On 18 Dec, 15:34, wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:14:21 -0800 (PST)

Ganesh Sittampalam wrote:
On 18 Dec, 15:06, Simon Barber wrote:

I wonder whether there was any 'consultation' with passengers using
the branch. =A0It sounds as if there were a lot of them and that should
have made the decision. =A0The railway exists to serve its customers,
not jerks in the DfT or TfL.

I'm pleased about the closure because I'll eventually gain from it -
the increased frequency on Thameslink will mean Great Northern trains
are sent through the central section so combined with Crossrail I'll
be able to make a single change to get to work.

They could still have kept the new frequency even with moorgate. For every
southbound train to moorgate they could just have had a northbound from
Blackfriars reverse at City.

That assumes no delays to services ever happen, as any such delay
would create a conflict at the flat junction thus increasing the
delays further. With trains coming from across the entire expanded
Thameslink network some delays are extremely likely.

Ganesh