MIG wrote:
On 28 Feb, 19:51, "Peter Smyth" wrote:
"Paul Scott" wrote in message

The timetables for Mon 24th May are starting to creep into the
various journey planners now.
A search for times from Sydenham to New Cross gate on SN's website
produced
these, continuing to either London Bridge (SN) or Dalston Junction
(LO):

Typical Peak Hour:

08:01 08:11 LO starts Crystal Palace
08:06 08:16 LO starts West Croydon
08:09 08:19 SN starts ??? via Norwood Jn
08:14 08:24 LO starts Crystal Palace
08:18 08:28 SN starts Victoria, via Crystal Palace
08:22 08:32 LO starts West Croydon
08:28 08:38 SN starts ??? via Crystal Palace
08:31 08:41 LO starts Crystal Palace
08:36 08:46 LO starts West Croydon
08:39 08:49 SN starts ??? via Norwood Jn
08:44 08:54 LO starts Crystal Palace
08:47 08:57 SN starts ??? via Crystal Palace
08:51 09:01 LO starts West Croydon
08:54 09:04 SN starts Victoria, via Crystal Palace

The current 2tph London Bridge - Sutton is replaced by a combination
of the 4tph LO Dalston Jn - West Croydon and extending the current
2tph London Victoria - West Croydon (via Crystal Palace) to Sutton.

So if you can't get from London Bridge by a short route to West
Croydon any more, how is the connection at Norwood Junction to the
trains from Victoria?

I was imagining London Bridge to Sutton trains moving to the fast
tracks, but that doesn't seem to be what's happening.

They are, but in the peaks only, AFAICT - I didn't reproduce anything like
the entire timetable, that bit above is JUST the Sydenham to New Cross Gate
section all station stoppers. There are also two tph from Sutton calling
all stations to West Croydon then Norwood Junction and London Bridge, and
there are alternate trains from West Croydon only running via Streatham and
Tulse Hill to London Bridge. But only in the morning peak, last departure
from WC at 0844. PM peak has about 2 tph of the reverse fast service.

Also, IIRC one of your earlier questions was about southbound travel from
NXG - the Caterham trains still call half hourly in the contra-peak
directions, and both ways offpeak, but they run fast from Norwood Jn in the
peak flow direction.

Paul S