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Colin Rosenstiel · July 27th 03, 04:54 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (David
Marshall) wrote:

In article , Huge
wrote:
Thameslink publish the timetable. It's entirely their fault if they
can't abide by it.

Absolutely. But with such a frequent service it doesn't really *matter*.

The trouble with Thameslink if travelling from Brighton to Cambridge is
that most of the time you can leave Brighton later, travel more
comfortably to Victoria put up with the Victoria Line admittedly and get
to cambridge at the same time as using Thameslink. The times to cross
central London are dire, even compared with the tube. Ironically the seem
to keep to time better than South Central IME.

And another factor I discovered arriving at King's Cross Thameslink on
Thursday at 17:30 (on time) was that the platforms are barely passable to
the exits because of people waiting for other Thameslink trains. I know
the platforms are narrow but it was a real struggle. This seemed to be a
feature of all Thameslink platforms from Blackfriars to King's Cross
Thameslink.

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Colin Rosenstiel