Southern Rail has announced that it will be replacing the oldest active trains in the UK on the Seaford-Brighton line with Electrostar trains. This follows a letter from James MacCleary, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Lewes constituency, calling for better trains to replace the outdated and run-down Class 313 trains.
The Seaford-Brighton line serves major coastal towns of Seaford and Newhaven, the county town of Lewes, as well as the University of Sussex and Brighton and Hove Albion at Falmer. The Class 313 trains used on the line were 35 years old when they were introduced and are the oldest rolling stock in the UK.
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