Terry Harper wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 15 Nov 2004:
Those from South-East of London find it more convenient to go to Ashford,
rather than go into London, transfer to Waterloo, walk down a very long
platform, and return whence they came. Gatwick was much more convenient, but
nature abhors a vacuum.
Not just south-east of London - my parents, who live about 15 miles west
of Brighton, go that way on the rare occasions they want to catch a E*.
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"Mrs Redboots"
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