Extra train seats for Sussex passengers to enjoy Olympics

10:40am Saturday 4th August 2012 in News

Extra train seats for Sussex passengers to enjoy Olympics Extra train seats for Sussex passengers to enjoy Olympics

A rail firm has added more than 200,000 extra seats so people from East Sussex can enjoy Super Saturday at the Olympics.

Southeastern said that there would be 67% more seats than on a usual Saturday service.

And it is putting on 1,000 extra staff will be working to help with crowd management on one of the busiest days at the Olympic park.

With the 80,000-seater Olympic Stadium open, there will again be an estimated 200,000 people in the Olympic Park.

Today has been dubbed Super Saturday with 25 titles to be decided and big names Usain Bolt and Jessica Ennis in action in the Olympic Park.

Comments(5)

Gardenboy says...
10:47am Sat 4 Aug 12

So the 200,000 people filling the Olympic Park are all coming from East Sussex then? Utter tosh!

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Tallywhacker says...
11:59am Sat 4 Aug 12

There aren't 200,000 extra seats at all. Possibly 1,000 seats making 100 trips in and 100 out but not 200,000 new extra seats running around. So maybe 5 extra trains above the Saturday norm all day.

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rolivan says...
2:04pm Sat 4 Aug 12

More importantly where are 1,000 staff going to work?

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Alan G Skinner says...
9:26am Sun 5 Aug 12

If it's statistics that are coming from a Rail Company, take it with a pinch of salt, compleat and utter nonsense.

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censored says...
6:06pm Sun 5 Aug 12

And yet they say they absolutely can't put on extra capacity to get bikes out after London to Brighton?

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