"kytelly" wrote in message
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On 8 Nov, 10:21, "Alan Osborn" wrote:

A far better solution for the International Platforms would be for South
Eastern main line trains which at present have to negotiate the
congested
Borough Market tracks to reach Charing Cross. The Infrastructure to
divert
these is all in place curtesy of Eurostar, and use paths vacated by the
Eurostar trains
Charing Cross route would be downgraded and less congested as only used
by
suburban trains. For the die-hards who want to go to London Bridge or
Charing Cross then they could transfer to Waterloo East.

This sounds a good idea imho, at least while London Bridge/TLK is
being rebuilt

There are 5 main line trains into Charing Cross in the peak hour, or 8 if
you include trains starting from Tunbridge Wells, and nowhere near enough
paths for them between Bickley Junction and Linford Street Junction,
especially as, after pressure from TfL, the E paths have been allocated to
increasing frequencies of Victoria - Beckenham Junction - Orpington
stoppers. Even if trains have to be diverted away from Charing Cross during
Thameslink works, and paths can be found for them on the Chatham line,
Victoria (Chatham side) has spare capacity since the Boat Trains left.

Peter