On Jul 2, 9:57 am, Paul Terry wrote:
In message . com,
brixtonite writes

I would expect the SLL service from London Victoria to be replaced by
the ELL service to clapham junction. I think the Victoria - Denmark
Hill - Lewisham service does share tracks with this in one direction
through Denmark Hill, but it needn't.

Wouldn't that leave Wandsworth Road and Clapham High Street without any
service to Central London? As I recall, there are no platforms on the
"Chatham" pair of tracks, only on the SLL pair.
--
Paul Terry



That's true.

At the moment, Victoria to Lewisham services usually cross to the SLL
side between Wandsworth Road and Clapham High Street, and then cross
back again between Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye.

In the other direction they usually cross to the SLL after Peckham Rye
and then it's about 50 : 50 whether they stay on that side through
Wandsworth Road and go the wiggly way, or cross to the "Chatham"
tracks after Clapham High Street and follow the main viaduct.

So you could maintain a service from Clapham High Street to Victoria
by putting stops in the Lewisham Services, but Wandsworth Road would
be left out, at least in one direction.

I don't understand the need for all the crossing, but maybe it's to
avoid the trains that feed into the "Chatham" tracks at Brixton.