"Joe" wrote in message
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AFAIK it is still double track and fully signalled, even though there's
normally only one train on the branch.

Yea, that's why I asked. I was looking at the LDBs and all the trains
seem to be shuttles.
What's the reason for running it as a shuttle, anyone know? Congestion
on the MainLine & other services couldnt be cutBack?

When there were through trains they were much more lightly loaded than other
Charing Cross and Cannon Street services, and of course running a train to
Bromley North takes a path away from another route. Passengers from Bromley,
at least to the West End, have a faster and much more frequent service from
Bromley South to Victoria. The surprising thing is that the infrastructure
hasn't been reduced to a siding - as has happened to Epsom Downs, while
Crystal Palace - Beckenham Junction was singled before Tramlink became
definite and took over the other half of the formation.

Peter