--- Charley_Ashbury said:


As much as I'd like to go on train, as we prefer it, I drive us down
to
Ashford, or we fly from Manchester. I don't want to suffer multiple
changes
and dragging of suitcases on the tube, just to London and the SE can
have
Waterloo for their sole "exclusive" use.


I think you've missed the point. Those of us in London and the SE want
Waterloo *as well as* St. Pancras. Just having one or the other is
always going to be inconvenient for someone.