Dave wrote:
Cast_Iron writes
Cast_Iron writes
Is this some mechanism to allow "inter-city" trains to
run
from the north, right through London and down to the
South-East. Or is it nowhere near that sensible?

When completed the current East London Line project
will
allow that as

I don't consider Highbury to Croydon/Crystal Palace
trains
as being 'InterCity' - they will be local trains.

will the existing line betrween Willesden Junction and
Clapham.

Watford to Brighton trains? They are regional trains
rather than 'InterCity'.

Who said anything about existing service, I was talking
about what the new and existing railway will allow to
happen.

There will be no InterCity trains via the ELL, only local
ones.

What plans are there for InterCity trains via the
Willesden-Clapham route? I'm certainly not aware of any.

So please do enlighten us 'about what the new and existing
railway will allow to happen'.

Yet again you cite current proposals. Try thinking about
possibilites.

You appear to be confusing what will happen, with
cloud-cuckoo land.

Where is the room to fit the InterCity trains in between
the stopping trains on the ELL?

If you want to play fantasy railways; why not go the whole
hog and claim that the current Thameslink route already
'allows' the 'possibility' of running trains from the East
Midlands, via the Thameslink route, to Brighton?

Go back to the original question, "Is this some mechanism to allow
"inter-city" trains to run from the north, right through London and down to
the South-East."

The questioner isn't asking about current nor proposed train services. He's
asking about mechanisms which will allow something to happen. In this
instance the track alignments and connections will allow it to happen,
questions of timetabling, service intervals whilst relevant in the real
world are not applicable in the context of the question.

Learning to read, understand and then giving an accurate concise reply to
the question really does save an awful lot of time and energy.