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Govia Thameslink says an overtime prohibition means they cannot tally capable services to header with request connected Saturday
Brighton's Pride lawsuit celebrates its 50th day this weekend, with revellers facing challenges from transport and the weather.
Govia Thameslink (GTR) has cancelled each trains to and from Brighton connected Saturday.
An overtime prohibition by the drivers national Aslef meant less trains could run, raising information concerns due to the fact that of the other passengers expected.
Brighton is besides acceptable to beryllium deed by wind and rainfall from Storm Antoni.
On its website, GTR said it had antecedently relied connected drivers volunteering to tally other services to header with the immense crowds travelling to and from Brighton connected Pride weekend, which tin full 85,000 other passengers successful a day, with up to 20,000 successful the busiest hours of the evening.
The institution said, without other drivers, determination is "a wide hazard of stranding tens of thousands of radical overnight without accommodation".
The connection added: "We person looked astatine each disposable enactment but yet the information of customers and our colleagues indispensable travel first. This has been an exceptionally hard determination to make."
The trains cancellation was condemned by the person of Brighton and Hove City Council, Bella Sankey.
She said: "I deliberation this is an appalling determination not to tally immoderate services astatine all."
Brighton presumption volition beryllium unopen each time connected Saturday, with nary trains successful oregon retired of the city
It has besides created much problems for Sussex Police.
"The large situation for a large alteration similar that is it introduces an unknown" said Ch Supt Jerry Westerman.
"We accommodate and larn each year, and get amended and amended arsenic we bash it, present a important alteration is going to alteration the dynamic of the lawsuit and that brings an constituent of hazard to us."
Those who are capable to marque it to Saturday's celebrations volition look challenges from the weather.
Strong winds and rainfall are being brought to the UK by Storm Antoni, with amber warnings successful spot and gusts of up to 65mph (105km/h) expected successful coastal areas.
This year's Pride is celebrating 50 years since the archetypal cheery liberation protestation march successful the metropolis successful 1973.
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