{"id":757,"date":"2022-02-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/?p=757"},"modified":"2022-02-06T14:43:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:43:48","slug":"brighton-mainline-closure-for-9-days-later-this-month-for-15m-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/2022\/02\/07\/brighton-mainline-closure-for-9-days-later-this-month-for-15m-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton Mainline Closure for 9 days later this month for \u00a315m improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Between the Saturday 19th to Sunday 27th February the Brighton Mainline will be closed for improvements at both Copyhold Junction near Haywards Heath as well as a new bridleway subway at Hassocks to be constructed as well as other maintenance such as drainage &amp; embankment stabilisation works elsewhere along the closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Copyhold Junction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the track at Copyhold junction is over 40 years old, so this track &amp; sleepers are being replaced with newer ones, as well as switches being upgraded at the junction which will allow the ride to be smoother &amp; potentially run at a higher speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Track Replacement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Parts of the track are also being replaced near to Burgess Hill, similarly to works that took place at Clayton Tunnel a few weekends ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subway at Hassocks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to a large amount of new housing development in the North of Hassocks, the existing public footpath level crossing has been closed due to the significantly added traffic across the railway. Now a subway is being built under the railway which will allow pedestrians &amp; other non-motorised users to pass the railway in safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drainage works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Near to Balcombe the drainage system is being improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bus replacement services will be provided throughout the works period, with an additional bus service from East Grinstead to Lewes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between the Saturday 19th to Sunday 27th February the Brighton Mainline will be closed for improvements at both Copyhold Junction near Haywards Heath as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[295,80,294],"class_list":["post-757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rail","tag-copyhold-junction","tag-hassocks","tag-railway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sussex-transport.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}