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[email protected] · November 25th 12, 07:11 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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It seems to me that only the South London Line from the junction just
North of Battersea Park to just short of Wandsworth Road, including
the South London platforms at Battersea Park, will lose all services
and, though there will cease to be direct services between Denmark
Hill and London Bridge, the journey will still be possible by changing
at Peckham Rye or Queen's Road, Peckham, the latter on the same
platform.

Am I correct?

Not fully, because LO are running a token service to/from Battersea
Park to keep the line open and avoid closure procedures.

Just Battersea Park or Victoria to Wandsworth Road? If only Battersea
Park to Wandsworth Road that will mean no service over the junction
between the Battersea Park South London Line platforms and Victoria
and if only Victoria to Battersea Park it will mean no service
between there and the junction near Wandsworth Road.

Aha! Looking at the new timetable, I see SE's 18:59 M-F from Denmark Hill,
calling at Clapham High Street and Wandsworth Road at 19:04 and 19:05,
arriving Victoria at 19:14. It doesn't stop at Battersea Park though. Odd.

And there is LO's 22:17 M-F from Highbury & Islington calling at all
stations to Wandsworth Road (22:57) and terminating at Battersea Park at
22:59. There's an 06:18 from Battersea Park to Highbury & Islington running
in a normal South london path. I can't find any SE working in that
direction. Their one service does cover the length of track between
Battersea Park South London platforms and Victoria, which LO don't.

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Colin Rosenstiel