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[email protected] · August 3rd 17, 08:36 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:36:09 -0500
wrote:
In article , d () wrote:

On Wed, 2 Aug 2017 13:41:37 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:52:28 on Wed, 2 Aug
2017, d remarked:

if you extended Thameslink that far north.

How far further north do you think Leicester is than Peterborough?

IMO the Thameslink equivalent on the ELL is the Great Northern into
Moorgate and that only goes as far north as Stevenage. All the
peterborough trains AFAIK
are fast trains that stop at very few stations.

I know you think it's above you to actually check before committing hands to
keyboard but I think you'll find that Thameslink services to Peterborough
start next year. Google "Thameslink Timetable 2018".

I was talking about the current services.

It will be a half-hourly service to Horsham calling at all stations between
Peterborough and Hatfield plus Potters Bar and Finsbury Park as far as the
GN section is concerned. This is as the present hourly slow GN trains from
King's Cross to Peterborough. They also replace present hourly semi-fast
trains off-peak though some extra peak trains to King's Cross will remain.
The latter will be the main use for residual class 365 units.

As someone who uses the Moorgate line at least once a week at the moment and
witnesses the fiction the timetable has become, it'll be interesting to see
how they manage to keep even more trains to better punctuality than is being
managed at the moment.

As an aside, how do trains on the ECML get south of the river, where's the link
to the current thameslink route?

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