malc wrote:
I wonder really how useful the 705 was to anyone transferring between
stations. It is unlikely that a passenger would use a bus to transfer
between Waterloo, Victoria and London Bridge as in most cases a direct
interchange between trains is possible at Clapham Junction, Waterloo
East, Victoria etc. I suspect that Fenchurch Street isn't really a
major player when it comes to cross-London transfers. Other direct (and
more frequent) buses are available from Liverpool Street to all
stations (except Fenchurch Street) formerly served by the 705.
Paddington has other direct services to Liverpool Street and Victoria,
so the only real losses are Paddington-Waterloo and Paddington-London
Bridge - and many passengers between the West of England and the South
of England may well be better off changing at Reading and avoiding the
cross-London transfer altogether.

I don't know... it seems to take ages to get from Reading to Waterloo
via SWT. A couple of weeks ago, with engineering work on the GW, I had
to go Clapham Junction - Reading, Reading - Swindon and Swindon -
Gloucester instead of the usual Paddington - Gloucester direct, and it
added well over an hour to my journey time - even with quite tight
connections at both Reading and Swindow.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London