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[email protected] · November 25th 12, 08:26 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Nick Leverton)
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In article ,
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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.

Presumably it must go via the Stuarts Lane low level line - I think the
SLL lines have access to that route these days.

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.

That seems odd to me, as I thought one reason for this truncation of
services was to allow the SLL junction at Battersea Park to be abolished
so that the Brighton line platforms could be extended ?

I wasn't aware of that idea. It would be consistent with the SE service
avoiding Battersea Park then.

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Colin Rosenstiel