.

The driver and train were there by 10.54 but the stopping train went ahead and at 11 we started but were held up all the way to Haywards Heath. We arrived late at Victoria at 12.15pm and couldn't get out as the doors wouldn't open.

After lunch, to my horror, all Brighton trains were cancelled. I caught the Bognor train to East Croydon and changed onto the City Flier (early English) and got to Brighton dead on time.

Pity we don't build trains in England for the South East any more.

-Peter Briant, Brighton