On 13/06/2015 14:27, Paul Corfield wrote:

If TfL were to take over the North Kent route trains they'd face the
same infrastructure and signalling constraints as any other operator.

No no no. If TfL took over then the infrastructure constraints would
vanish, and the whole of south London would have Victoria Line-esque
frequencies 24/7, with trains which would be brand new every day (not
ancient like the 387s), running at
Japanese-maglev-test-train-when-the-driver-wants-to-get-home speeds,
with a network revised to have the complexity of the Waterloo & City
line. And it would be run by nice fluffy nationalised LOROL, not
contracted out to evil capitalists or foreign governments.

[see every mainstream discussion of the issues ever]
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK